GRADUATE STUDENTS TO PUBLISH THEIR WORK
A paper by PhD student Itai Vardi has been accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal Food, Culture, and Society. The article is titled “Feeding Race: Eating Contests, The Black Body, and the Social Production of Group Boundaries Through Amusement in Turn of the Twentieth Century America” and will be published in the journal’s volume […]
Alum Xiaoshuo Hou Accepts Position as Assistant Professor at St. Lawrence
Xiaoshuo Hou (PhD 2008) accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in St. Lawrence’s Sociology department in Fall 2009.
Alumnus Steve Offutt to Begin as Assistant Professor of Development Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary
Steve Offutt (PhD 2008) is currently working with the Human Needs and Global Resources program at Wheaton College (in Illinois) and in January will begin a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Development Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary.
Alumnus Michael Borer Publishes “Faithful to Fenway”
Michael Borer (PhD, 2006) Has gone on to make a name for himself in cultural sociology. His book,”Faithful to Fenway”, was published by NYU Press in 2008 and he is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
Alumnus Timothy J. Berard is an Assistant Professor of Justice Studies at Kent State University
Timothy J. Berard (PhD 2002) is an Assistant Professor of Justice Studies at Kent State University, Ohio.
Alumna Colleen Butler becomes Assistant Professor In-Residence at UConn
Colleen Butler (PhD 2008) is an Assistant Professor in-residence at University of Connecticut.
Alumna Masayo Nishida a Post-Doctoral Fellow at European University Institute
Masayo Nishida (PhD 2008) continued her research on integration of highly skilled migrants as a post-doc fellow at the European University Institute, in Florence, Italy.
Alumnus Anthony Woart is Director of Bluefield State College’s Minority Health Institute
Anthony T.Woart (PhD 1997) is Professor of Sociology at Bluefield State College, in West Virginia, and Director of the College’s Minority Health Institute, which has been the recipient of multiple NIH grants for programs that seek to reduce the burdens of health disparities among the minority populations of the Appalachian region.
Alumna Susan Lee Teaching at BU’s College of General Studies
Susan Lee (PhD 2002) is teaching at the College of General Studies, Boston University. She has studied the economic practices of Cambodian rural widows in her book “Rice Plus:” Widows and Economic Survival in Rural Cambodia (2006). Currently, she is looking at religious influences on women’s value in Cambodia.
Alumna Polly Rizova Publishes “The Secret of Success:The Double Helix of Formal and Informal Structures in an R & D Laboratory”
Polly Rizova (PhD 2003) is an Associate Professor of Management and Sociology at the Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University, Portland, Oregon. Her book, The Secret of Success: The Double Helix of Formal and Informal Structures in an R & D Laboratory was published by Stanford University Press in October 2007.