Sociology News & Events
London study on past fertility patterns published in Demography
Monnat cited in MinnPost article on deaths of despair
"In the places with high rates of drug, alcohol and suicide mortality, economic distress has been building and social and family networks have been breaking down for several decades," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
Monnat article on despair and the 2016 election published in Journal of Rural Studies
See related: U.S. Elections
Maxwell names Montgomery Gruber Professor, O'Hanley Faculty Scholars
Andrew Wender Cohen, professor of history, has been announced as the recipient of the Montgomery Gruber Professorship. Additionally, the O’Hanley Faculty Endowed Fund for Faculty Excellence, which serves to help recognize, reward and retain excellent teachers at the school, announced three new scholars: Azra Hromadžić, associate professor of anthropology; Natalie Koch, associate professor of geography; and Rebecca Schewe, assistant professor of sociology.
Shannon Monnat named Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion
“Shannon Monnat is committed to disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship that informs, benefits, and influences public policy and the public good,” says David M. Van Slyke, dean of the Maxwell School. “She brings timely and important research, a public orientation and unbounded energy to the intellectual leadership of the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion."
London and Wilmoth study on smoking, military service published in Journal of Drug Issues
Merril Silverstein elected to the Sociological Research Association
Merril Silverstein, professor of sociology and Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor in Aging, was elected to the Sociological Research Association (SRA), an honors society of sociology scholars dedicated to excellence in research. The SRA was founded in 1936 and membership invitations are extended to a limited number of sociologists each year, based on their long-term careers of distinguished research.
Monnat's research on deaths of despair, voting patterns cited in Associated Press
The map of Trump’s victory looked eerily similar to her documentation of deaths of despair, according to Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair of Public Health Promotion, from New England through the Rust Belt to the rural coast of Washington.
Karas Montez quoted in American Heart Association News article on education and health
SU shines at American Sociological Association meeting in Montreal
“We are honored to participate in this year’s annual meeting, which seeks to promote greater social inclusion and resilience, collective well-being and solidarity, both here and abroad,” says Prema Kurien, professor and chair of sociology.
Remembering William ‘Bill’ Pooler, professor emeritus of sociology
Professor Bill Pooler "was a popular instructor whose courses were always oversubscribed. His teaching approach was to get students interested and involved in the subject, not just to memorize facts,” says Christine Himes, former chair of the Sociology Department in the Maxwell School.
Ma study on race and gender in STEM degree attainment published in Social Sciences
Purser report on treatment of dairy farmworkers cited in NY Times
See related: Agriculture, Labor
Purser cited in Albany Times Union article on state dairy worker injuries
See related: Agriculture, Labor
Anne Mosher receives funding for study on pathways to geography education
Purser, Ortiz Valdez release report on treatment of dairy farmworkers
Schewe article on social forces on climate change behavior published in Rural Sociology
See related: Climate Change
Monnat article on teaching to the opioid epidemic published in Medical Teacher
See related: Addiction, Education, Health Policy, Longevity, United States
Ma discusses China's influence on US education on CNN
"Their (Chinese) classroom participation patterns right now really have pushed a lot of professors to think about how they can adjust the way they teach," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology and O'Hanley Faculty Scholar.