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Noel Cazenave’s Commentary on Vigilante Attacks in Philadelphia

Read Noel Cazenave’s commentary on vigilante attacks on Black Lives Matter activists in Philadelphia published in The Guardian, “The armed white men who terrorized Philadelphia’s Black Lives Matter supporters.” “‘I am absolutely not surprised this happened,’ said Noel Cazenave, a sociologist at the University of Connecticut and author of Killing African Americans: Police and Vigilante […]

Koyel Khan: WGSS Teaching Award

Congratulations to Koyel Khan, who has been selected for the Excellence in Graduate Teaching in Women’s Studies Award. This award recognizes excellence in teaching by graduate students in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Program. It is awarded annually to a graduate student who exemplifies feminist pedagogy in the classroom.

Matthew Hughey: Recent Media Appearances

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]