Department News
Prof. Alexandre Frenette joins the Editorial Board of Poetics
Mar. 21, 2025—Prof. Alexandre Frenette joins the Editorial Board of Poetics, the leading sociological journal specializing in research on culture, arts, and the media.
Professors Rachel Donnelly, Lijun Song, and Holly McCammon met with UK and US health policy leaders
Mar. 7, 2025—Professors Rachel Donnelly, Lijun Song, and Holly McCammon met with UK and US health policy leaders to discuss health disparities and interventions in the US and UK. Visiting UK and US experts were: Ade Adeyemi HonFFPH MBE, Head of Africa, Middle East and Asia Bilateral Engagement, Sam Rodger, Assistant Director of Policy and Strategy, NHS Race...
Dr. Christie-Mizell awarded the Diamond Award for Lifetime Achievement in Higher Education Leadership, Philanthropy, Humanitarianism, Civic & Community Engagement
Mar. 3, 2025—Congratulations Dr. Christie-Mizell! Vice Provost and Professor Sociology Christie-Mizell received the 2025 Diamond Award Diamond Award for Lifetime Achievement in Higher Education Leadership, Philanthropy, Humanitarianism, Civic & Community Engagement.
Sociology doctoral student Savannah C. Bastian and collaborators publish research on sexual pleasure and aging in Sociological Forum!
Feb. 28, 2025—Check out her publication! Heterosexual women’s pleasure trajectories: How aging helps undo gendered sexual scripts
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...