Job Opening – McGill Department of Sociology

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Applications are invited for a tenure-track position commencing August 1, 2017. The position is at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptionally qualified candidates may be considered at the Associate level. We seek applicants with strong…

A. Janet Tomiyama featured on Bicycling Article

Professor A. Janet Tomiyama's research was featured in an article on Bicyling.com titled "Cyclists: It's Time to Say Bye-Bye to BMI" . Please read more here: http://www.bicycling.com/training/health-injuries/cyclists-its-time-to-say-bye-bye-to-bmi  

2017 Applied Demography Conference: Call for Papers

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Applied Demography Conference San Antonio, Texas - January 11-13, 2017 The 2017 ADC organizing committee invites you to make plans to attend and participate in the next Applied Demography Conference. You are encouraged to present your…

Job Openings (as of 7/18/16)

Postdoc Opportunity at Brown University The Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University is currently recruiting a two-year Postdoctoral Research Associate to start on or soon after September 2016. This position will be funded,…

Call for Proposals! — NSHAP Data Users Conference

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NORC at the University of Chicago will host a Data Users Conference October 27-28, 2016 for new users of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), and invites paper proposals by August 5. Selected proposals will receive an…

Call for manuscripts — Ethnic Minorities in America, The National Council on Family Relations

The National Council on Family Relations Editors of the Journal of Family and Economic Issues are seeking submissions for a special issue themed "Ethnic Minorities in America," which will focus on issues such as child care, housing,…

Professor Jennie Brand wins the Leo Goodman Award!

Professor Jennie Brand has won the Leo Goodman Award from the American Sociological Association's Methodology Section.  The award is given each year for contributions to sociological methodology and innovative uses of methodology by a scholar who…

Call For Papers- Social Informatics

The International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo16) is an interdisciplinary venue that brings together researchers from the computational and social sciences to help fill the gap between the two communities. The goal of the conference…

Professor Jacob Foster is this year’s winner of the Star-Nelkin Paper Award!

Professor Jacob Foster (with his co-authors James Evans and Andrey Rzhetsky) is this year’s winner of the Star-Nelkin Paper Award given by the ASA section on Science, Knowledge and Technology. The award recognizes the co-authors’ 2015 article…

Professor Jacob Foster featured in Nautilus Magazine

Professor Jacob Foster’s recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (with Andrey Rzhetsky, Ian Foster, and James Evans) was featured in a Nautilus magazine article about conservatism in biomedical research. You can…