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Professor Brian Gran named Jefferson Science Fellow

October 8, 2020

Sociology Professor Brian Gran, has been selected as a National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Jefferson Science Fellow (JSF) by the U.S. Department of State. During his year-long fellowship, Gran, who has secondary appointments with the School of Law and Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied...

Sociology Professor Jessica Kelley is Editor of new Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics

October 8, 2020

Sociology Professor Jessica Kelley is the Volume Editor for the recently released Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Economic Inequality in Later Life. The volume also contains work from other professors and graduate students in the CWRU Department of Sociology. This volume explores the current state of economic inequality in later...

Sociology Professor Cassi Pittman Claytor Receives National Attention for her Work on Racism in Retail

March 10, 2021

Professor of Sociology Cassi Pittman Claytor was recently featured in both Forbes and Glossy Magazine for her work on racism in retail, specifically in relation to her work with Sephora. "The use of data analytics allows for understanding where a retailer may fall within a spectrum and provides benchmarking opportunities...

Sociology Professor Heather McKee Hurwitz featured in The Daily

October 8, 2020

Professor of Sociology Heather McKee Hurwitz was featured in The Daily for her work on archiving the Occupy movement. "Funded by the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship in the Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve—and led by a scholar of the Occupy Movement—the Occupy Archive preserves more than 1,200 pages...

Congratulations to our 2020 Doctoral Graduates!

May 26, 2020

Congratulations to our two doctoral graduates this spring! Christine Schneider (pictured below) and Holly Renzhofer Pappada (not pictured) both successfully defended their dissertations this spring semester. We are so proud of their hard work, please join us in congratulating them! Dissertation Titles "The Experience and Psycho-Social Implications of Chronic Pain: The...

Department of Sociology 2020 AKD and Undergraduate Awards

May 18, 2020

Five students were initiated into the Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) International Sociology Honor Society and thirteen students were recipients of Undergraduate Awards. Although we could not celebrate their achievements in person this year we are very proud of their work and hope you will join us in congratulating them! Our...

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