Professor Nazli Kibria Featured in BU Today
Professor Nazli Kibria has been featured on BU Today alongside a biological anthropologist and a playwright in an article titled “Why We’re Attracted to the People We’re Attracted To.” Watch her talk about how attraction is shaped by social inequality and culture here.
Graduate Student Jon Shaffer Published in STAT
Graduate Student Jon Shaffer’s latest editorial, “Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un: authoritarian love in the time of TB” is now published STAT. Congratulations, Jon!
Professor Joseph Harris Op-Ed in Washington Post
Professor Joseph Harris has published an op-ed in the Washington Post! He shares the findings of his recent book Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism. You can read Professor Harris’ piece “How do resource-constrained countries commit to universal health care?” here.
Sociology to Host First Annual Book Reading Party
Join BU Sociology as our colleagues share excerpts of their recent books, followed by department end-of-semester celebration.
Remembering Professor George Psathas
Sociology Professor Emeritus George Psathas passed away this past Thursday, November 15th at the age of 88. A long-time faculty member of the BU sociology department, his colleagues shared messages in his memory this week: Professor George Psathas was a distinguished sociologist whose major intellectual foci were phenomenological sociology and ethnomethodology. He founded and edited […]
Professor Ana Villarreal Named a Pardee Fellow
Assistant Professor Ana Villarreal has been selected as a 2018-2019 Research Faculty Fellow at The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Read more about Ana Villarreal’s project on the Pardee website. Congratulations, Ana!
Professor Saida Grundy’s Article in The Atlantic
Assistant Professor Saida Grundy wrote an article published in The Atlantic about Colin Kaepernick and the corporate branding of Black power iconography. Congratulations, Saida!
Professor Deborah Carr Elected ASA Section Chair
Professor and Department Chair Deborah Carr has been named Chair-Elect of ASA’s Section on Medical Sociology. Congratulations, Debby!
Professor Joseph Harris Elected to ASA Section Council
Professor Joseph Harris has been elected to serve on the ASA Sociology of Development section’s council. Congratulations, Joe!
Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino ASA section chair-elect
Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino has been elected as the next Chair of the ASA community/urban section. Congratulations, Japonica!