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May 23, 2023Dissertation Defended, Dr. Jingqiu Ren
We have a new doctor in the house! Please join me in congratulating Dr. Jingqiu Ren for passing her dissertation defense on May 23rd, 2023. Dr. Jingqiu Ren’s dissertation is titled Where Have All the Healthcare Workers Gone? Examining Healthcare Worker Internal Migration and Its Impact on Community Health in the U.S. Dr. Ren is investigating the […]
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February 23, 2023Sociology Colloquium, 3/1/2023
You Don’t Look Like a Lawyer Dr. Tsedale Melaku, Baruch College, City University of New York This talk will highlight the often-hidden mechanisms elite law firms utilize to perpetuate and maintain a dominant white male system. By weaving the narratives with a critical race analysis, it exposes this exclusive elite environment, demonstrating the rawness and reality of Black […]
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February 13, 2023Sociology Colloquium, 2/15/2023
Violence Against Social Activism and the Rise of Criminal Politicians in Colombia Dr. Camilo Nieto-Matiz, University of Texas at San Antonio In civil conflicts, violence is instrumentally used to govern populations, sanction certain behaviors, and preserve the status quo. Can selective assassinations affect the quality of democracy in the long term? This paper argues that […]
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January 13, 2023Dissertation Defended, Dr. Selene Diaz
Please join us in celebrating our newest PhD! Dr. Selene Diaz successfully defended her dissertation on January 13th, 2023. Dr. Selene Diaz was mentored by Dr. Nancy Plankey-Videla. Dr. Sarah Gatson, Dr. Sonia Hernandez (History), Dr. Robert Mackin, and Dr. Dennis O’Hearn (UTEP) served on her committee. Dr. Diaz’ dissertation consists of three articles: 1. The […]
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January 6, 2023ACES Assistant Professor Position
Location College Station, TX Open Date Dec 15, 2022 Deadline Feb 01, 2023 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time Description Texas A&M University’s Accountability, Climate, Equity, and Scholarship (ACES) Faculty Fellows Program is a faculty hiring program that connects early career faculty advancing outstanding scholarship with relevant disciplinary units on campus. Faculty are hired as ACES […]
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November 25, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 1/25/2023
Corporate Social Performance in the Face of Institutional De-Prioritization of Sustainability Policies Dr. Debtanu Lahiri, Nova School of Business and Economics, Lisbon The study examines firms’ response to sudden changes in the institutional environment, whereby the rules and regulations pertaining to the adoption of socially responsible practices is considerably muted. Using Trump’s victory in the […]
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November 8, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 11/16/2022
Sociology and the Threat to American Democracy Dr. Samuel Cohn, Texas A&M University American democracy is facing potential triple threats: threats to the very existence of democracy itself, threats of the disenfranchisement of a large percentage of the population and the threats of a major legitimation crisis. Some of those threats are avoidable. Others are […]
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October 22, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 10/26/2022
Do Self Sufficient Refugees Start from Nothing? Paul Scholes, Texas A&M University Are refugees “blank slates” or do their characteristics matter for economic outcomes? The refugee studies literature makes conflicting predictions about refugee outcomes. What strategies help refugees become economically sufficient? Refugees are different from migrants and are selected, resettled, and live through different processes. […]
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October 15, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 10/19/2022
Politics of Nationhood and the Decay of the Media in Turkey Dr. Defne Över, Texas A&M University Existing studies of democratic backsliding highlighted the silent revolution in values, the breakdown of norms due to polarization, and the malleability of laws and constitutions as triggers for institutional decay. Adopting a cultural approach, this paper presents the […]
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October 13, 2022
Video about Sociology at Texas A&M University
For further information on studying Sociology at A&M, please contact our department by email (sociology@tamu.edu) or phone (979-845-5144).
