Selma Hedlund publishes new op-ed in The Conversation
Sociology PhD alum, and current Postdoctoral Associate at Center of Forced Displacement, Selma Hedlund has published an op-ed this week for The Conversation. In “America is increasingly dependent on foreign doctors − but their path to immigration is getting harder”, Hedlund describes how “for immigrant doctors, the path to permanent residency is fleeting and far […]
PhD alum Sara Bubenik named ACLS postdoctoral fellow at United Way of MA
Sara Bubenik has been named an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) postdoctoral fellow at United Way of Massachusetts Bay (UWMB). Bubenik has been appointed as UWMB Research Communications Director where, among other responsibilities, she will collaborate with colleagues and research partners to disseminate findings from ongoing research efforts to a broad audience.
Sadie Cowan (CAS ’23, BU SPH ’24) awarded Fulbright research grant
Sadie Cowan (CAS ’23, BU SPH ’24) who graduated with honors with BA in Sociology was recently awarded a Fulbright research grant for the 2024-2025 cycle. Sadie will be working and living in New Delhi, India, where she will be conducting social epidemiology research about Tuberculosis (TB) and undernutrition. India is home to approximately a quarter […]
Sean Ahern (CAS ’14) returns to give BU Sociology’s 2024 commencement address
Sean Ahern is a practicing legal services attorney and a BU Law Class of 2017 alumnus. Sean is currently a senior attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services and a part-time lecturer at BU Law. At BU, Sean teaches courses in legal research & writing and in legal interviewing and client counseling. He has also published […]
Spring 2024 department news updates
It’s been another busy semester! Here are some of the highlights of recent good news from our amazing faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and recent alums: FACULTY Congratulations to Neha Gondal and Jessica Simes who both received tenure and were promoted to associate professor this month! This is a richly deserved accomplishment and we are […]
Class of 2023, CONGRATULATIONS! Ariana Katz’s commencement speech
We would like to thank Rabbi Ariana Katz (CAS 2012) for speaking at the Sociology 2023 Commencement. The full text of her speech can be found below. Ariana Katz is the founding rabbi of Hinenu: The Baltimore Justice Shtiebl (SHTEE-bul), a warm and joyful congregation in Baltimore, MD. She is a queer white Ashkenazi femme […]
Selma Hedlund to join Center for Antiracist Research as a postdoctoral fellow
Recent PhD Selma Hedlund will be joining the Center for Antiracist Research as a Scholar in Practice Postdoctoral Fellow this July. The program aims to train and mentor scholar-activists invested in utilizing their research expertise to directly contribute to social change. Congrats Selma!
Alum Jon Shaffer to join University of Vermont as Assistant Professor
2022 graduate Jon Shaffer will be joining the University of Vermont’s department of Sociology this Fall as an assistant professor. Congratulations to Jon on on this wonderful accomplishment! We would also like to extend congratulations and thanks to Joe Harris, who supervised Jon’s dissertation, as well as to the rest of his committee: Alya Guseva, […]
Taylor Cain Starts New Post with City of Boston
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh just announced Taylor Cain’s (PhD, 2019) appointment as Director of the City of Boston’s Housing Innovation Lab (i-Lab).
Sociology Alumna Finishes PhD and Joins Rutgers Faculty
Sarah Tosh (BA, 2009, Sociology and Political Science) completed her doctorate in sociology this spring at CUNY Graduate Center and will begin her professional career as a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Camden in the fall of 2019. Her dissertation concerns the processes of demonization of […]