Dr. Zachary Levenson’s book Delivery as Dispossession: Land Occupation and Eviction in the Postapartheid City will be released in April 2022 on Oxford University Press. The book is based on a decade of participant observation fieldwork in two land occupations in Cape Town, South Africa, and proposes a relational theory… Continue reading…
UNCG Sociology major Jenny Lois Francisco is the Editor of the UNCG Lloyd International Honors College interdisciplinary publication Y Ddraig Goch: An Interdisciplinary Honors Journal. Jenny leads the editing, design, proofing, and promotional efforts for the journal. She says the most enjoyable part of the position is working collaboratively… Continue reading…
UNCG Sociology professors Drs. Cindy Brooks Dollar, Gwen Hunnicutt, and David Kauzlarich each presented research at the ASC meeting in November. Dr. Dollar shared findings on her ongoing study of psychedelic drugs users, Professor Hunnicutt discussed non-human violence and its relationship to human violence, and Dr. Kauzlarich participated in panels… Continue reading…
UNCG Sociology offers many courses that students can’t get anywhere else. Here’s a couple of examples:
Professor Dr. Steven Cureton was recently a guest on the Can We Talk Please podcast in which he discusses sociological analysis and a number of issues related to justice, police, and race. Start at mark 9:35 here.
Dr. Arielle Kuperberg, Associate Professor of Sociology and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at UNC Greensboro, began a three year term as Chair of the Council on Contemporary Families. The Council on Contemporary Families is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization aimed at promoting understanding about academic research on American families to the… Continue reading…
Professor Steven R. Cureton has published his third book in three years. The latest monograph, Liberation Movements and Black-On-Black Survival Love: It’s No Ordinary Love, centers on civil rights and interpersonal relations amongst prominent liberation icons. The book also explores colorism, black power, race manners, race matters, and black feminism.
Dr. Shelly Brown-Jeffy, Associate Professor of Sociology, is one of our many talented teachers in the UNCG Sociology department and has earned a Minerva Mention for her great work. Read some of her thoughts on teaching here!
Professor of Sociology & Director of the Sociology Graduate Program Dr. Sarah Daynes has commenced her term as the UNCG Faculty Senate Chair. Read much more here!
Assistant Professor Dr. Sahan Karatasli’s journal article, “Capitalism and nationalism in the longue durée: Hegemony, crisis, and state-seeking nationalist mobilization, 1492-2013”, has received the 2021 Distinguished Article Award by the American Sociological Association‘s Political-Economy of the World Systems section (PEWS). Read more here!
