Month: May 2020
Koyel Khan: WGSS Teaching Award
Congratulations to Koyel Khan, who has been selected for the Excellence in Graduate Teaching in Women’s Studies Award. This award recognizes excellence in teaching by graduate students in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Program. It is awarded annually to a graduate student who exemplifies feminist pedagogy in the classroom.
Matthew Hughey: Recent Media Appearances
Read Matthew Hughey’s recent op-ed in the Hartford Courant, “There’s Another Pandemic to Fight: Racism.” The article can be found here. “Until we face up to our own lack of empathy and kindness to others, coupled with a hard look at the white-interests of disease-blaming, we will not understand how truly connected and reliant […]
Christin Munsch’s Interview for WalletHub
“Each career has its own unique challenges for balancing work and family – but blue and pink collar occupations and the service industry work are especially difficult. In many white-collar occupations, work can be done from home (as we are seeing now) and the pay is better – so families can outsource things like childcare, […]
Congratulations to Our 2020 Award Winners!
“I am an undergraduate Honors student at UConn triple majoring in Sociology, the Biological Sciences, and Spanish with plans to graduate in December 2020. Throughout my college career I have been dedicated to the cause of improving my community through social justice. As a part of my efforts I have headed the student-led UConnPIRG hunger […]
Network for the Social Scientific Study of Science and Religion
The Network for the Social Scientific Study of Science and Religion (N4SR) was established in 2011 to promote empirical research on the relationship between science and religion. Congratulations to UConn Sociology winner Amy Lawton!
Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe’s global competitiveness. Congratulations to UConn Sociology winner Caner Hazar!
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. Congratulations to UConn Sociology winner Cara Cancelmo!
Winners of the 2020 Sociology Department Awards
Please join us in congratulating the 2020 winners of the Sociology Department Awards!