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Misra and Dyer Stewart Publish New Book
Sociology professor Joya Misra, PhD candidate Mahala Dyer Stewart, and Marni Alyson Brown of Georgia Gwinnett College, have published their co-edited anthology, "Gendered Lives, Sexual Beings."
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey and alumnus Avent-Holt honored by American Sociology Association
The American Sociology Association (ASA) recently honored Professor Donald Tomaskovic-Devey with an honorable mention for the 2017 W. Richard Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship for an... Read more
Graduate Program Receives High Ranking from U.S. News & World Report
Sociology graduate program at University of Massachusetts gets high ranking from U.S. News & World Report
Budig Receives $99,000 Grant
Budig and co-investigators awarded $99,000 grant to study how wages of Israeli women change after becoming mothers
WANTED: Assistant Professor for Sociology and Public Policy
The Department of Sociology and the School of Public Policy (SPP) at UMass Amherst invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track, position at the Assistant Professor level.
Paul Hollander Publishes Book, 'From Mussolini to Hugo Chavez: Intellectuals and a Century of Political Hero Worship'
Emeritus faculty member Paul Hollander publishes new book.
Thayer and Lao-Montes Co-Author New Book, 'Beyond Civil Society: Activism, Participation, and Protest in Latin America'
Sociology professors, Millie Thayer and Agustin Lao-Montes, are co-editors and authors of new book.
Harrington Receives Edith Robinson Fellowship From Graduate School
Congratulations to sociology doctoral student, Blair Harrington, who recently received one of two 2017-2018 Edith Robinson... Read more
UMass Amherst Sociology Well Represented in American Sociological Association Elections
The American Sociological Association (ASA) announced the results of their 2017 elections and the UMass Amherst Department of Sociology is proud to be well represented with five professors and a... Read more
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
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