BU Experts profile Celeste Curington’s research
On Valentine’s Day, BU Experts interviewed Celeste Curington about “how online dating has created a new form of digital racism.” The profile highlights her research on the ways race, gender and identity influence the online dating experience drawing from the findings in her 2021 co-authored book The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era […]
Cati Connell publishes new UC Press book
Faculty member Cati Connell’s new book A Few Good Gays: The Gendered Compromises behind Military Inclusion was published in December by University of California Press. The book “identifies the homonormative bargain that underwrites these uneven patterns of reception—a bargain that comes with significant concessions, upholding and even exacerbating race, class, and gender inequality in the pursuit […]
Max Greenberg promoted to Senior Lecturer
We are delighted to share the wonderful news that Max Greenberg has been promoted to Senior Lecturer. Congratulations to Max on this richly deserved acknowledgement of his terrific teaching, research, and service!
Assistant Professor Grundy interviewed in The Atlantic
Assistant Professor Saida Grundy is interviewed in The Atlantic for The Experiment Podcast in a discussion about hate crimes in America. Please click here to listen.
Assistant Professor Grundy writes in The Atlantic
Assistant Professor Saida Grundy writes about the Atlanta shootings in The Atlantic. Click here to read the article.
Professor Deborah Carr interviewed in USA Today News
Professor Deborah Carr speaks to USA Today about grief and trauma among COVID ICU workers. Click here to view the article.
Assistant Professor Gowayed featured on BU Arts & Sciences website
CAS News features Assistant Professor Heba Gowayed’s important work in establishing the Citizenship Hub at BU to help refugees pass the citizenship exam!
Professor Deborah Carr talks to Next Avenue
Professor and Department Chair Deborah Carr talks about demystifying and preparing for the inevitability of death. Check out the interview here.
Assistant Professor Gowayed publishes op-ed in Slate
Assistant Professor of Sociology Heba Gowayed explains why recent changes to the U.S. citizenship exam are discriminatory and exclusionary. Read her new essay in Slate. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/abolish-citizenship-exam-discriminatory.html?fbclid=IwAR3DRjOuw8e7Hkwf_QT2AkJJIq3PdbHygg6hWHCiG1vuX6UXKwlJsq0rMz0.
Assistant Professor Simes interviewed in “In It Together” podcast
Assistant Professor of Sociology Jessica Simes talks to ‘In It Together’ about why communities of color have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. Listen to the podcast here: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2020/11/09/in-it-together-11-09-2020?fbclid=IwAR3DRjOuw8e7Hkwf_QT2AkJJIq3PdbHygg6hWHCiG1vuX6UXKwlJsq0rMz0.