Department News
Now Hiring: Senior Lecturer
Dec. 4, 2025—Position Description The Department of Sociology at Vanderbilt University seeks highly motivated candidates for an instructional faculty position at the rank of Senior Lecturer. The successful candidate will teach criminology with a focus on race/ethnicity and other core sociology courses using the highest standards of teaching in a student-focused manner. Expertise and interest in teaching...
Celebrating Excellence: Noah Earns Top Interdisciplinary Paper Award at GSA
Nov. 18, 2025—Noah Lian received the Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization Interdisciplinary Paper Award at the annual Gerontological Society of America meeting. The Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization offers an award for the best interdisciplinary research paper on a topic related to aging by a GSA student member. Congratulations Noah!
Prof. Frenette awarded inaugural Vanderbilt-Liverpool Joint Research Seed Grant
Sep. 22, 2025—Prof. Alexandre Frenette was awarded an inaugural Vanderbilt-Liverpool Joint Research Seed Grant. He will collaborate with Prof. Mathew Flynn (University of Liverpool) on a project examining workplace models for incorporating aspirants, using the music industry as their case: Comparing and Contrasting Models of Music Industry Internships in Nashville (USA) and Liverpool (UK).
Congratulations, Professor Rachel Donnelly, on being awarded the prestigious Seeding Success Grant!
Aug. 11, 2025—Congratulations, Professor Rachel Donnelly, on being awarded the prestigious Seeding Success Grant—an incredible recognition that supports innovative research by emerging faculty. A well-deserved achievement!
Check out Prof. Mariano Sana’s article on Slate.com!
Jul. 2, 2025—Read the article here!
Sociology Graduation Party
May. 14, 2025—Congratulations to all the 2025 grads and award recipients!
Savannah Bastian won the A&S award for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant
May. 8, 2025—Savannah Bastian won the A&S award for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant. Congrats Savannah!
Huge Congratulations to Alyssa Davis and Adam Schoenbachler!
May. 8, 2025—Sociology graduate students Alyssa Davis and Adam Schoenbachler have each been awarded Vanderbilt Provost’s Pathbreaking Discovery Awards.
Check out Prof. Zdravka Tzankova’s new piece in The Conservsation that points to a ray of private environmental governance hope amid the gathering public policy storm
Apr. 15, 2025—The piece that points to a ray of private environmental governance hope amid the gathering public policy storm. Read more here: “Companies will still face pressure to manage for climate change, even as government rolls back US climate policy.”
Check out Prof. Zdravka Tzankova’s recent article in The Tennessean!
Apr. 9, 2025— It highlights the opportunities to mobilize carbon offsets and the voluntary carbon market as a tool for funding energy efficiency upgrades in low-income housing (in TN and beyond)! Read more!