Seminar Series speaker Dr. David Cort featured in the Daily Free Press
Sociology seminar presentation by Associate Professor David Cort (UMass-Amherst) is featured in the Daily Press. Click here to view the article.
Boston University and The Boston Globe partner in antiracist efforts
The revival of The Emancipator has launched! This partnership between the Boston Globe and Center for Antiracist Research (where Assistant Professor Saida Grundy is assistant director of narrative) aims to finish the work abolitionists started: sharing opinions that aim for racial justice. Click here to learn more about The Emancipator. Click here to learn more […]
Professor Deborah Carr interviewed in USA Today News
Professor Deborah Carr speaks to USA Today about grief and trauma among COVID ICU workers. Click here to view the article.
Assistant Professor Gowayed featured on BU Arts & Sciences website
CAS News features Assistant Professor Heba Gowayed’s important work in establishing the Citizenship Hub at BU to help refugees pass the citizenship exam!
Affiliate Faculty Andrew Stokes talks to Boston 25 News
BU Sociology affiliate and SPH Assistant Professor of Global Health Andrew Stokes discusses the impact of COVID 19-on falling U.S. life expectancy, on Boston 25. Click here to watch the interview.
Erick Berrelleza accepts Assistant Professor position
Congratulations to Erick Berrelleza, a PhD candidate, who has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in sociology at Santa Clara University beginning September 2021. Erick’s primary teaching will be in Urban Sociology, with possibilities for collaboration with their School of Theology located in Berkeley. Good luck, Erick!
Professor Deborah Carr talks to Next Avenue
Professor and Department Chair Deborah Carr talks about demystifying and preparing for the inevitability of death. Check out the interview here.
Professor Nazli Kibria on Rethinking Global Poverty
Professor of Sociology Nazil Kibria is looking to change the way the world thinks about poverty in her feature in arts&sciences magazine. https://www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sciences/fall-2020/a-better-future/.
Delice Nsuyabi (CAS ’22) Advances Campus Racial Equity
Hayden Scholar and undergraduate CAS Sociology major Delice Nsubayi helped UMOJA, BU’s Black student union, become a powerful voice for racial equity. Check out her feature in arts&sciences magazine! https://www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sciences/fall-2020/holding-bu-to-account-on-race/.
Associate Professor Ashley Mears featured in BU Today
Associate Professor of Sociology Ashley Mears featured in BU today for her new book Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit. Published earlier in 2020, her work explores consumption dynamics among the economic elite through ethnography. Read the article and interview with Professor Mears here. Congratulations Professor Mears!