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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
Vanderbilt sociology professor Rachel Donnelly has been elected Nominations Committee Chair-Elect of the Sociology of Mental Health section of the American Sociological Association
May. 31, 2023—Vanderbilt sociology professor Rachel Donnelly has been elected Nominations Committee Chair-Elect of the Sociology of Mental Health section of the American Sociological Association. An award-winning sociologist, Professor Donnelly studies social determinants of health across the life course, with an emphasis on stress, work, and family relationships. Moreover, her research considers how disparate experiences based on...
Vanderbilt sociology professor Lucie Kalousova has been elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Sociology of Mental Health section of the American Sociological Association.
May. 31, 2023—Vanderbilt sociology professor Lucie Kalousova has been elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Sociology of Mental Health section of the American Sociological Association. An award-winning sociologist, Professor Kalousova studies the links between the distribution of socioeconomic resources and the health of populations and the origins and persistence of population health disparities in middle- to high-income countries. She...
Vanderbilt sociology professor Lijun Song has been elected Chair-elect of the Sociology of Mental Health section of the American Sociological Association.
May. 31, 2023—Vanderbilt sociology professor Lijun Song has been elected Chair-elect of the Sociology of Mental Health section of the American Sociological Association. An award-winning sociologist, Professor Song’s research addresses social networks, medical sociology and mental health, social stratification (gender/sexuality, race/ethnicity, and class), social psychology, and comparative historical sociology. She is currently developing social cost theory to...
Vanderbilt sociology professor Josh Murray’s book Wrecked
May. 19, 2023—Vanderbilt sociology professor Josh Murray’s book Wrecked, co-authored with Michael Schwartz, is referenced in a New York Times story on Amazon unionization.