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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....

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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.

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Women & the Law class hears about settlement for Breonna Taylor’s family

Nov. 18, 2020—Professor McCammon’s Women & the Law class hears from Jasmine Caruthers, law student at the University of South Carolina and part of the legal team that won the $12 million settlement for Breonna Taylor’s family.

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Soc 1111 writing students produce podcast

Nov. 12, 2020—Prof. Evelyn Patterson’s Soc 1111 students Salma Abuhamda, Jalil Mitchell, and Xioliang Zhu produce podcast “Social Problems of Mass Incarceration”

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Philip Pettis is awarded Tides Center research grant

Oct. 29, 2020—Philip J. Pettis was awarded a research grant from the Tides Center for his project, titled “I feel like I have to be a Super Jew to Prove Myself”: The Role of Reflected Appraisals on Identity Work Among Jews of Color.

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Grad student Cleothia Frazier is awarded GLI grant

Sep. 18, 2020—Grad student Cleothia Frazier is awarded a Professional Development and Training Grant from the Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Development Institute.

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Grad student Dasom Lee is awarded GLI grant

Sep. 18, 2020—Grad student Dasom Lee is awarded a Professional Development and Training Grant from the Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Development Institute.

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Grad student Darwin Baluran is awarded GLI grant

Sep. 18, 2020—Grad student Darwin Baluran is awarded a Dissertation Enhancement Grant from the Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Development Institute.

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Three sociology doctoral students named Curb Center Researchers

Sep. 16, 2020—Three Vanderbilt sociology doctoral students (Rachel Zajdel, Darwin Baluran, and Meagan Rainock) have been named “Curb Center Researchers” for their work on a National Endowment for the Arts-funded research project associated with the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy. The students are working with Professor Dan Cornfield and Professor Alexandre Frenette on a project analyzing how...

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Grad student Ryan Talbert receives Assistant Professor position at UConn

Jul. 1, 2020—Grad student Ryan Talbert receives an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.

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