Department of Sociology
COMING FALL 2020: This course will examine the historic moment in which we are living in order to introduce students to the concept of race and discipline of sociology.
In this contribution to the “Covid-19 and the Social Sciences” series, Patricia Fernández-Kelly connects the killing of George Floyd, and the powerful public responses to it, to both the current social conditions of the pandemic and the broader historical structural dimensions of racism in US society. Fernández-Kelly draws on a range of...
In many parts of the country, black and white Americans continue to live in very different worlds. This distinctive feature of American inequality is not an accidental development but rather a result of policy choices.
Given the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, schools across the country have canceled their in-person commencement exercises. To celebrate the graduates whose final years of school have been upended, former first lady Michelle Obama and former president Barack Obama are taking part in a YouTube special. This is Mrs. Obama’s address to the Class of 2020.
News
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Punishing mothers for needing help cannot be the answer. A generous child allowance might be. (Via NYT)
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Jennifer Jennings is a sociology and public affairs professor at Princeton professor working on education policy.
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“I wanted to get as close as I could to find out how these individuals view themselves and the world they are fighting for.” By student Megan Kang.
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Money provides enormous leverage in our profit-driven health-care system. Written by Shamus Khan.
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Professor of Sociology Matthew Desmond sits with Ted Koppel of CBS' "Sunday Morning" to discuss the looming crisis.
Upcoming Events
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Risk, Relationships, and Refusal: How Relational Concerns Shape Personal Assessments of Risk and Mitigation
Mon, Mar 1, 2021, 12:00 pmSpeaker(s):Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Princeton University -
URM Representation in Elite Professoriate
Mon, Mar 22, 2021, 12:00 pmSpeaker(s):Princeton University -
The Politics of Pandemics: Democracy, State Capacity, and Economic Inequality
Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 12:00 pmSpeaker(s):Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania -
Kinder Panic: The New Labor of School Decision-Making
Mon, Apr 19, 2021, 12:00 pmSpeaker(s):Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Princeton University
