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Welcome Dr. Gregg M. Olsen! A visiting Fulbright Scholar from Canada.
Feb. 6, 2025—Dr. Gregg M. Olsen, Fulbright Canada Research Chair, Vanderbilt University Dr. Gregg M. Olsen is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, where he has been based for over three decades. His research focuses on social inequality, social policy and welfare states from a comparative...
Professor Shaul Kelner won the National Jewish Book Award
Jan. 23, 2025— Congratulations Professor Shaul Kelner! His book “A Cold War Exodus” has won the National Jewish Book Award from the Jewish Book Council.
Sociology doctoral student’s paper published in the general sociology journal, SOCIAL PROBLEMS. Congrats Adam Schoenbachler!
Jan. 13, 2025—Sociology doctoral student Adam Schoenbachler’s solo-authored paper, “Tipping Regimes: Organizational Dynamics and Labor Control Mechanisms on Nashville’s Honky Tonk Row,” derived from his award-winning doctoral dissertation research project, was just accepted for publication in the general sociology journal, SOCIAL PROBLEMS. Adam’s ethnographic dissertation research project on Nashville musicians and honky tonk bars was recently awarded...
Professor Lijun Song received an NIH Grant ($1.3 Million) and a Scaling Success Grant
Dec. 13, 2024—Professor Lijun Song received an R56 (high-priority, short-term) grant of $1.3 million from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, for her project titled National Study of Older Never-Married Adults (NSONMA). She also received a Scaling Success Grant ($76,321)for this project from Vanderbilt University. She is leading a multi-university research team to...
Read about CHEEL Lab’s research in The Conversation’s new article
Nov. 20, 2024—“Carbon offsets can help bring energy efficiency to low-income Americans − our Nashville data shows it could be a win for everyone”
Two Sociology majors included in the 2024 Top Ten Outstanding Seniors
Nov. 18, 2024—Congratulations to Sociology majors, Samuel Ellis and Solmin Kim, two of the 2024 Top Ten Outstanding Seniors! Samuel Ellis Sam is a fourth-year Honors Scholar majoring in Sociology. He is actively involved in organizations such as Experience Vanderbilt, the Kappa Theta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the Honor Council, and more. After graduation, he...
Be sure to read Professor Lawrence Stacey’s new Social Currents article
Oct. 17, 2024—“An Updated Data Portrait of Heterosexuals, Gays/Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Other Sexual Minorities in the United States.”
Check out Professor Lawrence Stacey forthcoming article in Demography
Oct. 17, 2024—Professor Lawrence Stacey has a forthcoming article in Demography, “A Data Portrait of Cisgender, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming Populations in the United States: A Research Note.”
Precarious Transitions: How Precarious Employment Shapes Parental Coresidence among Young Adults
Oct. 16, 2024—Quan Mai, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University presents “Precarious Transitions: How Precarious Employment Shapes Parental Coresidence among Young Adults” Friday, October 25, 2024 200 Center Classroom The rise of precarious work generates important questions about how this mode of employment might affect young workers’ transition to adulthood, particularly their...
Read Professor Isaac’s new publication! “How Movements (Sometimes) Move: Base-Mission, Traveling Cadre, and Spatial Extension of the Nashville Civil Rights Movement”
Sep. 30, 2024—“How Movements (Sometimes) Move: Base-Mission, Traveling Cadre, and Spatial Extension of the Nashville Civil Rights Movement,” In RESEARCH IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, CONFLICTS, AND CHANGE (2024), by Larry W. Isaac, Daniel B. Cornfield, & Dennis C. Dickerson.