Professor Joseph Harris Elected to ASA Section Council
Professor Joseph Harris has been elected to serve on the ASA Sociology of Development section’s council. Congratulations, Joe!
Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino ASA section chair-elect
Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino has been elected as the next Chair of the ASA community/urban section. Congratulations, Japonica!
Professor Julian Go receives ASA award
Professor Julian Go was awarded the 2018 Lewis A. Coser Award for Theoretical Agenda-Setting from the American Sociological Association. The award is given to the sociologist “whose work holds great promise for setting the agenda in the field of sociology.” Candidates and finalists for the Coser Award are chosen by a committee of sociologists from the […]
Conference Report of Professor Joseph Harris’ Global Health Symposium Published
Last fall, Professor Joseph Harris convened a two-day gathering of nearly 30 leading social scientists in an event called the Symposium on Global Health and the Social Sciences. This summer, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has published a new conference report based on the event and the many […]
Professor Jessica Simes wins NSF Grant
Sociology Professor Jessica Simes has won a major grant from the National Science Foundation’s Sociology program! The grant will fund her project “Collaborative Research: The Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Study.” This path-breaking and timely project will examine conditions of penal confinement in the United States, and its effects on health and well-being, labor force participation after […]
Professor Ana Villarreal featured on Brown University Podcast
Sociology assistant professor Ana Villarreal was featured in the Watson Institute at Brown University’s podcast about international affairs. Ana offered her expertise on violence and upper-class seclusion in Mexico. Congrats, Ana!
Japonica Brown-Saracino Publishes Second Book
Sociology professor Japonica Brown-Saracino has published her second book, How Places Make Us, through University of Chicago Press. An excerpt from the book is featured on Slate. Congratulations, Japonica!
Professor Joseph Harris Convened Global Health Symposium
Last week, Sociology Professor Joseph Harris convened the inaugural Symposium on Global Health and the Social Sciences on Nov. 9 and 10, with sponsorship from the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Event description is continued on the Pardee Center Website. Congrats, Joe!
Catherine Connell’s Featured on BU Today
Professor Catherine Connell’s opinion on the “Me too” social media phenomenon is featured in BU Today.
Joseph Harris Publishes New Book
Professor Joseph Harris has published a new book: Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism (Cornell University Press, 2017). At a time when the world’s wealthiest nations struggle to make healthcare and medicine available to everyone, his book examines how and why resource-constrained countries make costly commitments to universal health coverage and […]