BU Sociology students and faculty present at 2025 Eastern Sociological Society conference
Last week a number of our students and faculty presented at the 2025 ESS conference in Boston. Here are some highlights:
Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino Elected Vice-President of Eastern Sociological Society
Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino has been elected Vice-President of the Eastern Sociological Society, for a one-year term beginning in 2016. Congratulations, Japonica!
Ph.D. Candidate Megan O’Leary wins ESS Award
The Eastern Sociological Society is honoring PhD candidate Megan O’Leary with this year’s Rose Laub Coser Award. The Coser award is given annually to a graduate student for an outstanding doctoral dissertation proposal in the area of the family or gender and society. It will be presented to Megan during the Awards ceremony, Saturday March […]
Professor Nazli Kibria Elected Vice-President of Eastern Sociological Society
Professor Nazli Kibria has been elected Vice-President of the Eastern Sociological Society, for a one-year term beginning in 2014. Nazli has been active in a number of leadership roles in the Society, which will hold its annual meeting in Boston March 21-24. Congratulations, Nazli!
PHD CANDIDATE MIA DIAZ-EDELMAN AWARDED 2012 ESS TRAVEL GRANT
Ph.D Candidate Mia Diaz-Edelman was recently awarded the Eastern Sociological Society’s Travel Grant to attend their 2012 Annual Meeting. She will be presenting her paper titled, ” Anchoring Narratives: Multicultural Collaboration in the Immigrant Rights Movement”.
BU AT THE EASTERN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Boston University Sociology will be very visible at this year’s Eastern Sociological Society meetings, coming up Feb 23-26 in New York City. At least eight faculty members, 16 grad students, visiting scholars and post-docs, and two undergraduate sociology majors will be presenting their work in a total of 28 different sessions! For a complete […]
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 […]
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 […]
NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
We are proud to highlight several recent achievements: Professor Alya Guseva will serve on the American Sociological Association’s Council of Economic Sociology Section for the 2010-2013 term. Professor Nazli Kibria has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Eastern Sociological Society as well as the ASA’s Council on Nominations and Council of the Section […]
FACULTY AND GRAD STUDENTS AT ESS CONFERENCE
From presiding at sessions to presenting results of research to convening conversations, Boston University sociologists will be busy nearly every hour at the upcoming Eastern Sociological Society meetings. Starting on Thursday March 18th at the Park Plaza Hotel the meetings will run through Sunday. Two of the many highlights will be a mini-conference on “Gender, […]