Alumnus Roman Williams Joins Institute for International and Intercultural Studies at Union University
Roman R. Williams (PhD 2010) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Institute for International and Intercultural Studies at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.
PROF. CATI CONNELL TO GIVE KEY NOTE SPEECH AT BRANDEIS SEXUALITIES CONFERENCE
Assistant Professor Cati Connell has been elected to give the key note address at the Third Annual Brandeis Undergraduate Sexualities Research Conference today, April 7th, 2011. her speech is titled, ““InQueeries: The Possibilities and Limitations of Queer Theory in Sexualities Research”. More information on the event can be found at the following link: Sexualities Research […]
PROF. GREENFELD TO DELIVER LECTURE AT MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Professor Liah Greenfeld, quoted as one of the world’s foremost authority on nationalism, will deliver the annual Tom Nairn Lecture at RMIT University in Australia on March 16th. Professor Greenfeld is also the Director of the Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences here at Boston University. Please refer to the link below for […]
Alumna Katie Watts in Paris, France
Katie Watts (B.A., 09) has been in the process of slowly degrading into a Parisian since she moved to France in 2010. After sints teaching English, studying at the Sorbonne and working for the fashion department at Parsons Paris, she is currently working towards her MBA in Cultural Management. She lives in an apartment the size […]
UNDERGRADUATE ALUM JENNIFER MACY SUMNER WINS NSF FUNDING
Jennifer Macy Sumner (SO’99), has won National Science Foundation funding for her comparative research on the incarceration of transgender inmates in the U.S. and in Italy. Sumner is currently an assistant professor of criminal justice at Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, and is continuing her research in Italy this spring.
AMY MOFF HUDEC AT THINKING GENDER CONFERENCE
On February 11, 2011, graduate student Amy Moff Hudec, along with colleague Courtney Irby of Loyal University Chicago, presented their paper, “Practicing Purity Under Pressure: Chastity Maintenance Among Unmarried Latter-day Saint and Evangelical Women” at the Thinking Gender conference at UCLA. Hudec is currently in Utah working on her dissertation research.
BU AT EASTERN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONFERENCE
Faculty and graduate students alike participated in the 2011 Eastern Sociological Society Conference on February 24th, 2011. The conference, held in Philadelphia, was on the theme of “Intersectionalities and Complex Inequalities”, and focused on questions of analysis and methodology related to multifaceted research. Members of the Undergraduate Sociology Association were also in attendance. Below, a […]
ASSISTANT PROFESOR JAPONICA BROWN-SARACINO WINS 2011 BOOK AWARD
Assistant Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino’s book, “A Neighborhood That Never Changes” has been awarded the 2011 Best Book Award from the Urban Affairs Association.
PROF.GO AWARDED GRANT FROM THE BU-WARWICK STRATEGIC FUND INITIATIVE
Professor Julian Go has been awarded a grant from the BU-Warwick Strategic Fund Initiative for an interdisciplinary project “Postcolonial Cosmopolitanism” that will include participants from BU and Warwick UK in Sociology, History, Literature, and Classical studies.
GRADUATE STUDENTS TO PRESENT AT ESS 2011
Six PhD candidates will present their research at the Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) Conference in Philadelphia, PA this February 24th-27th. This year’s conference, “Intersectionalities and Complex Inequalities “, focuses on questions of methodology and analysis related to multifaceted research. Students presenting are Kiri Gurd, Courtney Feldscher, Zophia Edwards, David Levy, Justin Stoll, Atanas Grozdev and […]