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October 12, 2022Dissertation Defended, Dr. Michael Upchurch
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Michael Upchurch on his successful defense of his dissertation entitled “Historical Residential Segregation in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area: An Exploration of Location Attainment in 1940 L.A.” Dr. Upchurch defended his dissertation on October 11th, 2022. The committee members consisted of Ernesto Amaral, Arthur Sakamoto, Alex McIntosh, and Mark […]
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October 3, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 10/5/2022
Empowering Indigenous Women for Leadership in their Rural Communities Nereyda Ortíz Osejo, Texas A&M University Nereyda worked as a consultant on a USAID- and Microsoft-funded project that aims to increase economic opportunities for indigenous women in ten communities in Huehuetenango, Guatemala by providing them access to electricity, internet connectivity, and training programs in digital, financial, […]
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September 23, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 9/28/2022
Spirit of Capitalism in Medicine: What Drives Opioid Epidemics in the U.S.? Megumi Tanabe, Texas A&M University Opioid overdose is a persistent public health problem in the US, which killed over 68,000 in 2020. The first wave of the opioid epidemic began “pharmaceutical companies reassured the medical community that patients would not become addicted to […]
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September 16, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 9/21/2022
How do Countries Become Global Success Stories? Dr. Rachael Sullivan Robinson, American University Rachel Sullivan Robinson is a sociologist and demographer and professor in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC. She studies organizations, development, and global health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on reproductive health, sexuality education, and sexual and […]
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September 8, 2022Dr. Joe Feagin Featured in Article About Ethno-Racially Diverse Cities
Dr. Joe Feagin was featured in WalletHub’s recent article about the 2022’s Most & Least Ethnically Diverse Cities in the U.S. https://wallethub.com/edu/cities-with-the-most-and-least-ethno-racial-and-linguistic-diversity/10264#expert=Joe_R._Feagin
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September 5, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 9/7/2022
Racially Organized Housing Entities: A New Segregation Within Integrated Spaces James Baldwin, Texas A&M University In 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois discussed the black stranger in Baker County, Georgia, “liable to be stopped anywhere on the public highway and made to state his business to the satisfaction of any white interrogant. If he fail[ed] to give […]
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August 29, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 8/31/2022
Critical Race Theory: The Theory and The Politics Dr. Wendy Moore, Texas A&M University On September 4, 2020, the Executive Office of President Trump issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to cease and desist funding any federal training programs that used Critical Race Theory (CRT). This action brought CRT into the public eye, created a […]
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June 18, 2022Daw Clawson Activist-Scholar Award
Dr. Nancy Plankey-Videla is a co-winner of the inaugural Dan Clawson Activist-Scholar Award given by the ASA Labor and Labor Movements Section. The call for nominations states that the award should go to someone who “demonstrates a long-standing commitment to engaging in scholarship and activism that directly addresses social and economic justice. In addition to […]
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June 16, 2022Master’s Thesis Defended, Madison Adams
Big congratulations goes out to Madison Adams who successfully defended her Master’s Thesis today (June 16, 2022)! Madison was advised by Dr. Theresa Morris, the thesis committee included Dr. Sarah Gatson and Dr. Tasha Dubriwny (Department of Communication). Madison’s thesis is titled “Science, Technology, and Sexual Harassment”. It assesses how STEM culture impacts how sexual […]
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June 10, 2022
Job Search Workshop
We will be hosting a job search workshop next week on Wednesday, June 15th at 2pm on Zoom for Sociology graduate students. Please contact Dr. Heili Pals (hpals@tamu.edu) for Zoom link information. If you are planning to start a job search soon or even if you are still far from it, we encourage you to […]
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June 8, 2022Graduate Student Publication: Nereyda Ortiz Osejo
Lets celebrate our successes! Please join us in congratulating our graduate student, Nereyda Ortiz Osejo on her co-authored publication titled “Engaging the Guatemala Scientific Diaspora: The Power of Networking and Shared Learning” published at Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. You can find the article here: https://doi.org/10.3389/frma.2022.897670 This article focuses on Guatemalan highly skilled migrants in […]
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June 3, 2022Dr. Poston and Dr. Sáenz on 2020 Census Undercount
Half-million Texans missed in census count will cost the state billions Read or listen to Dr. Dudley Poston interview on Texas Public Radio about the 2020 census undercount and its implications for Texas. This interview is based on research by Dr. Dudley Poston and Dr. Rogelio Sáenz, which is also detailed in the San Antonio […]
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June 1, 2022Dissertation Defended, Dr. Jozie Nummi
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Jozie Nummi on her successful defense of her dissertation titled “21st Century Protests in Ferguson, Missouri: Protest Policing Strategy and Framing.” Dr. Nummi defended her dissertation on May 31st. In her dissertation Dr. Nummi used qualitative methods and triangulated data of police reports, nonprofit reports, news media coverage, and 176,000 […]
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May 26, 2022Dissertation Defended, Dr. Shih-Keng Yen
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Shih-Keng Yen who defended his dissertation titled “Social Dynamics of Geographic Mobility.” Dr. Ernesto Amaral served as Shih-Keng’s mentor, the committee included Dr. Arthur Sakamoto, Dr. Pat Rubio Goldsmith, and Dr. Oi-Man Kwok (from the Department of Educational Psychology). Dr. Yen’s dissertation examines the dynamics of social factors in […]
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May 21, 2022Dr. Chaitanya Lakkimsetti on Rethinking How We Perceive Sexual Labour
Dr. Chaitanya Lakkimsetti, sociologist, is in conversation with Shrishti Malhotra, producer at The Swaddle, on how the AIDS epidemic changed the Indian state’s relationship with sex workers, and the problems with the moral panic around dance bars in Maharashtra. On The Swaddle website On Instagram
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May 20, 2022Dissertation Defended, Dr. Andrew McNeely
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Andrew McNeely in his successful defense of his dissertation “Over-Churched, Under-Fed: The Culture of Religiously-Affiliated Food Pantries in Brazos County, TX”. Andrew was mentored by Dr. Sarah Gatson, committee members include Dr. Joseph Jewell, Dr. Rob Mackin, Dr. Christopher Quick (Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology), and Dr. Robin Veldman (Religious […]
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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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April 1, 2022Sociology 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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March 29, 2022Graduate 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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March 29, 20222021-2022 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 […]
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March 7, 2022Dr. Alex McIntosh Granted the Title of Professor Emeritus
Dr. Alex McIntosh, recently retired from over forty years of service to the Department of Sociology, has been granted the title of Professor Emeritus by the Texas A&M University Board of Regents on February, 2022.
