Congratulations to graduate student Rianka Roy ,whose recent article “Politics through Precarity: Tech Workers’ Unions in India during the Covid-19 Pandemic” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Contemporary Asia.
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David Embrick: What is Critical Race Theory–And Why is it Important to Understand?
Lorna Grisby’s article in Reader’s Digest, “What is Critical Race Theory–and Why is it Important to Understand?,” asks experts to define the concept of Critical Race Theory and explain its real-world implications. Among those experts is David Embrick, Associate Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies. Check out an excerpt from the article below. ***Excerpt*** Racism is built […]
Kim Price-Glynn: An Ideology of Collective-Intensive Mothering
Check out Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban and Community Studies Kim Price-Glynn’s recent article in Gender, Work & Organization titled “An Ideology of Collective-Intensive Mothering: The Gendered Organization of Care in a Babysitting Cooperative.” ***Abstract*** Babysitting cooperatives offer reciprocity-based short-term childcare for members. In practice, the babysitting cooperative (co-op) under study has contradictory outcomes that both relieve and […]
Christin Munsch: Residential Fellow at CASBS
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Christin Munsch has been invited to be a residential fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University during the 2022–23 academic year to work on a monograph that extends her work on “masculinity contest cultures” (MCCs) to academic social science and other professional contexts […]
Jane Pryma- “Technologies of Expertise: Opioids and Pain Management’s Credibility Crisis”
Read Assistant Professor of Sociology Jane Pryma’s recent article titled, “Technologies of Expertise: Opioids and Pain Management’s Credibility Crisis” in The American Sociological Review. Pryma discusses the reasoning for the *Abstract* Journalistic accounts of the opioid crisis often paint prescription opioids as the instrument of profit-minded pharmaceutical companies who enlisted pain specialists to overprescribe addictive […]
Andrew Deener and Christin Munsch: OVPR Scholarship Facilitation Fund
The Office of the Vice President for Research recently announced the Scholarship Facilitation Fund (SFF). The SFF is designed to assist faculty in the initiation, completion, or advancement of research projects, scholarly activities, creative works, or interdisciplinary initiatives that are critical to advancing the faculty member’s scholarship and/or creative works. We are proud to announce that […]
Ruth Braunstein: “The backlash against rightwing evangelicals is reshaping American politics and faith”
Check out Associate Professor of Sociology Ruth Braunstein’s recent article in The Guardian titled “The backlash against rightwing evangelicals is reshaping American politics and faith.” ***Excerpt from article*** What if I were to tell you that the following trends in American religion were all connected: rising numbers of people who are religiously unaffiliated (“nones”) or […]
Simon Cheng-ESS Vice President
Congratulations to Sociology Professor Simon Cheng for being selected as the Vice President- Elect of the Eastern Sociological Society. Please also join us in congratulating the individuals listed below: President-Elect: Dana Fisher Secretary: Amy Hsin Treasurer: Elena Vesselinov Executive Committee Member: Christel Kesler Executive Committee Member: Prema Kurien
Rhys Hall: 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Living Legacy Convocation
Tune in to the Office for Diversity and Inclusion and Alumni Relations’ 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Living Legacy Convocation on January 20th to see graduate student Rhys Hall participate in the Ted Talk style format. The speakers represent faculty, staff, students, and alumni from across all UConn locations. Speakers: Michael Bradford – Vice Provost […]
UConn Students Selected for Millennium Fellowship Program
Check out UConn Today’s recent article titled “UConn Students Selected for Millennium Fellowship Program” where Caitlin Dadonna ’22 (Sociology) is recognized as one of the directors for the Millennium Fellowship Program. Only 6% of universities were selected by United Nations Academic Impact and the Millennium Campus Network. Congratulations Caitlin! ***Excerpt from article*** “The Millennium Fellowship leverages the energy […]