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 […]
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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 […]
Coming Soon! Kappa of Connecticut Chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta
The UConn Sociology Department is pleased to announce that we have been approved to establish the Kappa of Connecticut chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta under the direction of Matthew Hughey (chapter representative). Alpha Kappa Delta: The International Sociology Honor Society Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) is the International Sociology Honor Society. AKD was founded in 1920 at […]
Matthew Hughey’s New Book!
Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks’s book: A Pledge with Purpose: Black Sororities and Fraternities and the Fight for Equality Gregory S. Parks is Professor at Wake Forest University School of Law. He is co-author of The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama and The […]
Noel A. Cazenave’s Perspective on Political Engagement Among African Americans
Noel A. Cazenave – Interview on Political Engagement Among African Americans Ph.D. – Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut What accounts for low levels of voter turnout among African Americans? A major problem is the lack of candidates and platforms that truly articulate our concerns. Having to continuously vote for “the lesser of two evils” […]
Congratulations to Christin Munsch on her Interview for USA today!
The second half of the Gender Revolution Christin Munsch, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut, says that most millennial men say they’re for gender equality, but that it takes more than that to close the gender gap. “On some level they believe that they want to be these good […]