Max Greenberg receives CAS Professional Development Leave for Fall 2023
We are delighted to announce that Max Greenberg has received a CAS Professional Development Leave for Fall 2023. Max will work to develop the infrastructure for the Sociology Department to engage with and learn from the field of social change in the Boston area. He hopes to develop new pathways by which our students can […]
Susan Eckstein awarded the Latin American Studies Association Lifetime Achievement Award
Susan Eckstein has been awarded the Latin American Studies Association Lifetime Achievement Award. The LASA2023 Kalman Silvert Award Committee concluded that Dr. Eckstein richly deserves this lifetime career recognition, on the grounds of prolific, high-quality, interdisciplinary scholarship, truly exceptional service to LASA, and broader service to the profession. You can read more about the award […]
Nazli Kibria to receive Eastern Sociological Society Conference’s 2023 Merit Award
Nazli Kibria is receiving the Merit Award at this year’s Eastern Sociological Society Conference. The ESS Merit Award recognizes an ESS member’s exceptional achievement and a lifetime of scholarly contribution to the discipline and profession of sociology. Congrats Nazli! The #ESS2023 Awards Ceremony is this Saturday, February 25th in Baltimore.
Alum Jon Shaffer to join University of Vermont as Assistant Professor
2022 graduate Jon Shaffer will be joining the University of Vermont’s department of Sociology this Fall as an assistant professor. Congratulations to Jon on on this wonderful accomplishment! We would also like to extend congratulations and thanks to Joe Harris, who supervised Jon’s dissertation, as well as to the rest of his committee: Alya Guseva, […]
Kazi Md Mukitul Islam publishes op-ed in in Bangladesh’s leading English newspaper
Phd candidate Kazi Md Mukitul Islam’s published an op-ed this week entitled “Antimicrobial resistance: The overlooked pandemic” in The Daily Star. It examines a recent global study that shows a 46 percent increase in antibiotic consumption between 2000 and 2018 and how South Asia is among the regions where antibiotic resistance continues unabated for all […]
BU Experts profile Celeste Curington’s research
On Valentine’s Day, BU Experts interviewed Celeste Curington about “how online dating has created a new form of digital racism.” The profile highlights her research on the ways race, gender and identity influence the online dating experience drawing from the findings in her 2021 co-authored book The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era […]
Cati Connell publishes new UC Press book
Faculty member Cati Connell’s new book A Few Good Gays: The Gendered Compromises behind Military Inclusion was published in December by University of California Press. The book “identifies the homonormative bargain that underwrites these uneven patterns of reception—a bargain that comes with significant concessions, upholding and even exacerbating race, class, and gender inequality in the pursuit […]
Spring 2023 Department Events
The Spring semester is here! BU Sociology has a new Seminar Series planned with two talks scheduled: Wednesday February 15th, Elena Shih, The Trafficking Deportation Pipeline: Asian Massage Work and the Racialized Policing of Poverty, 12:00 pm, 96-100 Cummington Mall, Room 241 RSVP here. Wednesday March 29th, […]
December Newsletter
It’s been a busy Fall semester! Here’s some recent news from BU Sociology before we close things out for winter break: -Jessica Simes has been selected for a National Science Foundation CAREER Award: https://www.bu.edu/ciss/community/honors-and-awards/ -Elliot Chudyk in January, Elliot Chudyk will be starting a postdoc in the Chair in Transgender Studies program at University of […]
A Reckoning in Boston: Film Screening & Discussion (11/29)
BU Sociology is co-sponsoring a screening of “A Reckoning in Boston,” a film that explores the historical impacts of multi-faceted layers of interpersonal and structural racism on Black Bostonians and the spaces in which they are reclaiming power, seeking justice, and approaching communal healing. Save the date! Tuesday, November 29th. Film screening from 5:00 to […]