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March 3, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 3/9/2022
A Sociodemographic of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil Dr. Bernado Queiroz, CEDEPLAR, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Brazil was ranked third globally in the number of confirmed cases, behind only the United States and India; and was ranked second globally in the number of deaths, surpassed only by the US. Brazil’s central authorities decided […]
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March 2, 2022Dr. Judith Linneman Receives Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Judith Linneman from the Department of Sociology is one of the recipients of the 2021-2022 Provost Academic Professional Track Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. Ten Texas A&M University faculty were selected for the 2021-2022 Provost Academic Professional Track Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. This award encourages, recognizes, and rewards faculty who provide students with meaningful learning […]
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March 1, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 3/2/2022
The Rise of Criminal Governance and Social Reaction in Michoacán, Mexico Joel Herrera, University of California, Los Angeles In many developing countries where formal institutions fail to guarantee rule of law, criminal organizations have emerged as intermediaries between citizens and the state. In some cases, these armed non-state actors adopt repressive strategies to govern their […]
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February 17, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 2/23/2022
Physical Disability Over the Life Course: Implications for Well-Being and Social Integration Dr. Deborah Carr, Director of the Center for Innovation in Social Science, Boston University Rates of physical disability in the United States and worldwide are increasing steadily, due in part to population aging. Disability can take a powerful social and emotional toll; persons […]
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February 10, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 2/16/2022
Race, Class and State Capacity for Development in Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Zophia Edwards, Providence College Existing development theories predict that factors such as natural resource wealth and the legacies of European colonizers inhibit development. However, the case of Trinidad and Tobago challenges these theories, as a resource-rich former colony that has achieved high levels […]
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February 2, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 2/9/2022
Frontiers: How Global Capitalism Creates Zones of Extreme Racial Violence Dr. Samuel Cohn, Texas A&M University Frontier Capitalism is drenched in blood. Most discussions of capitalism, social structure and race focus on the dynamics of settled areas. Recent work by Ecological Marxists suggests that capitalism is extremely dependent on its frontiers. The demographic, class and […]
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January 27, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 2/2/2022
Sanctified Saints: Race, Gender, Politics, and Black Pentecostalism Vanessa Verner, Texas A&M University During the racial uprisings of summer 2020, a Pentecostal preacher proposed to his listeners, “You should not be more Black than you are Christian.” That preacher’s proclamation prompted a series of questions on ways to analyze contemporary Black Pentecostal people. This colloquium […]
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January 21, 2022Sociology Colloquium, 1/25/2022
Racial Dimensions of US Post-9/11: Counterterrorism and the Conflict in Burkina Faso Dr. Stephanie Savell, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University As part of its post-9/11 military operations, the United States provides counterterrorism “training and assistance” to dozens of countries, many of them in Africa. Through the case of Burkina Faso, Dr. […]
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December 14, 2021Remembering Kimberly Hartfield
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November 12, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 11/17/2021
The Business of Birth: Reproductive Regimes and Maternity Care in the United States Dr. Louise Marie Roth, The University of Arizona In The Business of Birth, Louise Marie Roth explores the process of giving birth, and the ways in which medicine and law interact to shape maternity care. Focusing on the United States, Roth explores […]
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October 27, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 11/3/2021
