February 2026 department news updates
The Spring 2026 semester is in full swing and our faculty, graduate students, and alums have some exciting updates to share: Nancy Ammerman is happy to report that she served as guest editor for a special issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, focused on “Religion and Bodies.” Jyoti Puri has one […]
Japonica Brown-Saracino’s new book on gentrification covered in The New Yorker
Japonica Brown-Saracino’s newest book The Death and Life of Gentrification: A New Map of a Persistent Idea was published last month by Princeton University Press. It was listed in The New Yorker’s Briefly Noted column, available online here and appearing in next week’s print edition. The book was also featured this week in BU’s The Brink article, “You […]
December 2025 department news updates
Happy end of the semester! It’s been a busy one so we wish you all a restful winter break in the weeks ahead. Enjoy the holidays and see you in the new year… Joe Harris was recently quoted extensively in Newsweek for story on the American healthcare crisis. The article is available online here: Record […]
Sociology Department Fall 2025 news updates
Pamela Zabala Ortiz was a panelist for a discussion about the Black Diaspora in 2025 moderated by Saida Grundy in October. “Am I Black Enough?” was the first installment of the Black Identity Series, a partnership between BU’s Howard Thurman Center and African American and Black Diaspora Studies. Earlier this Fall, Professor Grundy was featured […]
September 2025 department news updates
A new semester and academic year have begun and our BU Sociology faculty, students, post-docs, and alumni are as busy as ever! We have returned to a full Fall Seminar Series which we kicked off this week with Courtney Boen from Brown University. Now we’re looking forward to joining forces with The Newbury Center on […]
BU Sociology at ASA 2025
120th Annual Meeting: Reimagining the Future of Work August 8-12, 2025 | Chicago, Illinois | #ASA2025 The 120th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) starts this week! This year’s ASA will be in Chicago from August 8th to the 12th. It provides the opportunity for professionals involved in the scientific study of society […]
Summer 2025 Department News Highlights
Summer greetings from BU Sociology! Here are some recent updates from our students and faculty: Pamela Zabala Ortiz was awarded The Mauricio Gastón Institute’s 2025 Andrés Torres Paper Series Award for her book project, Situating the “Afro” in “Afro-Latinx”: Toward a Sociological Understanding of Ethnoracial Authenticity. CISS postdoctoral fellow and Sociology instructor Tatiana Padilla received the […]
Spring 2025 Department News Highlights
It was a busy Spring! Now that Summer Break is upon us, let’s look back at some recent highlights from this past semester. We are so proud of all the hard work and accomplishments of our incredible Sociology students, faculty, lecturers, staff, and alums: First, congrats to the Class of 2025! In case you missed […]
We have to be creative: BU Sociology Alumna Emma Kalff’s 2025 Commencement Speech
We were delighted to welcome back to Boston University our guest speaker, Emma Kalff, Class of 2015. Emma continues our tradition of welcoming back alumni to our graduation ceremonies. Emma Kalff graduated from BU 10 years ago with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a minor in Art History. She is now working as a […]
College Prize Winner Ramona Leung’s 2025 Commencement Speech
The College Prize is awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences, on the recommendation of the faculty of the Department of Sociology, to a graduating senior who has not only demonstrated excellence in the study of sociology, but who has also shown extraordinary leadership within our department. The awardee is selected on the basis […]