Sociology Department News
David Kyle publishes article in Social Research on disruptive technology and reform in Myanmar (with John Dale).
John Walton's newest book, The Legendary Detective: The Private Eye in Fact and Fiction, is forthcoming with University of Chicago Press.
Kim Shauman has been named a recipient of the 2015 "Soaring to New Heights Diversity and Principles of Community Awards."
Ali R. Chaudhary has accepted a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, N.J.
Emerald Nguyen has been awarded a 2015-2016 academic year Fellowship from the American Sociological Association's Minority Fellowship Program.
Brian Halpin has been awarded the Provost's Dissertation Year Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences for the 2015-16 academic year.
Kelsey Meagher has been awarded the UC Davis Humanities Graduate Research Award for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Bill McCarthy and colleagues' paper "Stigma, Sex Work, and Substance Use" published in the Sociology of Health and Illness.
Maxine Craig has been awarded the 2014 Best Publication Award from the Body and Embodiment Section of the American Sociological Association for her newly published book Sorry I Don't Dance: Why Men Refuse to Move.
Ali Chaudhary awarded Marie Curie Early Career Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the University of Oxford-International Migration Institute.
Ali Chaudhary's article on Islam and Suicide Bombings has been accepted for publication in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Brian Halpin's article based on his Qualifying Paper has been accepted for publication in the journal Social Problems.
Monica Williams and Bill McCarthy's paper "Assessing Stereotypes of Adolescent Rape" has been published in the Journal of Criminal Justice.
Professor Emeritus Carole Joffe and UCD alum (and Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado, Denver) Jennifer Reich have published a new reader on the sociology of reproduction.
Assistant Professor position in Crime, Law, Deviance, and Social Control at the University of California, Davis.
Brian Halpin has been awarded a UCD & Humanities Graduate Research Award for the 2014-15 Academic Year.
Daniel Herda has accepted a position as Assistant professor at Merrimack College, North Andover, MA.
Sanghamitra Niyogi has accepted a position as Assistant Professor at Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA.
Two scholars to join UC Davis Sociology Department
The department of sociology is pleased to announce that David McCourt and Ryan Finnigan will be joining the department this summer as assistant professors.
