Congratulations to Dr. Zachary Levenson for recognition by the American Sociological Association’s Sociology of Development section for his paper “Such Elements Do Not Belong in an Ordered Society: Managing Rural-Urban Resettlement in Democratic South Africa.” Read more here!
Assistant Professor Dr. Tad Skotnicki has just published his first book, The Sympathetic Consumer: Moral Critique in Capitalist Culture with Stanford University Press. The book contributes to the understanding of activism in different times and places as it relates to the unmasking of reified human practices, products, and connections. Read more… Continue reading…
Associate Professor Dr. Cindy Brooks Dollar has just published her first book, I Never Wanted to Be a Stereotype: A Sociologist’s Narrative of Healing. The book is an outstanding academically informed excursion into the biography and sociology of pain and healing. From the publisher: Trauma and its consequences are social phenomena. Coming from… Continue reading…
Professor Steve Kroll-Smith has been a master teacher-scholar, leader, and role model for all of us in UNCG Sociology for twenty years. He’s published multiple books and articles and taught thousands of students in the areas of disasters, social psychology, sustainability, social problems, and methods. He is a well-known and highly… Continue reading…
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Hayley Robertson, a graduating senior at the UNCG Sociology Department, presented a research paper titled “Social Inequalities in the Time of COVID-19” at the Undergraduate Honors Symposium. The paper is also accepted to be published in the third edition of Y Ddraig Goch: An Interdisciplinary Honors Journal. Hayley Robertson is a senior… Continue reading…
UNCG Sociology Associate Professor Dr. Arielle Kuperberg has examined student loans and their impact on critical moments in life, such as buying a home, having children, and partnering up. Read the press release about her excellent research on the issues here.
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Daynes, Professor of Sociology and Director of our Graduate Program, for being selected for the UNCG Mary Settle Sharp Award for Teaching Excellence! Dr. Daynes teaches in the areas of cultural sociology and social theory and is a popular master’s thesis and dissertation committee member and… Continue reading…
We’re proud to see that Dr. Shelly Brown-Jeffy has just been selected to participate in the inaugural UNCG Leadership Development Program for Scholars of Color. Congratulations, Dr. Shelly! Read more about this honor and initiative here.
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