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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President Joe Biden confirmed the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan just 11 days shy of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Now, Afghanistan...
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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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“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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Professor of Sociology Matthew Desmond sits with Ted Koppel of CBS' "Sunday Morning" to discuss the looming crisis.
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The alarming rate at which COVID-19 has killed Black Americans has highlighted the deeply embedded racial disparities in the U.S. health care system.
Upcoming Events
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The Hustle Studies: Precarity Gaps, Credentialing Schemes and Micro-Entrepreneurship in the Shadows of Technological Transformation
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Toxic Neighborhoods: The Joint Effects of Concentrated Poverty and Environmental Lead Contamination on Early Childhood Development
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Black Immigrants’ Use of an African American Strategy for Mobility Through Higher Education
Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 12:00 pm -
Reckoning with Asian America
Mon, Nov 8, 2021, 12:00 pmSpeaker(s): -
Militarizing the Police: Race, Empire and the Global Color Line
Mon, Nov 22, 2021, 12:00 pmSpeaker(s): -
Citizen Crime Reporting After Officer Involved Shootings
Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 12:00 pm
