Leping Wang co-authors paper in Social Science Research
Sociology PhD candidate Leping Wang recently co-authored a paper titled “Selection into higher education and subsequent religious decline in a United States cohort” in Social Science Research. In this paper, they used longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) to investigate: 1) the relationship between childhood religious environment and the likelihood […]
Selma Hedlund publishes new op-ed in The Conversation
Sociology PhD alum, and current Postdoctoral Associate at Center of Forced Displacement, Selma Hedlund has published an op-ed this week for The Conversation. In “America is increasingly dependent on foreign doctors − but their path to immigration is getting harder”, Hedlund describes how “for immigrant doctors, the path to permanent residency is fleeting and far […]
Nazli Kibria publishes op-ed in The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
On Monday, our interim department chair Nazli Kibria published an op-ed in The Daily Star, the leading English language daily paper in Bangladesh. In “The politics of betrayal and trauma,” she writes on the country’s recent upheaval: “Bangladesh is now at a political crossroads. The country, I believe, can only heal from the trauma of […]
BU Sociology at ASA 2024
119th Annual Meeting: Intersectional Solidarities August 9-13, 2024 | Montreal, Quebec | #ASA2024 The 119th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) starts this week! This year’s ASA will be in Montreal from August 9th to the 13th. It provides the opportunity for professionals involved in the scientific study of society to share knowledge […]
Andrew Ward & Carlos Campos Jr. publish gentrification research in Cambridge Day
In a recent follow up to their April op-ed about Central Square gentrification in Cambridge Day, BU Sociology graduate students Andrew Ward and Carlos Campos Jr. argue “In studying business gentrification, of course size matters.” Their research was done in partnership with Cambridge Local First through the MetroBridge program at the Initiative on Cities.
Loretta Lees wins International Planning History Society book prize
Loretta Lees has won the International Planning History Society’s (IPHS) First Book Prize for her publication, with Elanor Warwick, Defensible Space on the Move (Wiley, 2022). The prize is awarded to “the most innovative book in planning history, written in English and based on original new research.” Lees and Warwick accepted the prize, via Zoom, […]
Saida Grundy elected committee chair for ASA distinguished career award
Saida Grundy has been elected chair of the selection committee for the ASA Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology. Grundy will serve a three-year term, starting August 31st, and will replace the current chair, Tasleem Padamsee.
Pamela Zabala Ortiz wins Aristide Zolberg Distinguished Student Scholar Award
Incoming assistant professor, and recent Duke University PhD graduate, Pamela Zabala Ortiz has won the 2024 Aristide Zolberg Distinguished Student Scholar Award. Through the ASA’s International Migration section, the award is given annually to an outstanding paper written by a graduate student member of the section published during the preceding two years. Pamela’s winning paper, […]
Stuti Das publishes new paper in anesthesiology journal JCA Advances
Sociology PhD candidate Stuti Das recently co-authored a paper in the international anesthesiology journal JCA Advances. The paper, “Perceptions about perioperative communication among anesthesiologists and surgeons and the impact of perceived status hierarchies on teamwork in the operating room”, is based on qualitative interviews. Das and her co-authors have been working on the project since […]
Saida Grundy wins ASA Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities article award
Saida Grundy has won the ASA SREM (Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities) Oliver Cromwell Cox Article Award for her 2021 article, “Lifting the Veil on Campus Sexual Assault: Morehouse College, Hegemonic Masculinity, and Revealing Racialized Rape Culture through the Du Boisian Lens”, in Social Problems. The award “recognizes research that critically addresses the issues […]