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 […]
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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 […]
Winners of the 2020 Sociology Department Awards
Please join us in congratulating the 2020 winners of the Sociology Department Awards!
2020 Graduate Student Fellowship
Congratulations to Amy Lawton, who has been awarded a graduate student fellowship through “The Sociology of Science and Religion: Identity and Belief Formation” funding initiative, led by Elaine Howard Ecklund (Rice University) and John H. Evans (University of California, San Diego), and funded through the Templeton Religion Trust (https://religion-science-sociology.com). The fellowship will support her research […]
2019 Award Photos
2019 SWS Mentoring Award
The mentoring award was established in 1990 to honor an SWS member who is an outstanding feminist mentor. In establishing the award, SWS recognized that feminist mentoring is an important and concrete way to encourage feminist scholarship. Manisha Desai is the Head of Sociology and Professor of Sociology and Asian and Asian American Studies at the […]
2019 Jessie Bernard Award
The Jessie Bernard Award was established in 1977 by the ASA Council to honor Jessie Bernard’s enormous influence on the study of gender. The award is given in recognition of scholarly work inclusive of research, teaching, mentoring, and service, that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society. […]
Winners of the 2019 Sociology Department Awards
Please join us in congratulating the 2019 winners of the Sociology Department Awards!
The Concerned Women of Buduburam: Refugee Activists and Humanitarian Dilemmas
Cornell University Press, 2015