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Living history: Sociology Professor Shaul Kelner creates COVID-19 pop-up art installation.
Jan. 25, 2022— Living history: Sociology Professor Shaul Kelner creates COVID-19 pop-up art installation.
Quan Mai (Rutgers; VU Ph.D. 2018), Lijun Song, and Rachel Donnelly hosted a virtual, international mini-conference
Jan. 24, 2022—Quan Mai (Rutgers; VU Ph.D. 2018), Lijun Song, and Rachel Donnelly hosted a virtual, international mini-conference, “Precarious Employment and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” organized by Work and Occupations (Editor: Daniel Cornfield) on Friday, January 21. Conference participants came from seven different countries. Please find the conference program here.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr. Marva V. Goodson-Miller, accepts tenure-track assistant professor position
Jan. 10, 2022—Dr. Marva V. Goodson-Miller has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She will start her new position this July. Click here for her new journal article that came out in Social Networks.
Grad Student Hannah Regan published in Sexualities
Dec. 6, 2021—Regan, Hannah. 2021. “Fields, features, and filters: how dating applications construct sexual fields and romantic and erotic capital.” Sexualities OnlineFirst. https://journals-sagepub-com.proxy.library.vanderbilt.edu/doi/full/10.1177/13634607211056878 Young adults have gone from consulting matchmakers to app-makers, as they seek ways to meet sexual and romantic partners. Each dating application is constructed in a distinctive manner, creating unique “sexual fields” on each platform....
Vanderbilt doctoral student conducts first-ever study of life expectancy among different Asian American ethnic groups
Dec. 1, 2021—Vanderbilt doctoral student conducts first-ever study of life expectancy among different Asian American ethnic groups
Prof. Josh Murray quoted: “Is Ford’s Promotion Spree Enough to Appease Labor and Meet EV Production Demand?”
Oct. 26, 2021—Prof. Josh Murray quoted: “Is Ford’s Promotion Spree Enough to Appease Labor and Meet EV Production Demand?”
Professor Dan Cornfield is quoted on the rise of strikes in the U.S. in the Spanish news outlet, El Confidencial.
Oct. 25, 2021—Professor Dan Cornfield is quoted on the rise of strikes in the U.S. in the Spanish news outlet, El Confidencial.
Prof. Dan Cornfield is quoted in an Associated Press article about the prospects for unionization at the massive Ford electric truck assembly plant coming to the Memphis Megasite.
Oct. 4, 2021—Prof. Dan Cornfield is quoted in an Associated Press article about the prospects for unionization at the massive Ford electric truck assembly plant coming to the Memphis Megasite.
Vanderbilt Sociology Grad student Amanda Brockman successfully defended her dissertation
Sep. 30, 2021—Vanderbilt Sociology Grad student Amanda Brockman successfully defended her dissertation titled, “Revitalizing the Role of Relative Deprivation in Social Movement Emergence: An Analysis of Contemporary Teacher Protest Strikes.” Committee members: Holly McCammon (chair), Dan Cornfield, Richard Pitt, April Sutton Current Position: Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Philosophy at Northern...
Prof. Evelyn Patterson quoted in NBC news article
Sep. 22, 2021—Prof. Evelyn Patterson quoted in NBC news article.