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Congratulations to Dr. Christine Williams, Sociology Department Chairperson and this year’s Sociologist for Women in Society Feminist Lecturer Award! Christine will be honored this evening at ASA....

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Monday ASA Events

Monday, August 22th UT SOC presentations: Adut, Ari – Thematic Session: Scandal Time: Mon, Aug 22 – 2:30pm – 4:10pm Session Organizer – Presenter on individual submission: Scandal and the Public Sphere...

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Why Non-Academic Need Not Be Un-Academic: Reflections on Working Outside the...

Our Brownbag series took a closer look at sociological research beyond the university with an exciting panel, “Un-Academic: Reflections on Working Outside the Academy” on February 13. Following...

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Research Questions with graduate student Amy Lodge

Research Questions (RQ) is Q&A series profiling the faculty, graduate students, and alumni of the Sociology Department at the University of Texas at Austin. In brief conversations, this series...

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Sinnika Elliott’s book about parents, teens and sex reviewed in this month’s...

Emily Yoffe reviews Dr. Sinikka Elliott’s new book Not my Kids:What Parents believe about the Sex Lives of their Teenagers in this month’s Slate Magazine. Dr. Elliott is an Assistant Professor of...

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UT Sociology graduate students talk research and ASA

By Jessica Sinn, College of Liberal Arts Published: Aug. 16 More than 80 professors, students and alumni will showcase their work at the American Sociological Association’s (ASA) annual meeting Aug....

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Study Presented at ASA Reveals Link Between Marriage and Alcohol Consumption

New research finds long-term marriage linked to lower alcohol consumption in men, but higher alcohol consumption in women. The study was presented at the 107th Annual Meeting of the American...

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Feeling the Body: Embodying Sociology at the CWGS Conference

Recently, the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies hosted a productive and stimulating academic conference entitled “The Feeling Body.”  With the emerging attention the body and affect are receiving...

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Congratulations to former longhorn Cathy Liu on her NIH Mentored Scientist...

One of our highly esteemed former graduate students, Hui (Cathy) Liu, (now an assistant professor at Michigan State) received an NIH K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award. This five-year...

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Twitter analysis shows not all Texans want abortion rights limited

Social media analysis challenges stereotype of conservative state By Amanda Jean Stevenson The full text of the article is available at this link to the June 24th edition of The Houston Chronicle One...

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ON THE MARKET: Kate Henley Averett

Welcome to the new “On the Market” series, where UTAustinSOC will profile UT-Austin graduate students who are on the job market! This series will serve as a means of not only allowing the graduate...

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Toward a Feminist Sociology of Incest in Mexico  

By Brandon Andrew Robinson  On November 16, 2015, Dr. Gloria González-López participated in an author-meets-critics panel discussion about her new book Family Secrets: Stories of Incest and Sexual...

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Contemporary Changes in the Transition into Adulthood

by Chelsea Smith, Robert Crosnoe, and Shih-Yi Chao This blog post is based on “Family Background and Changes in Young Adults’ School-Work Transitions and Family Formation in the United States,”...

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Vrinda Marwah and Sharmila Rudruppa on the Surrogacy Bill in India

SOURCE: Gratzer/Lightrocket/Getty Images Both second-year doctoral student Vrinda Marwah and professor Sharmila Rudruppa have pieces discussing the new legislation on surrogacy in India. Vrinda notes:...

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Brandon Robinson on LGBTQ Homeless Youth

SOURCE: Lezbelib.com Sixth-year doctoral student Brandon Robinson discusses the complexities around LGBTQ youth homelessness, emphasizing that the circumstances that lead to youth homelessness are...

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On the Market: Corey McZeal

We’re continuing our “On the Market” series featuring UT Austin graduate students who are on the job market! Up next is Corey McZeal, a 6th year doctoral candidate and Urban Ethnography Lab Graduate...

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New book by department alum Caitlyn Collins

By Jamie O’Quinn Caitlyn Collins, a UT Austin sociology PhD  and now Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, is making waves with her brand-new book, Making Motherhood Work: How...

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