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Laurel Smith-Doerr an Editor of Latest 'Handbook of Science and Technology Studies'
Laurel Smith-Doerr, director of the Institute for Social Science Research, is an editor of the fourth edition of the “Handbook of Science and Technology Studies,” which curates the most important... Read more
Jon Wynn has been selected as a Public Engagement Faculty Fellow
Jon Wynn is one of seven faculty members from across four colleges and schools that have been named Public Engagement Faculty Fellows by the Public Engagement Project for the spring semester.
James Kitts and Mark Pachucki Receive $3.1mil NIH Grant to Study Adolescent Health Behavior
Sociology professors James Kitts and Mark Pachucki just received a 3.1 million dollar NIH grant to study patterns of health behaviors and outcomes across diverse urban populations of adolescents in... Read more
Anna Branch Named Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor for Diversity and Excellence
Enobong (Anna) Branch, associate professor of sociology, has been named by Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy to serve as his faculty advisor for diversity and excellence, effective August 15. “Through... Read more
Jasmine Kerrisey receives Scoville Best International Paper Award
Jasmine Kerrissey’s paper, “Collective Labor Rights and Income Inequality,” published in the American Sociological Review, has been awarded the Scoville Best International Paper Award from the... Read more
Anna Branch Among Four Selected for Women’s Leadership Institutes
For the first time since 2009, when the campus began sponsoring participants in the Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Institutes, a leadership development program for women, all four of the... Read more
Wendy Wilde Recieves SBS Outstanding Staff Award
The Outstanding Staff Award is given to those who have made an impact on SBS by fostering a collaborative environment, creating a positive work environment, implementing innovative work processes... Read more
Michelle Budig Receives SBS Dean’s Research Excellence Award
Michelle Budig, Professor and Chair of Sociology, has been awarded the SBS Dean’s Research Excellence Award. This award recognizes distinguished achievement in scholarship and research, and... Read more
Celeste Curington Awarded 2016–17 MFP Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
The American Sociological Association’s (ASA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) has awarded Celeste Curington an MFP pre-doctoral fellowship for the 2016–2017 academic year. This prestigious and... Read more
Jen Lundquist and Eiko Strader research positive prospects of felon employment
Jen Lundquist and co-authors Eiko Strader and Devah Pager (Harvard) are featured in The Washington Post for their recent research on the outcomes of employing individuals with felony criminal... Read more
Mahala Stewart, Rodrigo Dominguez Villegas and Yolanda Wiggins awarded 2016–2017 CRF Dissertation Fellowships
The Center for Research on Families has announced the seven recipients of this year’s student research awards, three of which are sociology PhD students. The program provides support to... Read more
Ashley Garner awarded inaugural Charles H. Page scholarship
Ashley Garner is the inaugural recipient of the Charles H. Page Scholarship for the best theory paper written by a graduate student in the past year. The annual award is named after the former... Read more
Jasmine Kerrissey Selected as a 2016-17 TEFD Lilly Fellow
Jasmine Kerrissey, assistant professor of sociology and labor studies, has been selected as one of the 2016-17 Lilly Fellows for Teaching Excellence by the UMass Institute for Teaching Excellence... Read more
Kayla Preito-Hodge Awarded 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named UMass sociology graduate student Kayla Preito-Hodge as a recipient of this years awards from the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). “The... Read more
Janice Irvine and Sanjiv Gupta Named 2016–2017 ISSR Scholars
The Institute for Social Science Research has announced the selection of Janice Irvine and Sanjiv Gupta as two of only seven 2016–2017 ISSR Scholars. ISSR Scholars participate in a yearlong seminar... Read more
Laurel Smith-Doerr, Sharla Alegria and Tim Sacco Present on Diversity in Science Teams at White House
Laurel Smith-Doerr, director of the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR), and graduate research assistants Sharla Alegria and Tim Sacco were invited to present their research on diversity... Read more
Don Tomaskovic-Devey Awarded Conti Faculty Fellowship
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey has been selected as one of three recipients of the 2016-17 University of Massachusetts Amherst Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowships. Fellows are chosen based on their... Read more
Brandi Perri awarded 2016 SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
Sociology graduate student Brandi Perri has been awarded a Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) for 2016. The Dissertation Proposal... Read more
Five Sociology Graduate Students awarded 2016 Summer Dissertation Fellowships
PhD candidates Cassaundra Rodriguez, Swati Birla, Patricia Sanchez-Connally, Celeste Curington, and JooHee Han have each won 2016 Summer Dissertation Fellowships from the Graduate School. The... Read more
Lucius Couloute awarded LRAN New Scholars Grant
The Labor Resource and Action Network has announced that Lucius Couloute, PhD candidate in sociology, will be a recipient of the 2016 LRAN New Scholars Grant. His will present his research, “... Read more
Senior Spotlight: Dianna Bronchuk Embraces Leadership at UMass
Dianna Bronchuk has certainly made a name for herself on campus over these last four years: challenging the status quo, advocating for what she believes in, and planning the some of the most... Read more