BU Sociology affiliate Rob Eschmann’s research on racism featured in BU Today
Affiliate Sociology faculty member Rob Eschmann’s research on how racism appears online and how it affects young people of color. His research has been featured in BU’s research publication The Brink and in BU Today. Congrats, Rob!!
Professor Liah Greenfeld Quoted in Brookings Institute Podcast
Liah Greenfield discusses the topic “where does nationalism come from?” in her conversation with the director of Brookings Institution Press. https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/where-does-nationalism-come-from/
Professor Emerita Adelaide Cromwell Passes Away at 99 years old
Adelaide Cromwell, Professor Emerita of Sociology who founded both the African Studies Center and the African American Studies program, passed away on June 8th, 2019. Professor Cromwell was 99 years old, just 5 months shy of her 100th birthday. More can be read of Professor Cromwell’s inspiring life and scholarship in BU Today, as well […]
Associate Dean, Professor Nazli Kibria named recipient of 2019 Founder’s Award for Scholarship & Service
Congratulations to Nazli Kibria, who was named recipient of the 2019 Founder’s Award for Scholarship & Service, by the American Sociological Association’s section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities (SREM)! The award was established in 2007 with a donation from Professor Charles Smith (one of the original founders of the SREM section) to recognize career excellence […]
Sociology Alumna Finishes PhD and Joins Rutgers Faculty
Sarah Tosh (BA, 2009, Sociology and Political Science) completed her doctorate in sociology this spring at CUNY Graduate Center and will begin her professional career as a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Camden in the fall of 2019. Her dissertation concerns the processes of demonization of […]
Professor Liah Greenfeld Quoted in NBC News on June 5, 2019
Professor Liah Greenfeld was quoted in the article “Trump the nationalist celebrates D-Day’s triumph of internationalism” on NBC News on June 5, 2019.
Assistant Professor Neha Gondal elected to serve in the American Sociological Society
Congratulations to our very own Professor Gondal on being elected to serve as the Secretary-Treasurer for the Economic Sociology section of the American Sociological Association. In addition, Professor Gonal has been elected to the council of Mathematical Sociology. We are thrilled and proud of your success!
Associate Professor Heather Schoenfeld wins Book Award
Heather Schoenfeld, Associate Professor of Sociology, was selected as a 2019 Award of Excellence winner by the Leadership in History awards committee for her book Building the Prison State: Race and the Politics of Mass Incarceration (2018, University of Chicago Press). The AASLH Leadership in History Awards is the nation’s most prestigious competition for recognition […]
Heather Schoenfeld’s op-ed on Minimum Sentencing Appears in Tampa News
Sociology faculty member Heather Schoenfeld wrote an op-ed about Florida’s mandatory minimum sentencing laws for the Tampa Bay Times. Her op-ed appears just as the Florida legislature is set to vote on a criminal justice reform bill. Great work, Heather!
Graduate Student Rebecca Farber becomes Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the College of William & Mary
Congratulations to Rebecca Farber, who has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Sociology at the College of William and Mary. Rebecca is a current PhD student. Best of luck to Rebecca — we wish you success!