Happening Sunday, August 21st
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, 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleResearch 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...
View ArticleSinnika 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...
View ArticleUT 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....
View ArticleStudy 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...
View ArticleFeeling 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...
View ArticleCongratulations 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...
View ArticleTwitter 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...
View ArticleON 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...
View ArticleToward 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...
View ArticleContemporary 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,”...
View ArticleVrinda 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:...
View ArticleBrandon 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...
View ArticleOn 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...
View ArticleNew 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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