“Did you see that too?” Unpacking the Role of Reasoning about & Exposure to Microaggressions Dr. Allegra J. Midgette, Texas A&M University Prior scholarship has found that U.S. college students of racial and ethnic minoritized backgrounds experience frequent subtle behaviors that communicate negative messages towards their group or themselves as individuals (Nadal et al., 2015; […]
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October 21, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 10/27/2021
Gaslighted: How the Oil and Gas Industry Shortchanges Women Scientists Dr. Christine Williams, The University of Texas at Austin The oil and gas industry is one of the richest and most powerful industries in the world. In recent years, company avowals in support of diversity, much-touted programs for “women in STEM,” and, most importantly, a […]
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October 15, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 10/20/2021
Cycle of Segregation: Social Processes and Residential Stratification Dr. Maria Krysan, University of Illinois Chicago Dr. Kyle Crowder, University of Washington The Fair Housing Act of 1968 outlawed housing discrimination by race. But almost fifty years later, residential segregation remains virtually unchanged. Why does segregation persist at such high rates and what makes it so […]
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October 9, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 10/13/2021
The Evolution of Juan Crow in Higher Education: From Lulac v Richard to the Present Dr. Isabel Araiza, Texas A&M Corpus Christi The Race and Ethnic Studies Institute (RESI), in partnership with the Department of Sociology, invites you to attend our upcoming virtual Colloquium on Wednesday, October 13 at 12PM CST. Dr. Isabel Araiza, Associate […]
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September 30, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 10/6/2021
Insecurity and Inequality in Academia: Differential Effects of COVID-19 on Work Conditions and Work-Life Balance in the Texas A&M Academic Community Angelique Maes, Texas A&M University Work-Life Balance (WLB) seems to be difficult to achieve in academia but is also highly coveted and is seen as an important factor for retention (Lindfelt et al 2018). […]
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September 23, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 9/29/2021
Mexican Immigrant Parenting in Under-Resourced Latinx School-Communities at a Time of Strict Immigration Enforcement: An Ecological Approach Dr. David Rangel, Brown University Numerous studies have pointed to class-based cultural beliefs as the primary driver of childrearing and school-involvement practices (Lareau 2003; Calarco 2018). However, this focus on class-based differences homogenizes potential within-group variation and neglects […]
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September 16, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 9/22/2021
Reading Writing and Harassment: Educational Inequality at the U.S. Mexico Border Peggy Sue Harris, Texas A&M University Albert, a Mexican American high school student from El Paso, Texas, was on his way to class when U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped and questioned him, suspicious of his citizenship status. Soon, more stories like Albert’s began to […]
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September 9, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 9/15/2021
How COVID-19 Has Transformed Japan’s Culture of (Over)Work? Dr. Hiroshi Ono, Hitotsubashi University Business School The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted labor markets around the world. Workers and corporations scrambled to adjust their workstyles to a new normal, by avoiding the commute and working remotely from their homes or elsewhere. Japan is a country that stood […]
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September 2, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 9/8/2021
Chaos in the Military Response to Afghanistan Dr. Stjepan Meštrović, Texas A&M University Dr. Meštrović will draw from his research in US military responses to the war in Afghanistan to compare and contrast the most recent events with previous dilemmas and problems. September 8, 2021 Wednesday, 12–1:30pm Zoom session Meeting ID: 991 0901 4650 Passcode: […]
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July 6, 2021
Quantitative Methods Series
The 2021 Sociology Quantitative Methods Series is an experiment and aims to provide a forum where sociology graduate students (and others who may be interested) can refresh their memories on topics covered in required quantitative methods courses and also get overviews of and introductions to topics not typically covered in the required courses. Sessions will […]
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June 24, 2021Racist America Audiobook
Dr. Hernandez narrated the audiobook for Dr. Feagin’s book “Racist America.” It can be accessed on this link.
