Prof. Siwei Cheng receives ASA awards!
NewsProf. 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.
NewsDr. 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…
John Sullivan receives first Donald J. Treiman Research Fellowship
NewsJohn’s project, “Temporal and Regional Variation in Age Segregation in American Metropolitan Areas, 1880 – 2010: Consequences of Demographic and Family Change,” examines the long-term trend in the degree to which young and old live…
Prof. James Macinko featured in UCLA Newsroom
NewsProf. James Macinko's study on health care around the world found that Brazil’s primary care approach appears to be working quite well.
Article: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/has-brazil-found-the-way-to-better-health-care
Congratulations to Carol Aneshensel, Jennie Brand, Edward Walker, and Megan Sweeney!
NewsCongratulations 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…
Researcher Gary Gates is quoted in TPM DC
NewsGary 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
NewsProf. 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
NewsProf. 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
Prof. Leah Platt Boustan is quoted in the Voice of America.
NewsProf. Leah Platt Boustan's research on immigrant patterns found that native born to hold a bachelor's degree and they’re much more likely than the native born to hold a higher degree like a master’s degree.
http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/05/08/this-us-ethnic-group-makes-the-most-money/
Congratulations to Xi Song for receiving an honorable mention for this year’s ASA Family Section Graduate Paper award
NewsXi Song’s paper entitled "Heterogeneous Grandparent Effects: The Effect of Grandparents' Education on Grandchildren's Education in One-Parent and Two-Parent Families" has been selected to receive an honorable mention for this year's American…