Sociology Faculty Elected to ASA Offices
Four BU Sociology faculty members were elected to ASA councils for 2014. After being elected secretary/treasurer of the Sexualities council in 2013, Professor Cati Connell was also elected to the Sex and Gender council. Professor Emily Barman was elected to the council for the Economic Sociology Section. Professor Alya Guseva was elected as the next […]
Professor Alya Guseva to Lead Luncheon Discussion at Center for Study of Europe
On Tuesday, September 17th, the Center for the Study of Europe will welcome Professor Alya Guseva. In a discussion titled “Plastic Money: The Construction of Markets for Credit Cards in Eight Post-communist Countries,” Professor Guseva will discuss her forthcoming book, co-authored with Akos Rona-Tas from the University of California, San Diego. While her book covers […]
BU SOCIOLOGISTS WIN ASA ELECTION
Prof. Laurel Smith-Doerr has been elected as a Member-at-Large on the national council of the American Sociological Association (ASA), and Prof. Cati Connell will serve on the Sex and Gender Section’s Sally Hacker Award Committee. Already announced is Prof. Julian Go’s election to chair the Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of ASA. Congratulations to all […]
NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
We are proud to highlight several recent achievements: Professor Alya Guseva will serve on the American Sociological Association’s Council of Economic Sociology Section for the 2010-2013 term. Professor Nazli Kibria has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Eastern Sociological Society as well as the ASA’s Council on Nominations and Council of the Section […]
INTERVIEW WITH PROF. GUSEVA NOW ONLINE
Professor Alya Guseva, author of Into the Red: The Birth of the Credit Card Market in Postcommunist Russia, has recently been interviewed by David Evans and Pymnts.com on the Russian credit card market. The interview is available online at http://www.pymnts.com/from-russia-with-love-and-payment-cards/?nl
PROF. GUSEVA TO SERVE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE ASA’s ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY SECTION
Congratulations to Alya Guseva on her election to a three-year term on the Council of Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.
FACULTY AND GRAD STUDENTS AT ESS CONFERENCE
From presiding at sessions to presenting results of research to convening conversations, Boston University sociologists will be busy nearly every hour at the upcoming Eastern Sociological Society meetings. Starting on Thursday March 18th at the Park Plaza Hotel the meetings will run through Sunday. Two of the many highlights will be a mini-conference on “Gender, […]