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Aldon Morris, Leon Forrest Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Northwestern University Colloquium Friday, November 14, 2014- 3:30pm
Nov. 14, 2014—“Fate of a Scientific Movement: W.E.B. DuBois and the Birth of American Sociology” 3:30pm, The Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Auditorium Sponsored by the Gertrude Conaway Endowment. Link for Flyer
Dan Cornfield is quoted by Reuters on the Teamsters FedEx Freight union drive, and in the New York Times on Volkswagen Chattanooga's innovative approach to mobilizing labor organizations within its workplace.
Nov. 13, 2014—Dan Cornfield is quoted by Reuters (November 10, 2014) on the Teamsters FedEx Freight union drive, and in the New York Times (November 12, 2014) on Volkswagen Chattanooga’s innovative approach to mobilizing labor organizations within its workplace. Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/10/us-usa-fedex-unions-idUSKCN0IU24S20141110 New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/business/vw-to-allow-labor-groups-to-represent-workers-at-chattanooga-plant.html?ref=us
Professor Lijun Song publishes in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Oct. 29, 2014—Professor Lijun Song publishes “Does Receiving Unsolicited Support Help or Hurt? Receipt of Unsolicited Job Leads and Depression” in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Professor David Hess publishes with graduate student Jonathan Coley in Public Understanding of Science
Oct. 28, 2014—Professor Hess and Jonathan Coley published “Wireless Smart Meters and Public Acceptance: The Environment, Limited Choices, and Precautionary Politics” in the 2014 Public Understanding of Science 23: 688-702.
Faculty members, David Hess and Holly McCammon, receive new NSF awards.
Oct. 27, 2014—Faculty members, David Hess and Holly McCammon, receive new NSF awards. Two Sociology faculty members received recent funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). David Hess received $750K in NSF funding for his collaborative project, “Water Conservation and Hydrological Transitions in American Cities,” with George Hornberger, Director of VIEE and Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences...
Professor Holly McCammon received the Vanderbilt Chancellor’s Award for Research for her book, The U.S. Women’s Jury Movement and Strategic Adaptation.
Oct. 27, 2014—Professor Holly McCammon received the Vanderbilt Chancellor’s Award for Research for her book, The U.S. Women’s Jury Movement and Strategic Adaptation. The book traces the events that led to women winning the right to sit on juries in 15 U.S. states. It was published in 2014 by Cambridge University Press.
Rosevelt Noble project featured in The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Oct. 26, 2014—Read the article here
Larry Isaac and Holly McCammon were inducted into the Sociological Research Association at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco.
Sep. 4, 2014—Larry Isaac and Holly McCammon were inducted into the Sociological Research Association at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco.
Tyson Brown receives ASA Section on Aging and the Life Course 2014 Outstanding Publication Award for co-authored (with David Warner) publication in Social Science and Medicine.
Jul. 23, 2014—The article, “Understanding How Race/Ethnicity and Gender Impact Age-Trajectories of Disability: An Intersectionality Approach,” was published in Social Science and Medicine in 2011. See citation below: Warner, David F. and Tyson H. Brown. 2011.“Understanding How Race/Ethnicity and Gender Impact Age-Trajectories of Disability: An Intersectionality Approach.” Social Science and Medicine, 72(8):1236-1248.