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Adam K. Schoenbachler, Vanderbilt Sociology Ph.D. Candidate, was awarded a 2023 Susan C. Eaton Scholar-Practitioner Grant!
Feb. 3, 2023—Adam K. Schoenbachler, Vanderbilt sociology Ph.D. candidate, was awarded a 2023 Susan C. Eaton Scholar-Practitioner Grant from the Labor and Employment Relations Association for his innovative doctoral dissertation research on “Expanding the Labor Process in Downtown Nashville.” The grant will be presented to Adam at the 75th Annual National Meeting of LERA in June in...
Professor Holly McCammon publishes her research in the Justice System Journal
Feb. 2, 2023—Professor Holly McCammon publishes her research in the Justice System Journal. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0098261X.2022.2151388
Undergraduate sociology major Eli Crenshaw-Smith published “Black Joy in the Public Eye”
Jan. 31, 2023—Undergraduate sociology major Eli Crenshaw-Smith published “Black Joy in the Public Eye” in the Studio Magazine, the magazine of the Studio Museum in Harlem. The article grows out of Eli’s summer internship at SMH and examines the history and cultural significance of Marcus Garvey Park. Click here to read the article.
A special issue of Work and Occupations on “Precarious Employment and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic”
Jan. 25, 2023—A special issue of Work and Occupations on “Precarious Employment and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic”—co-guest edited by Quan Mai (Vanderbilt sociology PhD, 2018), Rutgers University and Vanderbilt sociology Professors Lijun Song and Rachel Donnelly—has been published in the February, 2023 issue. The two-part special issue grew out of an international conference sponsored by Work...
Doctoral student wins LERA Best Paper Award
Jan. 11, 2023—Doctoral student wins LERA Best Paper Award Adam Schoenbachler, a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology, has been given a Best Paper Award by the Labor and Employment Relations Association for his paper, “Tipping Regimes: Examining organizational control of tipped labor on Nashville’s Honky-Tonk Highway.” Based on his doctoral research—an ethnographic analysis of...