Max Robidoux will speak at 2018 Sociology Commencement
Keeping with tradition, the Department of Sociology has invited an alumna/us to speak at the department convocation. In 2018, the alumna/us guest speaker will be Maxwell Robidoux (CAS ’17). Maxwell Robidoux graduated magna cum laude from Boston University in May of 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Psychology. He subsequently became a candidate for […]
Graduate Student Brittany Frederick named Pardee Center Summer Fellow
Brittany Frederick, a second year PhD student in Sociology, has won a Pardee Center Summer Fellowship. She will compare international race discourse surrounding Black Lives Matter and analyze the diffusion of narratives and experiences that have motivated the global response to the movement. The Graduate Summer Fellows will spend 10 weeks at the Pardee House […]
Professor Ana Villarreal featured on Brown University Podcast
Sociology assistant professor Ana Villarreal was featured in the Watson Institute at Brown University’s podcast about international affairs. Ana offered her expertise on violence and upper-class seclusion in Mexico. Congrats, Ana!
Professor Saida Grundy appears as panelist on WGBH
Professor Saida Grundy appeared as a panelist for the televised WGBH program Basic Black discussing race and immigration policy during the first year of the Trump administration. Congrats, Saida!
Japonica Brown-Saracino Publishes Second Book
Sociology professor Japonica Brown-Saracino has published her second book, How Places Make Us, through University of Chicago Press. An excerpt from the book is featured on Slate. Congratulations, Japonica!
Meghan Tinsley’s paper to appear in Current Sociology
Graduate student Meghan Tinsley’s paper, “Decolonizing the Civic/Ethnic Binary” has been accepted for publication in the journal Current Sociology. Congratulations, Meghan!
Professor Joseph Harris Convened Global Health Symposium
Last week, Sociology Professor Joseph Harris convened the inaugural Symposium on Global Health and the Social Sciences on Nov. 9 and 10, with sponsorship from the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Event description is continued on the Pardee Center Website. Congrats, Joe!
Catherine Connell’s Featured on BU Today
Professor Catherine Connell’s opinion on the “Me too” social media phenomenon is featured in BU Today.
Joseph Harris Publishes New Book
Professor Joseph Harris has published a new book: Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism (Cornell University Press, 2017). At a time when the world’s wealthiest nations struggle to make healthcare and medicine available to everyone, his book examines how and why resource-constrained countries make costly commitments to universal health coverage and […]
Emily Barman wins Book Award
Professor Emily Barman’s book Caring Capitalism has won the Prize for Best Book of the Year from the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management. Congrats Emily!