Congratulations to Associate Professor David Embrick on being elected for the SSSP presidency for 2026-2027! He will serve as President-Elect in 2025-2026. From the SSSP’s website: The SSSP is an interdisciplinary community of scholars, practitioners, advocates, and students interested in the application of critical, scientific, and humanistic perspectives to the study of vital social […]
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Winners of the 2025 Sociology Department Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of the Sociology departmental awards for 2025!
Noel Cazenave: Personal Narratives in Social Justice
Check out this article written about Sociology Professor Noël Cazenave’s newest memoir, “Cazenave Eyes: Memories of Racism and Racism Studies.”
Eastern Sociological Society Conference
Congratulations to all of the undergraduate students who presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Conference this March! This year’s conference theme was “Building Solidarity to Break Cycles of Repression.”
Fall 2025 Graduate Courses
Graduate courses for Fall 2025
Christin Munsch: Forbes Article Feature
In a recent Forbes article, Michelle Travis highlights gender bias and its connection to employee burnout in women, drawing from Associate Professor Christin Munsch’s 2024 study on the gender disparities in rewarding overwork.
Bhoomi Thakore: The Daily Campus
Congratulations to Professor Bhoomi Thakore on her recent feature in UConn’s student-run newspaper The Daily Campus.
Sociology Colloquium: Filiz Garip | December 4, 2024
This Wednesday, Princeton University Sociology and Public Affairs Professor Dr. Filiz Garip participated in the Sociology department’s colloquium series.
Jessica Chapman: Sociology ECE Faculty Wins Milken Educator Award
Congratulations to Jessica Chapman, Norwich Free Academy social studies teacher and UConn Early College Experience (ECE) sociology instructor, on winning the annual Milken Educator Award!
Angie Beeman, ’10 (Ph.D.): “University Policies Have Not Kept Up with ‘Everyday Racism'”
Congratulations to Sociology Ph.D. alum Angie Beeman on her recent commentary article, “University Policies Have Not Kept Up with ‘Everyday Racism'”. The University World News article criticizes the reactionary approach to racism that many universities have implemented, citing that this approach fosters an unsafe, ignorant environment for university community members of color.