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April 13, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 4/13/2022
The Silicon Valley Syndrome Olav Sorenson, UCLA How does expansion in the high-tech sector influence the broader economy of a region? We demonstrate that an infusion of venture capital in a region leads to: (i) declines in the number of establishments and in employment in non–high-tech industries in the tradable sector; (ii) increases in entry […]
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April 1, 2022Dr. Wendy Moore Interview About Critical Race Theory
Dr. Wendy Moore was interviewed about critical race theory by WBKB’s Insights into Northeast Michigan on February 12, 2022.
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Sociology Colloquium, 4/6/2022
Navigating the French Deep State From Within: An Extreme Case of Joint Regulation of Business at the Commercial Court of Paris Dr. Emmanuel Lazega, Sciences Po Center for the Study of Organizations Paris How is market discipline enforced in France, a country in which the Sun King’s administration created a new kind of deep state […]
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March 29, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 3/29/2022
Uncertain Expertise in Trans Medicine Dr. Stef Shuster, Michigan State University Medical professionals are expected to be experts in their fields. But what happens when they lack the typical benchmarks – experience and evidence – to support such claims to expertise? In their recently published book, Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender […]
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Graduate Student Jalia Joseph Wins Two Teaching Awards
Congratulations to Jalia L. Joseph for winning TWO awards! The 2022 Murray and Celeste Fasken Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching Award and The Association of Former Students Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching Award. The Murray and Celeste Fasken award choses graduate students who have served in teaching positions in the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M […]
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2021-2022 Provost APT Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
Congratulations to Judith A. Linneman for winning the 2021-2022 Provost APT Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. This award encourages, recognizes, and rewards faculty who provide students with meaningful learning experiences, embrace effective teaching approaches, and value student-centered learning.
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March 28, 20222022 Murray and Celeste Fasken Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching Award Winner
Congratulations to Fizza Raza for winning her first teaching award, 2022 Murray and Celeste Fasken Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching Award. The Murray and Celeste Fasken award choses graduate students who have served in teaching positions in the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University and best demonstrates characteristics of excellence in classroom teaching. Fizza […]
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March 18, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 3/23/2022
How Crisis Changes the Meaning and Perception of Entrepreneurial Opportunity Dr. Kim Klyver, University of Southern Denmark We investigate how an institutional crisis affects individuals’ opportunity perception and startup behavior. We used qualitative analysis of the entrepreneurship media discourse before, during, and after the 2008 financial crisis to theorize individuals’ opportunity perception and startup behavior […]
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March 16, 2022Dissertation Defended, Dr. Michael Ohsfeldt
Texas A&M Department of Sociology would like to give a big shout out to the newly minted Dr. Michael Ohsfeldt! Michael has successfully defended his dissertation on March 9, 2022 and published a teaching aid on how to use in-class discussions and analyses of the Disney film Mulan to teach Erving Goffman’s important theory about […]
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March 11, 2022Dr. Holly Foster research on intergenerational abuse and childhood violence
Healio spoke to Dr. Holly Foster, Department of Sociology, about new research that shows intergenerational abuse and childhood violence may trigger the early onset of menopause. Healio article about how intergenerational abuse and childhood violence may cause earlier onset of menopause. Published paper about association between intergenerational violence exposure and maternal age of menopause by […]