Department News
2024 Spring Award Recipients
May. 13, 2024—Congratulations to the 2024 Spring Award Recipients! Sociology Honors Thesis and titles Catherine Allen (Honors in Sociology) Hospitals Gone South: The Impact of Hospital Closure on Premature Mortality in Rural Counties in the Southern United States Thesis Adviser: Dr. Rachel Donnelly, Second Reader: Dr. Lucie Kalousová, Honors Director: Dr. Laura Carpenter Elijah Crenshaw-Smith (Honors...
Celebrating Excellence: Chancey Herbolsheimer Wins Provost’s Pathbreaking Discovery Award
May. 8, 2024—We are thrilled to announce that Chancey Herbolsheimer, a graduate student in the Department of Sociology, has been awarded the prestigious Provost’s Pathbreaking Discovery Award. This award, the highest honor from the Provost and the Graduate School, recognizes exceptional scholarship and outstanding accomplishments. Chancey’s dissertation, titled “Principles of Care: Understanding Occupational Enactment in Substance-Use Treatment...
Congratulations Whitney and Dr. Erving!
Apr. 22, 2024—Sociology doctoral student Whitney Frierson, and her co-author Dr. Christy Erving of the University of Texas, have had their article “The Moderating Role of Educational Attainment in the Association between Social Support and Depressive Symptoms among African Americans” accepted for publication in Sociological Focus. Congratulations Whitney and Dr. Erving!
Congratulations to Dr. Philip J Pettis!
Apr. 19, 2024—We are delighted to share some wonderful news from one of our former graduate students, Dr. Philip J. Pettis. PJ currently serves as an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University (MSU). He successfully defended his dissertation in spring 2023, which has recently been honored with the Best Dissertation Award from...
Dan Cornfield is quoted in The Guardian on UAW Southern labor organizing
Apr. 17, 2024—Read more about it in The Guardian.
Jenny Davis named fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology
Apr. 1, 2024—Congratulations Jenny Davis! Check out the link below to read more about the program. https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2024/03/01/center-for-democracy-and-technology-names-two-vu-faculty-to-2024-2026-fellows-program/
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!