UCLA Fielding School of Public Health: Open-Ranked Faculty positions

Open-Rank Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty positions DESCRIPTION The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) seeks applicants for two open-ranked tenure-track or tenured faculty positions whose research and teaching focuses on…

Aarhus University: Assistant professorship in quantitative method

Assistant professorship in quantitative method English Link: http://www.au.dk/en/about/vacant-positions/scientific-positions/stillinger/Vacancy/show/739495/5283/   The School of Education at Aarhus University invites applications for…

Nuffield College, University of Oxford: Two Year Postdoctoral Position

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As part of the Horizon 2020 project ‘Growth, Equal opportunities, Migration and Markets (GEMM), Nuffield College, University of Oxford is now hiring a two year postdoc. Main task is to carry out field experiments on ethnic discrimination…

Congratulations to Carol Aneshensel, Jennie Brand, Edward Walker, and Megan Sweeney!

Congratulations to Carol Aneshensel, Jennie Brand, Edward Walker, and Megan Sweeney! Professor Brand has been elected as council member of the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section of the American Sociological Association. Professor Walker…

PSID Data now available

  PSID 2013 Main Interview Data are now available This version replaces and expands the early release file "Housing, mortgage distress, and wealth" (January 2014 release). The 2013 PSID Main Interview Data includes data collected…

Researcher Gary Gates is quoted in TPM DC

Gary Gates provided several reasons explaining why adoption polling generally polls better than same-sex marriage. Article: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/gop-2016-field-gay-adoptions  Related article: How Gay is America? (Interview with…

Prof. Till von Wachter featured in USA TODAY

Prof. Till von Wachter's study in the American Economic Journal found that college students who graduate in a weak labor market initially lose 9% of their annual earnings on average, but erase those losses in 10 years. Article: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/05/23/college-grads-jobs/27801847/

Prof. Matthew Kahn is quoted in Brookings

Prof. Matthew Kahn examined the referenda results and found that minority, low-income and inner-city voters and renters are most likely to support more public funding for pre-K. Article: http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/up-front/posts/2015/05/28-hutchins-roundup

ASA Job Bank: Sociologist

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The following new job listing has been posted in the ASA Job Bank and may be of interest to section members: Job ID: 11122 Institution: RAND Corporation Department: Research Title: Sociologist Position/Rank: Sociological Practice/Applied/Other:…