PROFESSOR JULIAN GO ELECTED TO ASA SECTION POST
Professor Go has been elected to chair the Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association for 2011-12. ASA Sections are the mechanisms through which people in Sociology’s many areas of interest can promote communication, relationships, and intellectual progress. Professor Go’s leadership in this section is a significant honor granted by his closest […]
PROFESSOR KIBRIA HEADLINES BU TODAY WITH INSIGHTFUL ARTICLE ON HER NEW BOOK
Associate Professor Nazli Kibria headlines BU Today with a story about her recently published book, “Muslims In Motion”. Her Book examines the Bangladeshi diaspora, telling the stories of challenges faced by Bangladeshis in the United States and around the world.
ASHOK KAMAL (CLASS OF 2001), SPEAKER AT 2011 SOCIOLOGY COMMENCEMENT
Graduate Ashok Kamal (BA 2001) took stage Sunday, May 22nd as the guest speaker for the 2011 commencement ceremony. Ashok is a social entrepreneur and Co-Founder & CEO of Bennu, which is a socially responsible product development and marketing company that completes the recycling loop (www.bennuworld.com). His career spans the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, including […]
PROF. YEAGER INVITED TO ADDRESS NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Prof. Peter Yeager will address the Committee on Law and Justice of the NRC June 10 in Washington, D.C., on the state of research on white-collar crime. The Committee is seeking guidance with which to advise the National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice on major research issues and controversies in this […]
PROFESSOR RUHA BENJAMIN TO HOLD TALK ON ETHNORACIAL DIVERISTY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Boston University Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, will be holding a talk today, May 11th 2011 entitled, “From Lab to Village: Mapping & Marketing Ethnoracial Diversity to Personalize Public Health.” The lecture will take place at the Crosstown Center Building on the Boston University Medical Campus, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, […]
SOCIOLOGY PH.D. STUDENT DON GILLIS FEATURED IN ‘BU TODAY’
Sociology PhD Candidate Don Gillis is featured in today’s BU Today article, ‘One Class, One Day: Lessons from The Wire”. Gillis, who is currently an adjunct teacher at the MET City Planning and Urban Affairs program, takes his MET UA510: The City in the Media: The Sociology of HBO’s The Wire class to exciting levels […]
PH.D. CANDIDATE COURTNEY FELDSCHER TO PRESENT AT COMMUNITY ASSOC. INSTITUTE IN FLORIDA
Ph.D. Candidate Courtney L. Feldscher is presenting her paper, “Managing Conflict: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why”, at the annual meeting of the Community Associations Institute in Boca Raton, Florida. Courtney is the 2010/2011 recipient of the Foundation for Community Association Research’s Byron Hanke Fellowship.
PH.D. CANDIDATE MEAGHAN STIMAN AWARDED 2010-2011 OUTSTANDING TEACHING FELLOW
Graduate student Meghan Stiman has been selected as the Outstanding Teaching Fellow in Sociology for 2010-2011. Faculty chose Meaghan for her strong teaching values and performance. Meaghan will be awarded on May 6th at a reception held at the College of Arts and Sciences, along with other CAS departmental award recipients.
PROF. SUSAN ECKSTEIN AWARDED EXPLORATORY SEMINAR GRANT
Professor Susan Eckstein has been awarded an exploratory Seminar Grant from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The seminar will address ways that the understanding of immigrants and their cross-border impacts can be improved upon using a theoretically and historically grounded concept of generations.
BU T.V. FEATURES PROF. RUHA BENJAMIN ON POSTRACIALISM
Professor Ruha Benjamin was recently highlighted on BU T.V. show ‘On That Point’, an award-winning current events discussion program. To hear Professor Benjamin’s perspective on race in America and the significance of President Obama’s election click here.