Alya Guseva

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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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, […]

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