Meet Visiting Assistant Professor Saleena Saleem
Welcome Saleena Saleem! Our new visiting assistant professor joined our faculty at the beginning of the Fall semester. Saleena’s research interests lie at the intersection of the sociology and politics of race and ethnicity, religion, and gender, with a regional emphasis on Asia. She was just featured on the College of Arts and Sciences website. […]
BU Sociology at ASA 2023
118th Annual Meeting: The Educative Power of Sociology August 17-21, 2023 | Philadelphia, PA | #ASA2023 The 118th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) starts this week! This year’s ASA will be in Philadelphia from August 17th to the 21st. It provides the opportunity for professionals involved in the scientific study of society to share […]
Ana Villarreal’s article wins ASA 2023 Outstanding Contribution Award
Ana Villarreal’s article “The Logistics of Fear: Violence and the Stratifying Power of Emotion” published in Emotions & Society last year won the ASA 2023 Outstanding Contribution Award from the Sociology of Emotions Section. The award is given for distinguished scholarship in the form of an article that makes a significant empirical or theoretical contribution […]
Jonathan Mijs new award and ASA op-ed
A paper by Professor Jonathan Mijs has won the International Society for Justice Research Morton Deutsch Award for best article published in Social Justice Research in 2022. Please find below the jury report and the full paper here: “Deliberating Inequality: A Blueprint for Studying the Social Formation of Beliefs about Economic Inequality” “The extent of […]
New publications by Jonathan Mijs
Professor Jonathan Mijs, with co-author Selcan Mutgan (Linköping University), published a new article in Sociological Science, titled “Income Inequality and Residential Segregation in “Egalitarian” Sweden: Lessons from a Least Likely Case”. Please click here to read and find the abstract below: “Drawing on individual-level full-population data from Sweden, spanning four decades, we investigate the joint […]
Japonica Brown-Saracino interviewed on WBUR’s Radio Boston
BU Sociology chair Japonica Brown-Saracino appeared on WBUR’s Radio Boston to talk about lesbian bars in Boston. There are fewer than 30 such bars in the country and Professor Brown-Saracino helps explain why that’s the case and also how local LGBTQ groups have been filling the void. Listen to the segment on WBUR here.
Cati Connell awarded 2023 SSSP Outstanding Book Award
Professor Cati Connell’s new book, A Few Good Gays: The Gendered Compromises behind Military Inclusion, was just awarded the Outstanding Book Award for 2023 by the SSSP Division of Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities. The award is intended to recognize published work of exceptional quality in the areas of global studies and social problems and […]
Neha Gondal to receive 2023 CAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
Congratulations to Neha Gondal on receiving the 2023 College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education! Each year, CAS honors some of our best educators with a range of teaching awards. These prizes are awarded annually to members of the CAS faculty who exemplify deep and broad commitment, skill, effectiveness, impact, […]
Nazli Kibria published in the Boston Globe
“In a society where so many of our relationships are fleeting and easily cut off,” Nazli Kibria writes in a new piece in the Boston Globe, “sibling ties stand out for their permanence. These are durable, flexible relationships that can withstand bumps along the road.” Kibria’s article, “‘Love you brother, but despise your politics’: How […]
Jonathan Mijs receives major grant for research project
Congratulations to Jonathan Mijs on receiving a major grant from the Volkswagen Foundation for a 4-year international research project, WealthTalks: The (re-)production of wealth inequality in everyday talk. Jonathan will conduct the study with colleagues at the Freie Universitat Berlin, the London School of Economics, the University of Rio de Janeiro and the University of […]