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NEA research grant supports study of diversity initiatives in arts agencies
Jun. 16, 2020—Prof. Dan Cornfield, principal investigator, and Prof. Alexandre Frenette, co-principal investigator, receive a two-year, $17,000 National Endowment of the Arts research grant to support a Vanderbilt analysis of how the characteristics and practices of more than 500 local arts agencies and their communities help or hinder their pursuit of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals.
Prof. Lijun Song publishes a co-edited book with Ronald S. Burt, Yanjie Bian and Nan Lin
Jan. 8, 2020—Ronald S. Burt, Yanjie Bian, Lijun Song, and Nan Lin (eds.). 2019. Social Capital, Social Support and Stratification: An Analysis of the Sociology of Nan Lin. London: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Wrecked: How the American Automobile Industry Destroyed Its Capacity to Compete
Jan. 8, 2020—Wrecked: How the American Automobile Industry Destroyed Its Capacity to Compete By: Josh Murray, Michael Schwartz At its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, automobile manufacturing was the largest, most profitable industry in the United States and residents of industry hubs like Detroit and Flint, Michigan had some of the highest incomes in the country....
Prof. Joshua Murray receives the Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Jan. 6, 2020—Professor Joshua Murray was recognized for his excellence in teaching undergraduates by being presented with the Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
100 Years of the Nineteenth Amendment: An Appraisal of Women’s Political Activism co-edited by Holly McCammon
Jan. 3, 2020—McCammon, Holly J., and Lee Ann Banaszak, eds. 100 Years of the Nineteenth Amendment: An Appraisal of Women’s Political Activism. Oxford University Press, 2018.
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements co-edited by Holly McCammon
Jan. 3, 2020—Snow, David A., et al., eds. The Wiley Blackwell companion to social movements. John Wiley & Sons, 2018.
The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Women’s Social Movement Activism co-edited by Holly McCammon
Jan. 3, 2020—McCammon, Holly J., et al., eds. The Oxford handbook of US women’s social movement activism. Oxford University Press, 2017.
Prof. David Hess receives the Faculty Advisor Award for social sciences
Dec. 10, 2019—Professor David Hess was recognized for his excellence in and dedication to undergraduate advising by being presented with the Faculty Advisor Award in Social Sciences.
Grad student Philip Pettis receives the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Dec. 10, 2019—Grad student Philip Pettis was recognized for his excellence in teaching assistance by being presented with the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.
Prof. Richard Pitt publishes with grad students Lacee Satcher and Amber Drew in Social Currents.
Dec. 2, 2019—Pitt, Richard N., Lacee A. Satcher, and Amber Musette Drew. 2019. “Optimism, Innovativeness, and Competitiveness: The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Orientations and the Development of Science Identity Centrality in Academic Scientists.” Social Currents.