PH.D STUDENT GILLIS FEATURED IN BU TODAY
Ph.D Candidate and lecturer Don Gillis was recently featured on BU Today in an article highlighting his innovative and highly popular sociology course, “Boston’s People”. Click the link below to read more on his course: One Class, One Day: Boston’s People http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/one-class-one-day-boston-people/
TWO DOZEN BU SOCIOLOGISTS TO PRESENT RESEARCH AT ASA
The lively research work of the Department will be in full view in Denver August 17-20 when the American Sociological Association convenes. Graduate students and faculty alike will be sharing the results of their work in sessions throughout the meetings. For a complete listing, click here.
PROF. KALBERG PUBLISHES NEW BOOK ON MAX WEBER AND CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY
Professor Stephen Kalberg has come out with a new book titled, Max Weber’s Comparative- Historical Sociology Today Major Themes, Mode of Causal Analysis, and Applications”.”Bringing together the author’s major scholarly work on Weber over the last 30 years, offering a rich examination of the major themes in his sociology alongside a reconstruction of his mode […]
GO’S PATTERNS OF EMPIRE WINS AMERICAN POLICAL SCIENCE ASSOCATIONS’ J. DAVID GREENSTONE BOOK AWARD
We are more then pleased to announce that Professor Go’s book, “Patterns of Empire: The British and American Empires: 1688 to the Present” has just been awarded the American Political Science Associations’ J. David Greenstone Book Award for the best book in Politics and History published in 2010 and 2011. The book had also just been […]
EMERITUS PROFESSOR SALLY CASSIDY DIES
Sally Whelan Cassidy, a professor in the Sociology Department from the early 1970s through the early 1990s, passed away at her home in Chestnut Hill on June 10. Cassidy received the PhD degree from the University of Chicago in 1959, with a dissertation titled, “Some Aspects of Lay Leadership.” Cassidy and long-time friend Paule Verdet […]
PHOTOS FROM THE 2012 SOCIOLOGY COMMENCEMENT
PROF. AMMERMAN COMMENTS ON GOLDEN RULE IN AMERICAN CULTURE
When Pres. Obama endorsed gay marriage, he noted that his faith tells him that the Golden Rule is a key value. In a Huffington Post column yesterday, writer David Gibson explores the importance of the Golden Rule in American culture, quoting research by Prof. Nancy Ammerman. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/11/obama-gay-marriage-golden-rule_n_1507912.html.
2002 SOCIOLOGY GRAD PAUL BAUER TO SPEAK AT 2012 COMMENCEMENT
In following with the tradition set forth by the sociology department of having past graduates speak at commencement, we are proud to have Paul Bauer (BA, ’02) return to Boston to address the 2012 graduating class of seniors. Paul graduated double major in SO and PS, magna cum laude. He will pass on his wisdom […]
NYTIMES OPED BY MORRIS LECTURER ARLIE HOCHSCHILD
Arlie Hochschild, our 2012 guest lecturer of the 4th Annual Morris Lecture, recently published a major feature Sunday edition of the New York Times (5/5/2012). Her piece, “The Outsourced Life” highlighted many of the key points of her featured talk here at BU. Click here to read her article.
PHD CANDIDATE BAKHTIARI AWARDED NSF FELLOWSHIP
Sociology Ph.D Candidate Elyas Bakhtiari was awarded one of three graduate student fellowships under the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellows Program. These prestigious national fellowships provide generous support for three years of study, available for fellows to use at any point in the next five years. Elyas works closely with Sigrun Olafsdottir, Assistant […]