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Professor Bianca Manago named 2026 Chancellor Faculty Fellow
Jun. 24, 2026—Professor Bianca Manago has been named a 2026 Chancellor Faculty Fellow. Congratulations to Bianca on this achievement!
Graduate Student Zhe Zhang Receives SALC Section Award from ASA
Jun. 16, 2026—Graduate student Zhe Zhang recently received a section award from the American Sociological Association (ASA): the Graduate Student Travel Award from the Sociology of Aging and the Life Course (SALC) Section. He will be recognized during the SALC Business Meeting at the ASA Annual Meeting this August in New York City. Congratulations!
Ethel Mickey, Ph.D. (Class of 2012) Publishes Book: Networking to Nowhere: How Gender Inequality Persists in Tech
Jun. 5, 2026—Dr. Ethel Mickey, a Sociology Undergraduate from the Class of 2012, has published a book titled: Networking to Nowhere: How Gender Inequality Persists in Tech (University of California Press). Ethel is currently an Assistant Professor at California State University at San Bernardino. According to Adia Harvey Wingfield, sociologist and former President of the American Sociological Association: “Networking...
Graduate Student Alyssa Davis awarded 2026 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant
Jun. 3, 2026—Alyssa Davis has been awarded Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant for the 2026 Graduate Student Teaching Awards in the College of Arts & Sciences. Congratulations Alyssa!
Graduate Student Blake Powell wins poster award at annual PAA conference
May. 11, 2026—Congratulations to Sociology graduate student Blake Powell for winning a poster award at the 2026 PAA conference!
Professor Lijun Song delivers Keynote Address at Inaugural Center For Aging Families Conference
Apr. 22, 2026—Professor Lijun Song recently gave an invited keynote at the inaugural conference of the NIA-funded Center for Aging Families at Bowling Green State University, where she presented preliminary findings from the National Study of Older Never-Married Adults (NSONMA), an NIA-funded project. The study is the first nationally representative pilot survey of older never-married adults and...
Graduate student Zheng (Noah) Lian awarded Provost’s Pathbreaking Discovery Award
Apr. 2, 2026—Sociology graduate student Zheng (Noah) Lian has been awarded the Provost’s Pathbreaking Discovery Award. Congratulations!
Sociology Speaker Series: What do “most people” think? Race-gender prototypes and the generalized other
Feb. 24, 2026—Sociology Speaker Series What do “most people” think? Race-gender prototypes and the generalized other Trenton Mize, PhD Associate Professor of Sociology Purdue University Tuesday, March 3rd at 12:15 PM in Garland Hall 023
Sociology Speaker Series: How Social Stratification Shapes Health
Feb. 13, 2026—Sociology Speaker Series How Social Stratification Shapes Health Dr. Jenny Cundiff Associate Professor of Psychology University of Alabama Monday, February 23 at 12:15 PM in Garland Hall 162
Sociology Speaker Series: Living Alone Reconsidered
Feb. 2, 2026—Sociology Speaker Series Living Alone Reconsidered: Time Use and Unequal Adaptation among Older Americans Markus Schafer, PhD Professor Department of Sociology Baylor University Wednesday, February 11 at 12:00 PM in Buttrick Hall 344