Department News
Congratulations Prof. Larry Isaac for receiving the Roll of Honor Award
Mar. 7, 2024—Professor Larry Isaac is the recent recipient of the “Roll of Honor” lifetime career award given by the Southern Sociological Society. This distinction “recognizes a career of distinguished intellectual contribution to Sociology.” 2024 Award Recipients
Check out Joshua Murray on the Million Dollar Story Podcast
Feb. 15, 2024—Click on the link below to hear Joshua discuss his book “Wrecked: How the American Automobile Industry Destroyed Its Capacity to Compete” with Mike Fallat. https://blog.milliondollarbookagency.com/joshua-murray-author-of-wrecked-how-the-american-automobile-industry-destroyed-its-capacity-to-compete/
Dan Cornfield comments on the deal reached between Las Vegas unions and Wynn Resorts
Nov. 13, 2023—Dan Cornfield comments for Reuters on the historic collective bargaining agreement for Las Vegas casino and resort workers.
Sociology graduate student awarded research grant from James Lawson Institute
Nov. 1, 2023—Vanderbilt sociology graduate student Matthew Tarizzo has been awarded a research grant of $3,000 from the James Lawson Institute at Vanderbilt University for his research project on inter-generational collaboration in immigrant incorporation among Nashville’s Kurdish and Latinx communities. Congratulations, Matthew!
Prof. Dan Cornfield comments in the Guardian on the unaffordability of Nashville for indie musicians.
Oct. 6, 2023—Prof. Dan Cornfield comments in the Guardian on the unaffordability of Nashville for indie musicians.
Professor Joshua Murray shares insight on the recent UAW strike. Is this a repeat of history? See his thoughts here.
Sep. 15, 2023—Professor Joshua Murray shares insight on the recent UAW strike. Is this a repeat of history? See his thoughts here.
Larry Isaac, along with three Vanderbilt sociology Ph.D.s, recently received several awards for their publication, “Striking News: Discursive Power of the Press as Capitalist Resource in Gilded Age Strikes,” AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, (March, 2022): 1602-1663
Aug. 25, 2023—Larry Isaac, along with three Vanderbilt sociology Ph.D.s, recently received several awards for their publication, “Striking News: Discursive Power of the Press as Capitalist Resource in Gilded Age Strikes,” AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, (March, 2022): 1602-1663. Co-authors include: Jonathan Coley, Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University Quan Mai, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University Anna Jacobs, Corporate Senior...
Dan Cornfield comments on the SAG-AFTRA strike in the New York Times
Jul. 19, 2023—Dan Cornfield comments on the SAG-AFTRA strike in the New York Times.
How do bureaucracies pattern inequalities? Post-Doctoral Fellow Jake Watson’s paper answers this question through a study of refugee selection in US resettlement.
Jul. 19, 2023—How do bureaucracies pattern inequalities? Post-Doctoral Fellow Jake Watson’s paper answers this question through a study study of refugee selection in US resettlement. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00031224231180891
Graduate Student Meagan Rainock is part of the first cohort of Vanderbilt-Fisk Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Jun. 21, 2023—https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2023/06/16/first-cohort-of-vanderbilt-fisk-postdoctoral-fellowship-program-announced/?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MyVU+Faculty+6.16.2023&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fnews.vanderbilt.edu%2f2023%2f06%2f16%2ffirst-cohort-of-vanderbilt-fisk-postdoctoral-fellowship-program-announced%2f&utm_id=373111&sfmc_id=48628798