College of Arts and Sciences

Eva Kahana's recent book, Disability and aging: learning from both to empower the lives of older adults, received Outstanding Academic Title recognition from Choice, the publishing unit for a division of the American Library Association. Choice publishes a prestigious list of Outstanding Academic Titles each year. The list is...

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Makela Hayford (BA 2018) has been invited to participate as a Fellow in the 2018-19 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellows program. Only nine Fellowships were awarded from an applicant pool drawn from 18 states. As a Fellow, Makela will support the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and the Sustainable Cleveland...

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Again this year, CWRU Sociology faculty and doctoral students were highly visible throughout the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.  Four faculty and 10 doctoral students presented 18 papers and posters on a range of topics related to age, aging and the life course.  Dale Dannefer co-organized...

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JGSS Editor Debby Carr has issued a call for a paper submissions for a special issue of the journal on the current state of research on cumulative dis/advantage processes over the life course. An invited article by Dale Dannefer assessing the legacy of CDA and its future in the discipline...

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Sociology alum Donte Gibbs (BA 2010) was featured on WKYC3 for his efforts in giving back to East Cleveland families over the holidays. Working with a grant from Neighborhood Connections, Donte's team "Donte's Gift Express" plans to hit the streets this holiday season passing out about 500 gifts to...

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This Friday, November 9, Eva Kahana will deliver a lecture entitled "Too much trust? Older patients and their doctors."  The lecture is part of the Center for Policy Studies Public Affairs Discussion Group and will take place from 12:30 - 1:30 in the Dampeer Room of Kelvin Smith Library.

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