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April 28, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 5/5/2021
Eyes Wide Shut: Using Accreditation Regulation to Address the “Pass the Harasser” Problem in Higher Education Dr. Theresa Morris, Texas A&M University J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. Susan Fortney, Texas A&M University School of Law Universities and colleges have long struggled with sexual harassment and misconduct, pervasive harms that they have only recently been forced to confront […]
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April 20, 2021Ending Anti-AAPI Violence and Racism
Connecting Atlanta to Indianapolis to TAMU Friday, April 23, 2021 2–4pm Zoom session Meeting ID: 926 1072 0672 Passcode: 187992 If you cannot join with video, you can connect to the Zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 Panelists Cara Wallis (Associate Professor, Department of Communication) Felipe Hinojosa (Associate Professor, Department of History) Chaitanya Lakkimsetti (Associate Professor, […]
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April 19, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 4/28/2021
Community Food Security & Food Justice Dr. Monica M. White, University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr. Monica M. White is Associate Professor of Environmental Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a joint appointment in the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology. Her research engages communities of color and grassroots […]
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April 18, 2021Donate to Dr. Jane Sell Graduate Fellowship
The Department of Sociology recently founded the Dr. Jane Sell Graduate Fellowship to provide funding for graduate students who are working to understand the causes and consequences of social inequality in groups. This fellowship will be given out annually to a graduate student researching topics like social justice, status inequality, inequality in groups, the use […]
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April 18, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 4/21/2021
Time Will Tell: An Organizational Model of Sponsorship of Business Recovery After Disaster Dr. Patricia Thornton and Dr. Maria Watson, Texas A&M University We develop a general model of when and how aid organizations respond to businesses recovering from natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and pandemics. In particular, we examine two main factors underlying […]
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April 8, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 4/14/2021
From the Inside Out: The Fight for Environmental Justice in Government Agencies Dr. Jill Lindsay Harrison, University of Colorado Boulder Prof. Jill Lindsey Harrison will present the findings from her new book, From the Inside Out: The Fight for Environmental Justice within Government Agencies (MIT Press, 2019). From the Inside Out lifts the veil on […]
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April 1, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 4/7/2021
All Societies Die: How to Keep Hope Alive Dr. Samuel Cohn, Texas A&M University No society has ever lived longer than 1000 years. Most societies do not make it that long. If we date the current Euro-American World System from its inception in the late fourteenth century – our current world system is 650 years […]
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March 23, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 3/31/2021
Small in Size, Selective in Location, Limited on Healthcare Access Improvement: Exploring the Accessibility of Micro-Hospitals in Texas Through Demographic Spatial Modeling Jingqiu Ren, Ryan Earl, and Dr. Ernesto Amaral, Texas A&M University Micro-hospitals are a new form of for-profit healthcare facility with rapid expansion in some parts of the country. Micro-hospitals in Texas continue […]
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March 22, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 3/24/2021
Deported to Death: Asylum, Drug Violence and Immigration Enforcement on the U.S. Mexico Border Dr. Jeremy Slack, The University of Texas at El Paso During the Trump administration a number of policies and practices led to a concentration of asylum seekers and deportees stuck at the U.S. Mexico border, this builds upon the past decade […]
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March 13, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 3/17/2021
Stagnant Dreamers: How the Inner City Shapes the Integration of Second Generation Latinos Dr. María G. Rendón, University of California, Irvine Professor María G. Rendón is a sociologist who examines the integration process of Latino immigrants and their children in the United States. She pays close attention to role of spatial inequality and examines how […]
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February 28, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 3/3/2021
An Ugly Word: Rethinking Race in Italy Dr. Ann Morning, New York University The relevance of race for analyzing and combating social exclusion and stratification worldwide has been a subject of heated controversy. Based on interviews with young people in an aspiring “color-blind” Italy and a United States that has been called “race-obsessed,” we propose […]
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January 28, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 2/3/2021
Attitudes Towards Wife Beating in Pakistan: Over-Time Comparative Trends by Gender Fizza Raza and Dr. Heili Pals, Texas A&M University According to the Global Gender Gap Index 2020, Pakistan ranks 151 out of 153 countries in terms of general equality. According to the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) 2012-2013, 42% of women believed that […]
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January 22, 2021Sociology Colloquium, 1/27/2021
“Especially Heinous” and “Vicious Felonies”: Deconstructing Possible Rape Narratives within Law & Order: SVU: A Pilot Study Gemini Creason-Parker, Texas A&M University In recent years, scholars have started to research the use of the traditional rape narrative, which propagates myths about the crime on screen, and how it affects people’s rape myth acceptance (RMA). However, […]
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November 30, 2020Research Experience for Undergraduates, Summer 2021
The Texas A&M Sociology department invites students to apply to the Summer 2021 “Research Institute in Sociology and Social Inequality” REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) site, funded by the National Science Foundation under grant #1757813. This 8-week summer program is an exciting opportunity for up to 10 undergraduates to gain research experience with close guidance […]
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November 9, 2020Job Opening: Sociology Professor and Department Head
