Graduate Student Connor Fitzmaurice Publishes Book
Connor Fitzmaurice, a Sociology graduate student has published a book with Brian Gareau, Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston College, entitled Organic Futures. Organic Futures—published through Yale University Press–is an exploration of the lived experience of small-scale organic farmers in New England that unpacks how they balance their ideals with economic realities. Taking an ethnographic […]
Special Guest Event hosted by Dr. Liah Greenfeld
This semester again a group of undergraduates (juniors and seniors) from Chuo University in Tokyo, brought by Professor Chikako Takeishi, will join Professor Greenfeld’s classes in cross-civilizational discussion. Monday, November 14, 4 — 7, the group will join “Sociology of Culture” (CAS SO437/ GRS SO837); the topic of discussion: civilization and cultural tropes. Tuesday, November […]
The Sociology Dept. & WGS Program Co-Sponsor Lecture Event “From Combahee to Black Lives Matter”
Professor Cati Connell will deliver the opening remarks at the 7th Annual Sedgwick Lecture in Gender and Sexuality Studies on October 25, 5 pm, titled: “From Combahee to Black Lives Matter”
Professors Saida Grundy & Nazli Kibria Speak on Social Citizenship
Professors Saida Grundy and Nazli Kibria were selected to partake in one of a series of Rhett Talks. The topic of this talk was “Beyond the Legal, Past the Political: Social Citizenship and Who Still Doesn’t Have It” Talk with Saida Grundy: Talk with Nazli Kibria:
Dr. Jessica Simes receives the University Provost’s Career Development Professorship
New faculty member Jessica Simes has been honored with the University Provost’s Career Development Professorship. The award is given to “promising junior faculty who have been at BU for less than two years and who have held no prior professorships are eligible to be nominated for these awards by their Deans.” Dr. Simes is an […]
Professor Nafisa Halim will Deliver Second Seminar Series Talk
Professor Nafisa Halim of BU’s School of Public Health will give the second talk in this semester’s seminar series. Her talk, “Community Level Interventions to Address Intimate Partner Violence in Northern Tanzania” will be held on September 30th at 3PM (note the special time!), in SOC 241.
Graduate Student Opportunity: Join the Fall 2016 Urban Inequalities Workshop
The workshop will approach the topic of urban inequalities from different disciplinary, methodological and theoretical angles and is open to doctoral students from across the university. During the 2016-2017 academic year the Urban Inequalities Workshop will meet two Fridays per month at the Initiative on Cities. Faculty members from different institutions will join twice over […]
Fall 2016 Seminar Series Announced
The dates for the the Fall 2016 Seminar Series have been announced! Fall 2016 main poster pdf
Graduate Students Jake Watson and Sarah Hosman Receive Funding from the Initiative on Cities
Graduate Student Jake Watson and Sarah Hosman have each received funding from BU’s Initiative on Cities for their sociological research. Under the guidance of Professor Julian Go, Watson will examine refugee resettlement and urban development. Under the guidance of Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino, Hosman will examine the Allston neighborhood and urban change.
Professor Brown-Saracino wins the Jane Addams Award for best article
The Community and Urban Sociology Section has awarded Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino the Jane Addams award for her article, “How Places Shape Identity: The Origins of Distinctive LBQ Identities in Four Small U.S. Cities,” appearing in the American Journal of Sociology. Congratulations Professor Brown-Saracino!