Gentrification conference write up in Nature Cities journal
Last October, our department teamed up with the BU Initiative on Cities to host the global symposium “Gentrification, what can we do about it? An international dialogue”. The conference was recently covered in the journal Nature Cities. You can read the full write up here.
PhD student Andrew Ward publishes gentrification op-ed in Cambridge Day
In a new Cambridge Day op-ed, PhD student Andrew Ward utilizes his research from Professor Loretta Lees’ Gentrification Studies class last semester. In the article “Gentrification study of Central Square finds independent spirit that’s being sorely tested,” Ward presents findings from Cambridge Local First’s inaugural State of Small Business report to demonstrate the rapid pace […]
BU Today feature: What’s the Difference Between the Majors?
Sociology major Sofia Marin (CGS’22, CAS’24) represented our department in BU Today talking with a Psychology student about how their majors differ from each other. “I became more politically involved and realized that I was really interested in looking at how institutions affect things on a macro level,” Marin says. “And there were such niche […]
John Stone remembered in the British Sociological Association’s newsletter
A moving tribute to John Stone has been published in the Spring issue of Network, the newsletter of the British Sociological Association. The obituary is written by friend and colleague Stephen Mennell, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at University College Dublin, who remembers John as “Quite a character!” The issue is available to read here on […]
PhD candidate Meghann Lucy accepts position at Truman State University
PhD candidate Meghann Lucy has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice position at Truman State University. She will join their faculty in Fall 2024. Congratulations, Meghann! She was also featured recently in The Daily Free Press article “CISS and Spark! partnership combines quantitative data and social science in research” focusing on her role […]
Ana Villarreal named Pardee Center 2024 Faculty Research Fellow
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future recently announced its 2024 Faculty Research Fellows. The 12 new Faculty Research Fellows include our very own Ana Villarreal with her two-year interdisciplinary workshop series, “Urban Violence and Resilience in the Americas: Bridging Transnational Research on Guns, Drugs, and Civic Engagement.” It will […]
Undergraduate Students Presenting at the 2024 Eastern Sociological Society
Congratulations to our undergraduate students who will be presenting posters on their research at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on Friday March 1st #ESS2024 Friday March 1, 2:30-3:45pm– Undergraduate Student Poster Session V The Impossible Double Standard of Victim Legibility: “Perfect” Victimhood Lily Belisle, Boston University Architectures of Sacred Secularity: Religious […]
Welcome Jane Pryma!
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Jane Pryma has joined our department. Professor Pryma is a sociologist of health and medicine who received her PhD from Northwestern and comes to us from the University of Connecticut. She is teaching a special topics course (SO 208) on Gender & Health this semester. Welcome to BU […]
Spring 2024 Department Events
The Spring semester is here! BU Sociology has a new Seminar Series planned with three talks scheduled: Wednesday February 7th, Josh Seim (Boston College), Bandage, Sort, and Hustle: Ambulance Crews on the Front Lines of Urban Suffering, 12:00 pm, 96-100 Cummington Mall, Room 241 Wednesday March 6th, Amrita Pande (University of Cape Town), Global fertility Industry and […]
Loretta Lees’ Gentrification Studies seminar featured in BU Today
“Housing and businesses are correlated…the hyper-gentrification that Boston has been experiencing overall, plus the housing crisis off the back of it—that has an impact on small businesses, too and both have to be seen as part of the pressures of a big city.” -Loretta Lees A new seminar on the topic of gentrification taught by […]