Summer 2026 Good News - Faculty News

Cedric de Leon has been named a 2026 winner of the American Book Award for Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity.

Joya Misra was awarded the American Sociological Association's 2026 Jessie Bernard Award, and was elected to the Sociological Research Association.

Laurel Smith-Doerr authored a response in The Conversation, to the question, "What are AI's limitations, now and for the foreseeable future, that professionals can capitalize on for professional longevity?" Smith-Doerr was also elected to the Sociological Research Association.

Don Tomaskovic-Devey testified at an EEOC hearing to oppose the ending of the annual public workforce demographic report requirement, as reported in The Grio.