September 2025 department news updates
A new semester and academic year have begun and our BU Sociology faculty, students, post-docs, and alumni are as busy as ever! We have returned to a full Fall Seminar Series which we kicked off this week with Courtney Boen from Brown University. Now we’re looking forward to joining forces with The Newbury Center on […]
BU Sociology at ASA 2025
120th Annual Meeting: Reimagining the Future of Work August 8-12, 2025 | Chicago, Illinois | #ASA2025 The 120th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) starts this week! This year’s ASA will be in Chicago from August 8th to the 12th. It provides the opportunity for professionals involved in the scientific study of society […]
Summer 2025 Department News Highlights
Summer greetings from BU Sociology! Here are some recent updates from our students and faculty: Pamela Zabala Ortiz was awarded The Mauricio Gastón Institute’s 2025 Andrés Torres Paper Series Award for her book project, Situating the “Afro” in “Afro-Latinx”: Toward a Sociological Understanding of Ethnoracial Authenticity. CISS postdoctoral fellow and Sociology instructor Tatiana Padilla received the […]
Spring 2025 Department News Highlights
It was a busy Spring! Now that Summer Break is upon us, let’s look back at some recent highlights from this past semester. We are so proud of all the hard work and accomplishments of our incredible Sociology students, faculty, lecturers, staff, and alums: First, congrats to the Class of 2025! In case you missed […]
We have to be creative: BU Sociology Alumna Emma Kalff’s 2025 Commencement Speech
We were delighted to welcome back to Boston University our guest speaker, Emma Kalff, Class of 2015. Emma continues our tradition of welcoming back alumni to our graduation ceremonies. Emma Kalff graduated from BU 10 years ago with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a minor in Art History. She is now working as a […]
College Prize Winner Ramona Leung’s 2025 Commencement Speech
The College Prize is awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences, on the recommendation of the faculty of the Department of Sociology, to a graduating senior who has not only demonstrated excellence in the study of sociology, but who has also shown extraordinary leadership within our department. The awardee is selected on the basis […]
Dr. Alondra Nelson presents at the 17th annual Albert Morris Lecture
On Thursday March 27th, Dr. Alondra Nelson (Institute for Advanced Study) traveled to BU to present Reimagining Resistance in the “Black Box Society” at our department’s 17th annual Morris Lecture. We were honored to meet Dr. Nelson and hear more about her recent research on artificial intelligence and “the relationship between the possibilities of knowing […]
BU Sociology students and faculty present at 2025 Eastern Sociological Society conference
Last week a number of our students and faculty presented at the 2025 ESS conference in Boston. Here are some highlights:
Special Topics Course on Migration and Immigration this Spring
We are offering a very topical and relevant course this semester on migration and immigration taught by CISS post-doc Tatiana Padilla. Registration is still open for the Spring so please spread the word! SO 290 Topics in Sociology: Migration and Immigration Enforcement in the United States Instructor: Tatiana Padilla Meets: Thursdays 12:30-3:15pm This course offers […]
Japonica Brown Saracino and Heather Schoenfeld receive Russell Sage Foundation research grants
The Russell Sage Foundation has announced their latest research grant recipients including two BU Sociology faculty for the program on Social, Political, and Economic Inequality. Japonica Brown Saracino, with Robin Bartram (University of Chicago), will use the grant to study gender and homeownership. You can read more about their research on “How Homeownership Stabilizes and […]