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Associate Professor Orly Clerge co-authors article in International Migration Review

October 30, 2024

Faculty Publications and Media Mentions

Associate Professor Orly Clerge published a new paper titled "Ain't I a Migrant?: Global Blackness and the Future of Migration Studies" with co-author Jean Beaman in the International Migration Review.

Associate Professor Jacob Hibel featured on CPIR's Faculty Spotlight

October 18, 2024

Faculty Publications and Media Mentions

Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Poverty & Inequality Research Jacob Hibel was featured on the Center's faculty spotlight.

Professor Bob Faris participates in MoMA's 50th salon

October 17, 2024

Faculty Publications and Media Mentions

Professor Bob Faris participated in The Museum of Modern Art’s 50th Salon titled "The Age of the Bully" as part of the MoMA Research & Development series.

Assistant Professor Tina Law publishes new article on AI in Socius

October 10, 2024

Faculty Publications and Media Mentions

Assistant Professor Tina Law recently published a new article on AI in Socius titled “AI Policymaking: An Agenda for Sociological Research.”

Jennifer Krebsbach publishes article in the Journal of Educators Online

September 30, 2024

Graduate Student Publications and Media Mentions

Jennifer Krebsbach's article, "Increasing Online Attendance Using Insignificantly Impactful Extra Credit as Positive Reinforcement" was recently published in the Journal of Educators Online.

Associate Professor Jacob Hibel receives grant from Urban Institute

September 26, 2024

Faculty Awards and Honors

Associate Professor Jacob Hibel received a research grant from the Urban Institute for a project titled "What Skills Help Students with Disabilities Thrive?"

Assistant Professor Veronica Lerma awarded UC Davis Society of Hellman Fellowship

September 12, 2024

Faculty Awards and Honors

Assistant Professor Veronica Lerma has been awarded the 2024-2025 UC Davis Society of Hellman Fellowship.

Brian Halpin's article reprinted in Working in America

September 10, 2024

Faculty Publications and Media Mentions

Brian Halpin's article, "Subject to Change Without Notice: Mock Schedules and Flexible Employment in the United States" in the Journal Social Problems was reprinted last year in the most widely used text book for the Sociology of Work.

Jennifer Krebsbach and co-authors win Best Poster Award

September 10, 2024

Graduate Student Awards and Honors

Jennifer Krebsbach and her coauthors won Division 37's Best Poster Award based on their book, "Voices of Foster Youth: Experts on Their Own Lives," at the 2024 APA conference.

Jennifer Krebsbach's co-authored book published by Routledge

September 10, 2024

Graduate Student Publications and Media Mentions

Jennifer Krebsbach's coauthored book "Voices of Foster Youth: Experts on Their Own Lives" was published by Routledge (June, 2024).

Jennifer Krebsbach awarded travel grant for International Conference on Computational Social Sciences in Philadelphia

September 10, 2024

Graduate Student Awards and Honors

Jennifer Krebsbach was awarded a Spring 2024 travel grant from the Sociology department to present her research "How might someone’s politics show in their online rhetoric? Theory and evidence of employed identity markers" at the International Conference on Computational Social Sciences in Philadelphia.

Chendong Pi presents dissertation chapter at the AAS-in-Asia Conference

September 10, 2024

Graduate Student Publications and Media Mentions

Chendong presented his dissertation chapter Interethnic Personalities: Tumed Mongols and the Rise of the Chinese Communist Party at the AAS-in-Asia Conference in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Evan Baughman receives 2024 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award

September 10, 2024

Graduate Student Awards and Honors

Evan received the 2024 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award from the American Sociological Association's (ASA) Section on Disability in Society.

Wen Guan awarded 2024 Richard A. McGee Summer Fellowship

September 10, 2024

Graduate Student Awards and Honors

Wen Guan was awarded a 2024 Richard A. McGee Summer Fellowship from the American Justice Institute.

Reema Saad awarded Suad Joseph grant for graduate student research

September 09, 2024

Graduate Student Awards and Honors

Reema Saad is the recipient of the Suad Joseph Grant for Graduate Student Research, which is awarded to students conducting research on the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and/or Central Asia in the humanities, cultural studies, or social sciences.