Skip to main content

Home Category

Grad Student Lacee Satcher receives Assistant Professor position at Boston College

Feb. 25, 2021—Grad student Lacee Satcher receives an Assistant Professor position in the Sociology Department with a joint appointment in Environmental Studies at Boston College.

Read more


Grad Student Cleothia Frazier accepts Postdoctoral fellowship at Duke Aging Center

Feb. 23, 2021—Grad Student Cleothia Frazier accepts two-year Postdoctoral fellowship at Duke Aging Center.

Read more


Grad Student Darwin Baluran and Dr. Evelyn Patterson: Forthcoming – Coauthored Article at Demography

Feb. 9, 2021—Grad Student Darwin Baluran and Dr. Evelyn Patterson’ coauthored article accepted for publication at Demography, the official journal of the Population Association of America. This article is based on Darwin’s M.A. thesis. Examining Ethnic Variation in Life Expectancy among Asians in the United States, 2012-2016   As the fastest growing racial group in the United...

Read more


Recent Grad Student Dr. Rachel McKane accepts new position as Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University

Feb. 8, 2021—Recent Grad Student Dr. Rachel McKane accepts new position as Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Population Studies Training Center at Brown University.

Read more


Professor Holly McCammon and graduate student Cathryn Beeson-Lynch published in Law & Social Inquiry

Feb. 1, 2021—Professor Holly McCammon and graduate student Cathryn Beeson-Lynch published in Law & Social Inquiry.

Read more


Prof. Lijun Song addresses the question: Success is all about making social connections—or is it?

Jan. 20, 2021—Prof. Lijun Song addresses the question: Success is all about making social connections—or is it? In a new study published in Social Psychology Quarterly, Lijun Song, associate professor of sociology in Vanderbilt University’s College of Arts and Science, examines how the theories of “social capital” and “social cost” predict an individual’s life satisfaction. Further, she...

Read more


Grad Student Dasom Lee receives an Assistant Professor position at the University of Twente

Jan. 12, 2021—Grad student Dasom Lee receives an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. News In the News Faculty Publications Graduate Publications Undergraduate Placements Resources Courses Undergraduate Program Graduate Program Resources Recent News Grad student Ryan Talbert receives Assistant Professor position at UConn Prof....

Read more


Prof. Mariano Sana’s work on public perceptions of refugees quoted in The Tennessean

Jan. 11, 2021—Prof. Mariano Sana’s work on public perceptions of refugees quoted in The Tennessean.

Read more


Prof. Joshua Murray and grad student Megan Jordan publish in Truthout

Jan. 4, 2021—Vanderbilt sociology graduate student Megan L. Jordan, Prof. Joshua Murray,Michael Schwartz & Kevin A. Young publish When Black Movements Win, Everybody But the 1 Percent Wins in Truthout.

Read more


Grad Student Yu-Ri Kim publishes in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Nov. 20, 2020—Grad student Yu-Ri Kim publishes in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies: “Classed education trajectories and intimate partnering of international students: a case of Chinese international undergraduate students in the United States”

Read more