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Sociology Celebrates Professor Jay Turner’s Retirement, April 2015.
May. 15, 2015—Over a career spanning five decades, Professor Jay Turner investigated the relationship between stress and health status, and contingencies in that relationship related to psychological and social resources. He is well-known for his pioneering work in developing social stress inventories and in leading epidemiological studies of mental health and illness, and alcohol and drug-related problems....
Professor André Christie-Mizell was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award from Vanderbilt’s Organization of Black and Professional Graduate Students (OBGAPS).
May. 5, 2015—The OBGAPS award is presented to faculty members for outstanding and sustained efforts in developing and supporting graduate and professional students. The awardee must also have earned a reputation for scholarship and distinguished service to Vanderbilt.
Professor Katharine Donato publishes Gender and International Migration: From the Slavery Era to the Global Age
Apr. 24, 2015—Professor Katharine Donato publishes Gender and International Migration: From the Slavery Era to the Global Age
Professor Lijun Song publishes in the American Behavioral Scientist
Apr. 20, 2015—Professor Lijun Song publishes “Does Knowing People in Authority Protect or Hurt? Authoritative Contacts and Depression in Urban China” in the American Behavioral Scientist.
Joseph B. Richardson, Jr., Associate Professor of African-American Studies, University of Maryland Colloquium Friday, April 3, 2015- 3:15 pm Garland Hall 301F
Apr. 3, 2015—Speaker: Joseph B. Richardson, Jr. Associate Professor of African-American Studies at University of Maryland Talk Title: I’m on Papers: Analyzing the Intersection of Criminal Justice Supervision and Synthetic Cannabinoid Use among Violently Injured Young Black Men Talk Date: Friday, April 3, 2015, 3:15 pm Talk Location: Garland Hall 301F
G. William Domhoff, Research Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz Colloquium Wednesday, February 25, 2015 -12:00pm
Feb. 25, 2015—Speaker: G. William Domhoff, Research Professor University of California, Santa Cruz Talk date: February 25th, 2015, 12:00 pm Talk title:”The Social Security Act vs. The National Labor Relations Act: Class, Power, and the Nature of Corporate Elite Influence in Policy-making” Talk location: Sarratt 189.
Professor Nikolas Rose of the Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine, King's College London Colloquium Wednesday, February 18, 2015-4 pm, Stevenson Hall 4309
Feb. 19, 2015—Contested Global Biopsychiatry: Establishing an International Partnership For Critical and Constructive Global Mental Health. Lectures and a workshop featuring Professor Nikolas Rose and other scholars from February 18-20, 2015. Funded with support from the Vanderbilt International Office and aResearch Scholars Lecture Series grant. Participants include Aimi Hamraie, Alex Cohen, Bahr Weiss, Caroline Audet, Dominique Behague, Emily Nacol, Eugene...
Jenny Trinitapoli, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Demography, and Religious Studies at The Pennsylvania State University Colloquium Tuesday, February 17, 2015 -12:15pm Sarratt 189
Feb. 17, 2015—Speaker: Jenny Trinitapoli, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Demography, and Religious Studies The Pennsylvania State University Talk Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 12:15 pm Talk title: HIV Prevalence in Religiously and Ethnically Diverse Societies Talk location: Sarratt 189