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Cassi Pittman Claytor writes about retail racism in a recent Op-ED in The Guardian

In the article,  “Shopping while black’: yes, bias against black customers is real,” Pittman Claytor shares important insight on why black consumers continue to encounter racism when they are merely trying to spend their money. It is an extension of her work on the everyday forms of discrimination that black consumers encounter in the marketplace and calls out retail stores for institutional practices that perpetuate the practice.

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The Department of Sociology 2019 Achievement Award Ceremony

Seven students were initiated into the Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) International Sociology Honor Society and thirteen students were recipients of Undergraduate Awards during the Sociology department’s 2019 Achievements Awards Ceremony. The Gene S. Uyeki Memorial Lecture, “Sociology as an Everyday Practice,” was delivered by Assistant Professor of Sociology from...

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Congratulations Sociology Doctoral Graduates

Congratulations to Timothy Goler and Kelly Melvin-Campbell for successfully defending their dissertations! DISSERTATION TITLES: “Racial Differences in Stressful Life Events, Coping and Psychological Well-being among Urban Older Adults” by Timothy Goler. “Who Is Talking With Whom? An Investigation of Community Policing and Inter-Agency Collaboration In a Rustbelt Secondary City: A Case Study”...

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Brian Gran wins Diekhoff Award; other Sociology faculty and instructors receive award nominations

Congratulations to Brian Gran for receiving the John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Teaching and Mentoring. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the education of graduate students through advising, mentoring and classroom teaching.   Congratulations, also, to sociology faculty and instructors who were nominated for the Jackson and Wittke Awards:  Spencier Ciaralli, Karie Feldman,...

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