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 […]
Dr. Alondra Nelson presents at the 17th annual Albert Morris Lecture
On Thursday March 27th, Dr. Alondra Nelson (Institute for Advanced Study) traveled to BU to present Reimagining Resistance in the “Black Box Society” at our department’s 17th annual Morris Lecture. We were honored to meet Dr. Nelson and hear more about her recent research on artificial intelligence and “the relationship between the possibilities of knowing […]
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 […]
Loretta Lees and Initiative on Cities featured in The Brink
Sociology professor Loretta Lees was just featured in The Brink’s latest article, “BU’s Initiative on Cities Builds a Tool for Fighting Displacement.” It reports on the IOC’s partnership with the city of Louisville, Kentucky to help implement an anti-displacement ordinance preventing development projects that would push neighborhood residents out of their homes. This was done […]
Special Topics Course on Migration and Immigration this Spring
We are offering a very topical and relevant course this semester on migration and immigration taught by CISS post-doc Tatiana Padilla. Registration is still open for the Spring so please spread the word! SO 290 Topics in Sociology: Migration and Immigration Enforcement in the United States Instructor: Tatiana Padilla Meets: Thursdays 12:30-3:15pm This course offers […]
Japonica Brown Saracino and Heather Schoenfeld receive Russell Sage Foundation research grants
The Russell Sage Foundation has announced their latest research grant recipients including two BU Sociology faculty for the program on Social, Political, and Economic Inequality. Japonica Brown Saracino, with Robin Bartram (University of Chicago), will use the grant to study gender and homeownership. You can read more about their research on “How Homeownership Stabilizes and […]
Pamela Zabala Ortiz named North Star Collective Faculty Fellow
The North Star Collective is a regional organization BU belongs to that aims to support member institutions in diversifying their faculty and retaining diverse faculty. Each year two BU faculty are chosen to participate in their annual faculty fellowship for BIPOC faculty and for 2025, Pamela Zabala Ortiz was selected as one of the fellows. […]
Pamela Zabala Ortiz publishes new article in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Assistant Professor Pamela Zabala Ortiz has published a new article in the journal Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. In “We’re Expected to Be Homogenous”: Contesting Latinidad and the Myth of Panethnic Inclusion, Zabala Ortiz explores “the kinds of ethnoracial contestations that occur among Latines as they negotiate what it means to take on that panethnic […]