Author: Banton, Jahlia
Dr. Arnold Dashefsky Receives Sklare Award
The Marshall Sklare Award is given annually by the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ) to a senior scholar who has made a significant scholarly contribution to the social scientific study of Jewry, primarily through the publication of a body of research in books and articles or of published work related to public policy. […]
Allen Hyde: Georgia Tech SGA’s Dean George C. Griffin Faculty of the Year Award
Allen Hyde, UConn Sociology PhD Graduate in the Class of 2016, was awarded the Georgia Tech SGA’s Dean George C. Griffin Faculty of the Year Award at the Up with the White & Gold awards ceremony. He was nominated by several students for engaging with issues that local Atlanta communities face and for the passion […]
Phoebe Godfrey: Contributing Author to “The Immigrant Food Nexus”
The Open Access edition of The Immigrant-Food Nexus: Borders, Labor and Identity in North America is now available at: https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4614/The-Immigrant-Food-NexusBorders-Labor-and-Identity. Phoebe Godfrey contributed a chapter on CLiCK, a non-profit, multi-cultural, multi-service kitchen connecting farmers, chefs, and food-lovers. Their producers buy local ingredients, support local farms, and help to grow our local economy—right here in Windham […]
David Embrick: Africana Studies Institute Faculty Research Funding
Congratulations to David Embrick, who is a distinguished awardee for the competitive 2019-2020 Africana Studies Institute Faculty Research Funding for his proposal titled “Blackness, Racial Oppression, and Continued Violations of Human Rights: Comparing [illegally occupied] Palestine and [racial apartheid in] South Africa.” The Africana Studies Institute (ASI) at the University of Connecticut prioritizes faculty research […]
Kate Ragon: Visiting Assistant Professor at Oberlin College
Congratulations to Kate Ragon, who has accepted a job as a Visiting Assistant Professor (VAP) at Oberlin College. Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher […]
Cara Cancelmo: Honorable Mention in NSF GRFP Competition
Congratulations to Cara Cancelmo, who received an Honorable Mention in the 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.
Matthew Hughey’s Interview on Indus News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS8xMtu_p30
Matthew W. Hughey’s article “Debating Du Bois’s Darkwater: From hymn of hate to pathos and power”
Read Matthew Hughey’s new article, “Debating Du Bois’s Darkwater: From hymn of hate to pathos and power,” published in Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. “The initial 1920 publication of W. E. B. Du Bois’s Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil sold over 15,000 copies. Its initial 1969 reissue, and subsequent reprints, have since garnered even more sales […]
Kim Price-Glynn Awarded Hartford Matters Teaching Grant!
The Sociology Department is pleased to announce that Kim Price-Glynn has been awarded a Hartford Matters Teaching Grant to support the development of a service-learning course, “Sociology of Carework.” Established by the UConn Hartford Director’s Office, the Hartford Matters Teaching Grant supports faculty efforts to: – center student learning through engagement and collaboration with people, places and organizations in the […]