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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 […]

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!

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!