Morgan Henson received the Gullickson Fellowship from the College of Letters & Science for the second year in a row. His research investigates how the far right in the US and Europe leverages social identities …
Erin Skarivoda
The Social Psychology of Social Class and Mobility by Jessica Calarco and Chloe Rosenstock (2025)
Handbook of Social Psychology Vol. 2: Meso and Macro Perspectives Abstract: Compared to other social scientists, social psychologists have been less involved in efforts to explain patterns of social class reproduction and social class mobility, …
Jimin Gim receives Student Paper Award from International Conference on the Sociology of Korea
Jimin Gim received the Student Paper Award from the 2025 International Conference on the Sociology of Korea (I-CSK). She presented her paper “Optimizing Motherhood: How Mothers Understand and Manage Childcare Outsourcing in Contemporary South Korea” …
Frankie Frank Distinguished Honors Faculty Award
Congratulations to Sarah “Frankie” Frank for receiving a Distinguished Honors Faculty Award! Each spring, the L&S Honors Program solicits student nominations of faculty members who have had a special impact as instructors of Honors-designated courses, …
How Do You Interview a River? Translating the Social Role of Natural Entities by Taimur Ahmad (2025)
The Sociological Quarterly Abstract: Dualistic approaches that separate the natural from the social have long been the norm in sociology, but they are flawed in an era of ecological crisis where the interconnections between humans …
What’s on Her Mind: The Mental Workload of Family Life by Allison Daminger
Allison Daminger’s book, What’s on Her Mind: The Mental Workload of Family Life, is now available through Princeton University Press. Mothers and fathers use their time differently, with women spending roughly twice as many hours on …
Ethnic Movements in the United States by Emma-Claire LaSaine (2025)
TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology Abstract: This course sociologically analyzes historical and recent ethnic/racial conflict and movements in the U.S., including the relations between European Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, …
Nicholas Mark interviewed for PBS News Hour
PBS News Hour interviewed Nicholas Mark about the pronatalism movement encouraging Americans to have more children. Even though the U.S. fertility rate is at an all time low, Nicholas Mark says that “People should not …
Discordant patterns and adulthood consequences of childhood maltreatment and foster care placement by Martin Eiermann, Garrett Baker, and Christopher J. Wildeman (2025)
Social Forces Abstract: Child maltreatment and foster care placement are common, unequally distributed, and consequential for life-course outcomes. Yet, little is known about how foster care placements vary across children who experience different types and …
Research spotlight: Ang Yu and Felix Elwert
Research by Ang Yu and Felix Elwert about social inequalities caught the attention of the Institute for Diversity Science, who published a piece focusing on their work. It touches on the roots of inequalities, a …