Former Huskies teammates Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm and Diana Taurasi [Sociology 2005] of the Phoenix Mercury will try to win a record fifth Olympic gold medal with USA veterans Tina Charles of the Washington Mystics (2012, 2015 Olympic gold), and Breanna Stewart of the Storm (2016 Olympic gold), along with Olympic rookie Napheesa […]
Author: Malley, Mary
In Solidarity and Struggle for Social Justice
Even as we were grappling with the systemic racism laid bare by the COVID pandemic in the disproportionate loss of life in African America, Latinx, and Native communities and the targeting of Asian American communities, we are confronted by the more brutal expression of this enduring racism in the recent murder of George Floyd by […]
Awards and Recognitions
Ruth Braunstein: Named Associate Editor, Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review (2020) Mary Fischer: Chair elect of the Community and Urban Section at ASA (2021) Phoebe Godfrey: Associate Alumnae of Douglas College, Society of Excellence Inductee, for commitment to “social justice on a global scale” (2020) Brad Wright: OUR Mentorship Excellence Award (2020) Congratulations to Nabil Tueme for receiving the […]
Bidding Farewell to Retiring Faculty
Marysol Asencio has been woven into sociological networks long before she joined our department in 2016. A D.PH in Public Health from Columbia University, Marysol joined UCONN’s School of Family Studies (as it was known then) in 1998. During her time at UCONN, she has held a joint appointment with El Instituto, (formerly known as Puerto Rican and Latino Studies). She served […]
Research and Documentation on COVID-19
Bandana Purkayastha is part of an international team of researchers funded by Social Science Research Council to develop “interdisciplinary working groups that would ask novel questions, develop new frameworks, rethink methodological approaches, and find innovative answers” to the current pandemic. Purkayastha also worked with an international editorial team—Melanie Heath (McMaster University, Canada), Akosua Darkwah (University […]
Greetings from the Department Head
As yet another unprecedented academic year comes to an end, over fourteen months into a global pandemic, our world continues to be in flux. The pandemic itself continues shape shifting and as sociologists we know only too well how privilege and precarity shape our experience of it. Here in the U.S., we see light […]
Mary Bernstein: Southern Queeries Podcast
Check out Professor Mary Bernstein’s recent appearance on the Southern Queeries podcast, which provides a look at what is going on in the world of gay marriage or LGBTQ weddings, with a southern twist. Why did the queer community push so hard for marriage in the first place, were there other fights we should have […]
Phoebe Godfrey: Publication of Two New Books
Check out Associate Professor in Residence Phoebe Godfrey’s two new books! Written by the co-founder and former board president of a non-profit shared-use commercial kitchen, Understanding Just Sustainabilities from Within presents an intersectional analysis of CLiCK (Commercially Licensed Co-operative Kitchen), in order to explore what just sustainabilities can look and feel like from within and without. Through a unique combination […]
Ruth Braunstein: ASA Sociology of Religion 2021 Early Career Award
Congratulations to Ruth Braunstein, winner of the inaugural Early Career Award from the Sociology of Religion section of the American Sociological Association. This award recognizes an early-career scholar (who may be in any position, not necessarily on the tenure track) who has made an outstanding contribution to the sociological study of religion. Contributions could include […]
Rianka Roy: Policy Exception Grant
Please join us in congratulating Rianka Roy, who has received a Policy Exception Grant for summer 2021!