We are pleased to announce that Ryan Talbert has been selected as the recipient of the 2024-2025 Honors Faculty Member of the Year Award.
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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.
Sylvia Pu, ’20 (Ph.D.): “Expand Your Career” November 7, 4-5 PM
Expand Your Career Options is a series of events featuring graduate degree level alum panelists who pursue their careers in various fields. It occurs every semester and is created with doctoral students and postdoc scholars in mind. The event series originated from a commitment that recognizes all graduate students do not go into academia, so we seek to normalize that individuals go into, and succeed in, a range of careers.
Noël Cazenave: Yale Workshop
Next Monday, October 14th, the Yale Sociology Department will be holding a Workshop in Urban Ethnography featuring Professor Noël A. Cazenave and his new book, Cazenave Eyes.
Spring 2025 Sociology Undergraduate Research Grant Mentors
The Sociology Department is excited to run the Undergraduate Research Grant competition again in Academic Year 2025! We encourage students to apply for the chance to win one of five $300 awards.
Spring Research Symposium
This Symposium was held on March 29th, 2024 to highlight some of the brilliant research projects that Undergraduate and Graduate students have been working on throughout the year.