Undergraduate Sociology student posters at ESS 2026
Earlier this month, a group of our undergraduate students traveled to Washington, DC for this year’s Eastern Sociological Society’s conference. On Friday March 6th, the ESS Undergraduate Student Poster Session III included the following BU students: Ju Derraik, “Stripping it Down: How LGBTQ+ Individuals are Intimately Repairing Body Image” Ella Wagner, “From Abstinence to Algorithm: […]
BU Sociology at ESS 2026 this weekend
The Eastern Sociological Society’s annual conference begins today in Washington, DC. The theme for ESS 2026 is “Transformation & Repair: Worldmaking in Contexts of Struggle and Constraint.” Below is a list of BU Sociology faculty and students who are participating this year. You can see the full conference program here. Thursday , March 5, 2026 […]
Spring 2025 Department News Highlights
It was a busy Spring! Now that Summer Break is upon us, let’s look back at some recent highlights from this past semester. We are so proud of all the hard work and accomplishments of our incredible Sociology students, faculty, lecturers, staff, and alums: First, congrats to the Class of 2025! In case you missed […]
We have to be creative: BU Sociology Alumna Emma Kalff’s 2025 Commencement Speech
We were delighted to welcome back to Boston University our guest speaker, Emma Kalff, Class of 2015. Emma continues our tradition of welcoming back alumni to our graduation ceremonies. Emma Kalff graduated from BU 10 years ago with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a minor in Art History. She is now working as a […]
College Prize Winner Ramona Leung’s 2025 Commencement Speech
The College Prize is awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences, on the recommendation of the faculty of the Department of Sociology, to a graduating senior who has not only demonstrated excellence in the study of sociology, but who has also shown extraordinary leadership within our department. The awardee is selected on the basis […]
BU Sociology students and faculty present at 2025 Eastern Sociological Society conference
Last week a number of our students and faculty presented at the 2025 ESS conference in Boston. Here are some highlights:
BU Sociology at #ESS2025 next week
#ESS2025: “Building Solidarity to Break Cycles of Repression” March 6-9, 2025; Boston, MA The annual Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) conference will be in Boston this year and it starts next week! It will include scheduled sessions, mini conferences, author-meets-critics, and more. BU Sociology faculty and students, both graduate and undergraduate, will be represented throughout the […]
Spring 2024 department news updates
It’s been another busy semester! Here are some of the highlights of recent good news from our amazing faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and recent alums: FACULTY Congratulations to Neha Gondal and Jessica Simes who both received tenure and were promoted to associate professor this month! This is a richly deserved accomplishment and we are […]
BU Today feature: What’s the Difference Between the Majors?
Sociology major Sofia Marin (CGS’22, CAS’24) represented our department in BU Today talking with a Psychology student about how their majors differ from each other. “I became more politically involved and realized that I was really interested in looking at how institutions affect things on a macro level,” Marin says. “And there were such niche […]
Undergraduate Students Presenting at the 2024 Eastern Sociological Society
Congratulations to our undergraduate students who will be presenting posters on their research at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on Friday March 1st #ESS2024 Friday March 1, 2:30-3:45pm– Undergraduate Student Poster Session V The Impossible Double Standard of Victim Legibility: “Perfect” Victimhood Lily Belisle, Boston University Architectures of Sacred Secularity: Religious […]