Location College Station, Texas Open Date September 15, 2020 Deadline Review of applications will begin on October 20, 2020, and continue until the position is filled. Description The Sociology Department at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full-time, 9 month position of a tenured professor and department head. The position has a starting date […]
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November 8, 2020Sociology Colloquium, 11/11/2020
The Revolutionary Upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa Dr. Gilbert Achcar, London School of Oriental and African Studies Ten years will soon have passed since the Arab Spring started in Tunisia in December 2010 before spreading like wildfire to the whole MENA region, with major uprisings in five other countries in 2011. Three […]
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November 7, 2020Workshop: Non-Academic Jobs
The Sociology workshop on non-academic careers happened on November 6, 2020. It really was an informative session with representatives from very varied non-academic positions present. We had Dr. Bethany DeSalvo from US Census, Dr. Emily Knox from Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Dr. Monica Williams from RAND, Dr. Nicholas Guittar from Wiley Education Solutions, and Dr. […]
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October 29, 2020Sociology Colloquium, 11/4/2020
Residential Segregation of Racial-Ethnic Groups in 1940: Findings and Opportunities Based on Analyzing Restricted Microdata Dr. Mark Fossett, Texas A&M University I will present selected findings from research in progress investigating residential segregation of racial-ethnic groups in US urban areas in 1940. The research draws on a rich new data source – restricted IPUMS microdata […]
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October 23, 2020Sociology Colloquium, 10/28/2020
The Effects of Income on Birth Rates: The Case of a Universal Cash Transfer Dr. Sarah K. Cowan, New York University Governments around the globe institute income policies in order to alleviate poverty. Whether these policies have unintended fertility effects is an open question, and the answer has implications for fertility theory, policy design and […]
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October 18, 2020Sociology Colloquium, 10/21/2020
Association of Income Inequality and Migration with Intergenerational Mobility Dr. Ernesto Amaral, Dr. Arthur Sakamoto, Shih-Keng Yen, Texas A&M University Dr. Sharron Wang-Goodman, Delaware State University Link to presentation A Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Income Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility We provide an overview of associations between income inequality and intergenerational mobility in the United […]
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October 2, 2020Sociology Professor Working as a Posse Mentor
Dr. Alexander Hernandez started working as a Posse mentor in the Fall 2020. The Posse Foundation is a non-profit organization that identifies, recruits, and trains student leaders to pursue their academics and to help promote cross-cultural communication on campus. The Posse Foundation was one of ten bodies to which President Barack Obama donated a portion […]
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September 11, 2020Sociology Colloquium, 10/14/2020
Becoming Brokers: Building Thailand’s Brand in Public Health Dr. Joseph Harris, Boston University From HIV prevention to universal health coverage to coronavirus response, Thailand’s public health policies have garnered international acclaim. What has enabled a resource-constrained country in the Global South to exercise such outsized influence in global public health? What mechanisms have led Thailand’s […]
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September 10, 2020Sociology Colloquium, 10/7/2020
Examining the Causal Effect of Skin Color in Online Dating Dr. Emilce Santana, Texas A&M University This project seeks to measure the causal effect of an individual’s skin color on their likelihood of engaging in interethnic/interracial romantic relationships. The literature on skin color inequality is limited by issues such as a heavy reliance on observational […]
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September 5, 20202020–2021 ACES Fellows Program
Texas A&M University’s College of Liberal Arts invites applications for the Accountability, Climate, Equity, and Scholarship (ACES) Fellows Program. In recognition of Texas A&M University’s Diversity Plan, the ACES faculty pipeline initiative promotes the research, teaching, and scholarship of early career scholars who embrace the belief that diversity is an indispensable component of academic excellence. […]
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September 5, 2020Sociology Colloquium, 9/30/2020
Diversifying the UAE and Russia: How National Higher Education Policies Attract International Students Dr. Karin Johnson, Texas Research Data Center (TXRDC) Dr. Johnson’s core interest is in how policy can attract skilled migrants, particularly to developing areas with a low or declining population. In her recent research, Johnson compared higher education internationalization policies in the […]
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September 5, 2020Book Club Colloquium, 9/28/2020
This is an early announcement that we are going to have a book club colloquium at 12pm on Monday, September 28th with Jessica Calarco (@JessicaCalarco), the author of A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum. Why are we telling you this now? So you can start the book of course! You can […]
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September 4, 2020Sociology Colloquium, 9/16/2020
Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump Dr. Jennifer R. Mercieca, Texas A&M University A demagogue—a leader of the people—could be a hero or a villain. What kind of demagogue is Donald Trump? He is both a hero and a villain—a hero to his supporters and a villain to everyone else. Demagogue for […]
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September 4, 2020Sociology Colloquium, 9/9/2020
Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States Dr. Andrew Whitehead, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Dr. Samuel Perry, The University of Oklahoma Why do so many conservative Christians continue to support Donald Trump despite his many overt moral failings? Why do many Americans advocate so vehemently for xenophobic policies, such as […]
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August 18, 2020Dr. Jane Sell Graduate Fellowship
Dr. Jane Sell will be retiring soon from Texas A&M University. She has spent her whole career dedicated to the students, staff, and faculty at Texas A&M University, and promoting rigorous social psychological research throughout the profession. Dr. Sell received her PhD from Washington State University in 1979, joined the faculty in 1978, and has […]
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August 13, 2020Academic Building Flow Map, Fall 2020
This flow map indicates exit and entry access to the Academic Building during the Fall 2020. The building will also have signs on all doors.
