Year: 2024

Did Immigrant Arrest Rates Change During the Trump Administration? Evidence From California and Texas by Michael T. Light, Laura Boisten, and Jungmyung Kim (2023)

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Crime & Delinquency Abstract: Despite substantial legal and policy debates, whether immigrant arrest rates changed during the Trump presidency remains surprisingly understudied. This is partially because immigration status is rarely available in crime data. We address this gap by applying difference-in-differences (DD) and difference-in-difference-in-differences (DDD) estimations to detailed arrest data from Texas and California from …

Relational Brokerage: Interaction and Valuation in Two Markets by Hannah Wohl and Max Besbris (2023)

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Qualitative Sociology Abstract: Across various markets, consumers rely on brokers to help them select goods. How do brokers shape consumers’ valuation? We address this question by drawing from two independent but analogous ethnographies of brokerage and purchasing in the New York housing market and the New York art market. Building upon the relational turn in …

Article by Allison Daminger Wins 2023 Folio Eddie & Ozzie Award

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Allison Daminger’s article, “A Cognitive Labor of Love,” published in Behavioral Scientist‘s “Brain Meets World,” won the Best Article Award in the Family & Parenting category of the 2023 Folio Eddie & Ozzie Awards.   From Behavioral Scientist: “A Cognitive Labor of Love,” by Allison Daminger, won for best article in the Family & Parenting …

Fertility in a Pandemic: Evidence from California by Jenna Nobles, Alison Gemmill, Sungsik Hwang, and Florencia Torche (2023)

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Population and Development Review Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by social and economic changes previously associated with fertility delay and reduction, sparking widespread discussion of a “baby bust” in the United States. We examine fertility trends using restricted vital statistics data from California, a diverse population of 40 million, contributing 12 percent of U.S. …

University Housing Names Honored Instructors

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Six sociology instructors have been named Honored Instructors for Fall 2023 by University Housing. Congratulations to Allison Daminger, Cabell Gathman, Danielle Schmidt, Michael Massoglia, Nicholas Pedriana, and Patrick Nolan, and thank you all for your dedication to our students!