A special congratulations to Ruth Braunstein who was the winner of the Distinguished Article Award Honorable Mention from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (Braunstein, Ruth, 2022. A Theory of Political Backlash: Assessing the Religious Right’s Effects on the Religious Field. Sociology of Religion. 83(3): 293–323)! Congratulations to Bryan Greene who was the […]

Phoebe Godfrey Attends the United Nation’s COP27 Conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt Sociology in Service: Addressing the Climate Crisis Requires Bold and Rapid Collective Action   This November, Professor in Residence Phoebe Godfrey attended the second week of the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP), of the UNFCCC (United Nations Frame-work Convention on Climate Change). COP27 took […]

Pais, Jeremy, Andrew Deener, Mary J. Fischer & Zachary D. Kline. 2022. “Shelter at Home, if You Can:” Community Vulnerability and Residential Sequestering During the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020. The Sociological Quarterly, 63:3, 562-589.  Roy, Rianka. 2023. “Don’t Panic! Reach Us: Indian Tech Unions’ Social Media Narratives during the Pandemic.” In Media Narratives during the Pandemic, edited by […]

Faculty Mary Bernstein has been appointed Associate Dean of The Graduate School at UConn. Congratulations Mary! A special congratulations to Bandana Purkayastha who has had an amazing year of accompishments! Firstly, Bandana was named the New CLAS Associate Dean. Additionally, Bandana has been selected as Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, the highest honor that the University bestows on faculty. […]

she/her/hers Fall 2023 Cohort As a Yinzer who now calls the coast of Maine home, Samantha has long been enamored with life on the water. She joins the Department of Sociology as a Jorgensen Fellow to explore curiosities about past and present Atlantic seafaring communities. This humbling and exciting opportunity is derived from 10 years […]

The UConn Sociology Department has continued to thrive despite the uncertainties in the University and worldwide with three new PhD graduates—all happily placed in tenure track or applied research positions—eight MAs and a robust undergraduate cohort of 209 majors and 151 minors. We have gained new financial commitments from the College of Liberal Arts and […]