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August 13, 20202020 Sociology Welcome Party
The Sociology Department invites you to the Fall 2020 welcome party on Friday, August 21st at 6pm on Zoom. Be ready to chat and mingle! We will have some (semi)formal greetings, interactive activities, and a chance to chat in smaller groups (using breakout rooms). To make it more fun, please fill out this survey (https://forms.gle/J274j9gr4BEVxqxe6) […]
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August 13, 20202020 Sociology PhD Graduation Celebration
The Sociology Community is invited to the Sociology PhD Graduation Celebration on Friday, August 14th at 6pm on Zoom! We will congratulate and cheer on our new Doctors! The new Ph.Ds are: – Dr. Asheli Atkins – Dr. Vanessa Gonlin – Dr. Kelly McNamara – Dr. Gabe Miller – Dr. Jeffrey Opaleye – Dr. Stephanie […]
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July 30, 2020Sociology Professor Interview to Office for Diversity
Dr. Emilce Santana is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M University and an Accountability, Climate, Equity, and Scholarship (ACES) Fellow. The A&M Office for Diversity interviewed Dr. Santana about her recent publication, “Is White Always Right? Skin Color and Interdating Among Whites,” which focuses on skin color and interethnic/ […]
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July 21, 2020Everybody Eats! Facilitating a Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Supply Chain for the Residential Food Garden
Presenter: Dr. Sarah Gatson, TAMU Sociology Professor This presentation’s focus is on incorporating EarthKind (AgriLife Extension) and Regenerative Agricultural principles into residentially-based food gardens. It summarizes everyday and research-based practices, with graphic examples, and raises questions for the ongoing facilitation of these gardens in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and provides a suggested way […]
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May 14, 2020Sociology Professor Selected to Receive “Achievements in Climate and Inclusion” Award
Dr. Mary Campbell has been named a recipient of the College of Liberal Arts “Achievements in Climate and Inclusion” (ACI) Award for 2020. This award recognizes those who regularly engage in service activities designed to encourage and facilitate a more inclusive and welcoming climate for all. Learn more about this award and previous recipients here: […]
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May 6, 2020Sociology Administrative Coordinator Received President’s Meritorious Service Award
Marisa Winking, Administrative Coordinator of the Sociology Department, received the President’s Meritorious Service Award, recognizing her commendable service to the Texas A&M University. Learn more about this award by visiting https://today.tamu.edu/2020/05/05/president-young-announces-2020-meritorious-service-award-recipients/
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April 22, 2020Texas A&M Distinguished Dissertation Award
Dr. Katherine Anne Calle Willyard, a recent Sociology Ph.D. graduate, was honored with a Distinguished Dissertation Award from Texas A&M’s Office of Graduate and Professional Studies this year. This honor is bestowed upon only a select few each year across the entire university and recognizes dissertations that have made a significant and impactful contribution to […]
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March 22, 2020
Contact Information For the Sociology Department
Contacting the Sociology Department From March 23rd until the End of the Spring 2020 Semester Undergraduate Advisors Zuleika’s Zoom Information https://tamu.zoom.us/my/zuleika Meeting ID: 623-822-5836 Virtual appointment hours Tuesdays & Fridays, 9:00 to 11:30 am Wednesdays & Thursdays, 1:30 to 4:00 pm Ziena’s Zoom Information https://tamu.zoom.us/my/ziena Meeting ID: 682-527-5553 Virtual appointment hours Monday-Friday, 9:00 to 11:30 […]
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March 2, 2020Sociology Professor Selected to Receive the Faculty Sustainability Champion Award
Sarah Gatson was selected to receive the Faculty Sustainability Champion Award through the Office of Sustainability at Texas A&M University. Learn more about the Sustainability Champion awards by visiting http://sustainability.tamu.edu/awards.aspx. The award will be presented during the 6th Annual Sustainability Breakfast and Awards program on Tuesday, April 14th, 2020.
