Appointment of Christine Dunkel Schetter as Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Development

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to announce that Professor Christine (Chris) Dunkel Schetter has agreed to serve as Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Development beginning July…

Population Day at ASA

Join Us for the Population Day at ASA Saturday, August 22, 2015 Section on Sociology of Population Roundtables 8:30 to 9:30am Table 01. Health and Education among Hispanics Table 02. Predictors of Fertility in Low Fertility Contexts Table 03.…

Rice University: Faculty position

Department of Sociology, Rice University   Pending administrative approval, the Department of Sociology at Rice University located in Houston, Texas invites applications for an open rank tenure-track or tenured position to begin July 2016.…

Prof. Ian Holloway earns Hellman Fellowship for LGBT research

Prof. Ian Holloway earns Hellman Fellowship for LGBT research. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty/holloway-earns-hellman-fellowship-for-lgbt-research  

Call for Proposals – Population Association of America Initiatives Committee

The Initiatives Committee (IC) of the Population Association of America (PAA) is soliciting proposals from PAA standing committees and members for activities that promote the strategic goals of the Association. Funding for this effort comes…

FREE WORKSHOP – Introductory Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Introductory Geographic Information Systems (GIS) workshop. Dr. Georgiana Bostean, Assistant Professor at Chapman University, will be leading a free two-day, hands-on introduction to GIS (using ArcMap) workshop at the University of Melbourne,…

Prof. Edward Walker receives Charles Tilly award from ASA

Professor Edward Walker’s book,  Grassroots for Hire:  Public Affairs Consultants in American Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2014), has won the Charles Tilly Award from the ASA Collective Behavior and Social Movements section. …

Gerontological Society of America: Open Access Editor in Chief

Open Access Editor in Chief Search The Gerontological Society of America Call for Applications The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) announces the search for editor in chief of a new journal to be launched in 2016 and published, alongside…

Prof. Siwei Cheng receives ASA awards!

Prof. Siwei Cheng, who officially joins CCPR and Sociology on July 1, received the 2015 graduate student paper award from three sections of the American Sociological Association:  the Clifford Clogg Award from the Methodology section, the…

Dr. Jennie Brand and Juli Simon Thomas have been selected as finalists for the 2015 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award.

Dr. Jennie Brand and Juli Simon Thomas have been selected as finalists for the 2015 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award. "Job Displacement Among Single Mothers: Effects on Children's Outcomes in Young Adulthood." American Journal of Sociology 119(4):955-1001. Congratulations…