Alumnus David McElhattan to Begin Ph.D Candidacy at Northwestern University
David McElhattan (BA, 2010) has accepted a fully-funded offer to pursue his doctoral studies in sociology at Northwestern University. David, who graduated with distinction in sociology and a double major with philosophy, will continue his work in the area of the sociology of law, a field of particular strength at Northwestern
B.A. Alum Philip Kasinitz wins 2010 ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award
Philip Kasinitz (B.A., 1979) received the 2010 ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award for Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age (written with Mary Waters, John Mollenkopf, and Jennifer Holdaway; Harvard University Press, 2008). Kasinitz is a professor of sociology at the Graduate Center and Hunter College of the CUNY and a former President of the […]
CHIH-PENG CHENG TO TEACH AT TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
Congratulations to Chih-peng Cheng (PhD, 2006) on being hired as an assistant professor at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. Chih-peng has accepted a tenure track position in the Center for Education and the Institute of Sociology.
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER MELISSA WEINER FOUNDS BRIGHTER WORLD BOOKS
Melissa Weiner (BU, Class of 2000), Assistant Professor of Sociology at Quinnipiac University, spoke at Department of Sociology Commencement, May 2010. After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology at BU, Melissa went on to obtain her PhD in 2006 from the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Power, Protest and the Public Schools […]
BU ALUM WORNIE REED BEGINS NEW POSITION AT VIRGINIA TECH
Wornie Reed (PhD, 1976) has just completed his first year as Director of the Center for Race and Social Policy at Virginia Tech University, where he is also a full professor in the Department of Sociology. Earlier in his career he chaired the Department of Black Studies and developed and directed the William Monroe Trotter […]
TWO BU ALUMS WIN MAJOR ASA AWARDS
Philip Kasinitz (B.A., 1979) will be awarded the 2010 ASA Award for the Distinguished Scholarly Book. A long-time student of international migration and a widely sought expert on New York immigrants, he is being honored for Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age (written with Mary Waters, John Mollenkopf, and Jennifer Holdaway; […]
Alumna Jennifer Drew is an Associate Professor at Lasell College
Jennifer Drew (PhD 1988), teaches Sociology at Lasell College in Newton.
Alumna Thanh-Nghi Nguyen Presents Paper at Harvard Migration and Immigration Workshop
Thanh-Nghi Nguyen (PhD 2009) is now living in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon) and serves as the Chair of the Sociology Department at the Open University. Tani co-authored with Prof. Eckstein on a paper, “The Making and Transnationalization of an Ethnic Niche: Vietnamese Manicurists,” presented at Harvard Migration and Immigration Workshop, February 2010.
Alumna Frances Chaput Waksler to Announces Forthcoming Book
Frances Chaput Waksler (PhD, 1973) announces her forthcoming book, The New Orleans Sniper: A Phenomenological Case Study of Constituting the Other (University Press of America, 2010). Frances is phenomenological sociologist and Professor Emerita from Wheelock College. She dedicates the book to Sociology Department Professors Emeriti George Psathas, Julius Roth, and John Mogey, as well as Erazim Kohak of the philosophy […]
BU ALUMNUS LEONARD BROOM (1911-2009)
Leonard Broom, (BS, Phi Beta Kappa, 1933; AM 1934), passed away November 19, 2009, in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 98. One of the first sociologists to join the faculty at UCLA, he served there from 1941 through 1959. During that period, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship, served as editor of the American […]