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November 22, 2019Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU-NSF)
The Texas A&M Sociology department invites students to apply to the Summer 2020 “Research Institute in Sociology and Social Inequality” REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) site, funded by the National Science Foundation under grant #1757813. This 8-week summer program is an exciting opportunity for up to 10 undergraduates to gain research experience with close guidance […]
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November 20, 2019Sociology Graduate Student Featured in the Battalion
The Sociology graduate student, Ried Mackay, was featured in Texas A&M’s Battalion newspaper in an article about Native American Heritage Month. Link to the Battalion article
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November 14, 2019Lecture of Sociology Professor Selected as Finalist for 2020 Baylor University Cherry Award
Professor May delivers 2020 Finalist Lecture for the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching at Baylor University. Link to video of Professor May’s lecture
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September 13, 2019
Sociology Professor Selected to Receive Distinguished Achievement Award
Mary Campbell was selected to receive one of this year’s college-level Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement award for teaching. The purpose of this award is to recognize, encourage, and reward superior classroom teaching. The award will be presented at the College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Reception on October 24th, 2019. More information about the […]
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August 27, 2019
2019–2020 ACES Fellows Program
Texas A&M University’s Accountability, Climate, Equity, and Scholarship (ACES) Fellows Program is a two-year (24 month) fellowship for early career PhDs. Applicants should have earned their PhD between January 1, 2016 and July 1, 2020. The stipend is $60,000 per year plus benefits. Benefits including medical, dental, and vision are available. The fellowship period generally begins August 1 […]
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May 9, 2019Sociology Professor Selected as Finalist for National Teaching Award
Finalists Selected for Baylor’s $250,000 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching WACO, Texas (March 28, 2019) – Three preeminent scholar/teachers from U.S. universities have been selected as finalists for Baylor University’s 2020 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, the only national teaching award – with the single largest monetary reward of $250,000 – presented […]
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January 21, 2019Closing the Gap
Sociology professor Joe Feagin was recently awarded the Award for Public Understanding of Sociology from American Sociological Association (ASA) for continuing the work of understanding and countering racism.
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October 16, 2018
Hunger-Free Texas Project
By Dr. Mary Campbell In Spring 2017, 2018, and 2019, students in Industrial Distribution and Sociology got together in student teams to focus on real problems and work directly with food pantries in Texas, while at the same time developing skills in critical thinking, process planning and improvement, impact assessment, and team management. This multidisciplinary […]
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June 13, 2018Professor Reuben May Named ‘Piper Professor’
Every year, the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation names ten Piper Professors in recognition for their superior teaching at Texas higher education institutions. This year Reuben A. Buford May, a Presidential Professor in sociology, was one of the select few. “I see it as a very high honor and it’s wonderful to be thought of at […]
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August 21, 2017Fall 2017 Workshop on Race & Ethnicity
This workshop brings together state-of-the-art theory on race and ethnicity with best practices in the use of social statistics. The workshop aim is to develop quantitative researchers that will give more careful and keen consideration to how race and ethnicity fit in their statistical models . . .
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August 21, 2017TAMU Sociologists Win Big ASA Awards for 2017
Faculty from the Sociology Department have won three major awards this year from the American Sociological Association (ASA). Former Department Head Jane Sell (right) won the Cooley-Mead Award for a Career of Distinguished Scholarship in Social Psychology. Kazuko Suzuki (left) received the 2017 Distinguished Book Award from the Asian and Asian-American section of the ASA for her book Divided […]
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March 8, 2017
Why Study Sociology?
Sociology studies the development, structure, and processes of human society, which prepares for a lifetime of change by developing an appreciation of diversity, love of learning, writing and study skills. Students who study sociology are generally interested in human behavior, the human condition, and social justice.
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September 26, 2016“American Behavioral Scientist” Special Issue
Mary Campbell, along with Jenifer Bratter (Rice University) and Wendy Roth (University of British Columbia), has edited a forthcoming special issue of American Behavioral Scientist entitled “Measuring the Diverging Components of Race” that is now available online. This special issue brings together original research that advances the emerging subfield on the measurement and analysis of […]
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March 21, 2016
Colloquium: “Industrial Dietary Regimes as a Valuable Conceptual Adjunct to the Nutrition Transition and Food Regime Paradigm”
The Department of Sociology Presents: “Industrial Dietary Regimes as a Valuable Conceptual Adjunct to the Nutrition Transition and Food Regime Paradigm” A presentation by Anthony Winson, University of Guelph and Jin Young Choi, Sam Houston State University Monday, March 21 1 –2 pm in room 701 Rudder Tony Winson is currently Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology […]