Professor Deborah Carr featured in Deseret News.
Professor Deborah Carr discusses later-life economic inequalities with Deseret News. https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/11/18/21569500/medicare-byu-american-psychological-association-cost-lifetime-inequality-older-adults-taxpayers?fbclid=IwAR294Gd9yM7gcBMUblMHFcUaZ8g4QYuCoOZlZtudCqAW7N7gVSJRNQmQ2Us.
Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino featured on CNN
Professor of Sociology Japonica Brown-Saracino featured in CNN article covering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gay and lesbian bars. https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/22/business/gay-lesbian-bars-covid-consequences-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0NMdzR_AbgXsoR3Epbaa6N5L7dVFgAYLk1gLcWQvgB-H3EE0Kf_QJIbG0.
Professor Saida Grundy on White State Violence
Assistant Professor of Sociology Saida Grundy looks beyond police brutality to highlight acts of white state violence that can’t be captured in short videos. Featured in arts&sciences magazine, she spoke to CAS about her work. https://www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sciences/fall-2020/a-better-future/.
Professor Nazli Kibria on Rethinking Global Poverty
Professor of Sociology Nazil Kibria is looking to change the way the world thinks about poverty in her feature in arts&sciences magazine. https://www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sciences/fall-2020/a-better-future/.
Professors Gowayed and Mears Reimagine the Gig Economy
Associate Professors of Sociology Ashley Mears and Heba Gowayed are featured in Our Better Future research roundup in arts&sciences magazine. Professor Mears, with a team of colleagues and graduate students, is looking at how to protect workers during the COVID-19 crisis and the rise of the gig economy. https://www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sciences/fall-2020/a-better-future/.
Associate Professor Ashley Mears featured in BU Today
Associate Professor of Sociology Ashley Mears featured in BU today for her new book Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit. Published earlier in 2020, her work explores consumption dynamics among the economic elite through ethnography. Read the article and interview with Professor Mears here. Congratulations Professor Mears!
Assistant Professor Grundy interviewed in New York Times
For input about the racial impact of Cam Newton’s first season with the Patriots, New York Times columnists look to BU Assistant Sociology Professor Saida Grundy for insights. Read the article here. Great job Professor Grundy!
Associate Dean of the Faculty for Social Sciences, Nazli Kibria, along with Karen V. Hansen (of Brandeis University) are recipients of a Voices of Economic Opportunity Grand Challenge
Nazli Kibria and Karen V. Hansen (Brandeis University) are recipients of a Voices of Economic Opportunity Grand Challenge, sponsored by 8 philanthropic organizations including the Gates Foundation and Raikes Foundation. Below is a description of the study and a link to the Gates press release: “Cascading Lives: Stories of Loss, Resilience, & Resistance Brandeis University […]
BU Sociology Chair Deborah Carr quoted in the New York Times
Our very own Sociology Chair, Professor Deborah Carr, was quoted in the New York Times (on May 19th 2020) in the article “If Life is a Movie, It’s Called ‘Closed Until Further Notice’.” Please follow the link, attached in article title above, to read more on the coronavirus and the widespread uncertainty of the times. […]
Assistant Professor Jessica Simes receives grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Congratulations are in order for our own Assistant Professor Jessica Simes who was recently awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation! The project is titled, “Incarceration and Health: Studying the Community Health Effects of Punishment and the Criminalization of Health Problems.” Wonderful work! We can’t wait to see what is next!