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Grad student Darwin Baluran is awarded GLI grant

Sep. 18, 2020—Grad student Darwin Baluran is awarded a Dissertation Enhancement Grant from the Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Development Institute.

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Three sociology doctoral students named Curb Center Researchers

Sep. 16, 2020—Three Vanderbilt sociology doctoral students (Rachel Zajdel, Darwin Baluran, and Meagan Rainock) have been named “Curb Center Researchers” for their work on a National Endowment for the Arts-funded research project associated with the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy. The students are working with Professor Dan Cornfield and Professor Alexandre Frenette on a project analyzing how...

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Professor Lijun Song publishes in Social Psychology Quarterly, “Social Capital, Social Cost, and Relational Culture in Three Societies.”

Sep. 14, 2020—Professor Lijun Song publishes in Social Psychology Quarterly, “Social Capital, Social Cost, and Relational Culture in Three Societies.”

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Prof. Larry Isaac publishes in Social Forces with Jonathan Coley, Dan Cornfield and Dennis Dickerson

Aug. 10, 2020—Prof. Larry Isaac publishes with former grad student Jonathan Coley, and Vanderbilt faculty Dan Cornfield and Dennis Dickerson. Larry Isaac, Jonathan Coley, Dan Cornfield, and Dennis Dickerson, “Pathways to Modes of Movement Participation: Micro-mobilization in the Nashville Civil Rights Movement.” Social Forces (September, 2020): 255-280

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Prof. Holly McCammon and former graduate students, Minyoung Moon, Brittany Hearne, and Megan Robinson, publish in Mobilization.

Jul. 22, 2020—Prof. Holly McCammon and former Vanderbilt graduate students, Minyoung Moon, Brittany Hearne, and Megan Robinson, have published their article, “The Supreme Court as an Arena for Activism:  Feminist Cause Lawyering’s Influence on Judicial Decision Making,” in Mobilization (June 2020).

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Prof. LaTonya Trotter publishes book More Than Medicine

Jul. 10, 2020—Nurse practitioners are often thought of as stopgaps to mitigate the shortage of primary care physicians, but in a new book, LaTonya Trotter, assistant professor of sociology, shows that they do much more than simply extend limited health care resources. In fact, she said, their role may reveal a fundamental misallocation of them. In More than Medicine:...

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Grad student Ryan Talbert receives Assistant Professor position at UConn

Jul. 1, 2020—Grad student Ryan Talbert receives an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.

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Grad student Lacee Satcher receives Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

Jul. 1, 2020—Grad student Lacee Satcher receives Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

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Grad student Yvonne Chen receives Summer Research Award from Vanderbilt University College of Arts & Science

Jul. 1, 2020—Grad student Yvonne Chen receives Summer Research Award from Vanderbilt University College of Arts & Science.

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Grad student Ashley Kim awarded 2020-2021 Mellon Fellowship

Jun. 29, 2020—Graduate student Ashley Kim has been awarded a 2020-2021 Mellon graduate fellowship at the Vanderbilt University Center for Digital Humanities.

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