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 […]
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Reflections from the Department Head
We find ourselves again this summer in the midst of the continually challenging pandemic and racist and hate inspired mass shootings. Additionally, we have rising inflation, even as wages for most workers have been stagnant for decades leading to a resurgence in unionizing around the country; the hearings of the “Select Committee to Investigate the […]
Mary Bernstein: UConn Sociology Professor Examines Community Gun Violence
See the recent UConn Today article featuring Mary Bernstein’s work, “UConn Sociology Professor Examines Community Gun Violence.” Her research examines how groups work together across lines to define gun violence and seeks to find strategies to address the problem.
Awards and Recognitions
Ruth Braunstein: Named Associate Editor, Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review (2020) Mary Fischer: Chair elect of the Community and Urban Section at ASA (2021) Phoebe Godfrey: Associate Alumnae of Douglas College, Society of Excellence Inductee, for commitment to “social justice on a global scale” (2020) Brad Wright: OUR Mentorship Excellence Award (2020) Congratulations to Nabil Tueme for receiving the […]
Bidding Farewell to Retiring Faculty
Marysol Asencio has been woven into sociological networks long before she joined our department in 2016. A D.PH in Public Health from Columbia University, Marysol joined UCONN’s School of Family Studies (as it was known then) in 1998. During her time at UCONN, she has held a joint appointment with El Instituto, (formerly known as Puerto Rican and Latino Studies). She served […]
Research and Documentation on COVID-19
Bandana Purkayastha is part of an international team of researchers funded by Social Science Research Council to develop “interdisciplinary working groups that would ask novel questions, develop new frameworks, rethink methodological approaches, and find innovative answers” to the current pandemic. Purkayastha also worked with an international editorial team—Melanie Heath (McMaster University, Canada), Akosua Darkwah (University […]
Greetings from the Department Head
As yet another unprecedented academic year comes to an end, over fourteen months into a global pandemic, our world continues to be in flux. The pandemic itself continues shape shifting and as sociologists we know only too well how privilege and precarity shape our experience of it. Here in the U.S., we see light and […]
David Embrick: UConn Partners with FutureLearn to Expand Digital Education Presence Globally
Check out UConn Today’s recent article titled “UConn Partners with FutureLearn to Expand Digital Education Presence Globally” where they announce Associate Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies David Embrick, Assistant Professor of Communication Shardé M. Davis, and Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Milagros Castillo-Montoya will be teaching an online course partnered with FutureLearn. […]
Bandana Purkayastha: Experts Explain the Executive Order on Race and Sex Stereotyping
Bandana Purkayastha (University of Connecticut) along with Shelley Correll (Stanford University) and Karyn Lacy (University of Michigan) will be holding a discussion on the article Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping. Where they’ll be talking further about the ideas articulated in executive order. Register for the free webinar here. Among the first of […]
U.S. Anti-Black Racism Course
The Sociology Department is proud to be involved in the University’s U.S. Anti-Black Racism Course. This 1-credit course introduces students to foundational history and concepts related to systemic and anti-Black racism. Modules 1, 3, 9 Module 3 Modules 1, 3, 9