College of Arts and Sciences

This year, seven graduate students received awards at the 2018 Graduate Award Ceremony.  The ceremony recognizes students for their accomplishments during the 2017-2018 academic year. We are proud to share the news. Please join us in congratulating them ! The Richard A. Zdanis Research Fellowship Award Casey Albitz The Marie Haug Award Brian...

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At this year’s Department of Sociology Achievements Award Ceremony, 15 students were initiated into the AKD Sociology Honor Society and 11 students were recipients of Undergraduate Awards. The Gene S. Uyeki Memorial Lecturefeatured former sociology student, Public Defender, and Executive Director of Workshop Houston, Jaime Herrero in "Moving from the Sociological Imagination...

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Four undergraduates and two graduate students presented at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA on April 5-18. Students presenting their individual work include graduate students Lacey Caporale, Luma Al Masarweh and undergraduate students Brittany Rabb, Erin Buttars, Mary Therese Escueta, and Sarah Jammal.  The...

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Calvin Gibson, a sophomore Sociology major, was awarded a prestigious research position at the Summer Education Research Program at University of Wisconsin – Madison. He will work for ten weeks with faculty member studying the effects of differing levels of parental involvement on students in urban and suburban schools.

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Mary Erdmans presented a conference paper “The Construction of Political Identities among Solidarity Refugees” at the European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) in Belfast held April 4-7. She is part of a network of European scholars studying migration and ethnicity.

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The Department of Sociology is excited to announce a luncheon colloquium on Monday, April 16th featuring Kenneth F. Ferraro, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Aging and the Life Course at Purdue University. The talk is entitled “Early Social Origins of Adult Health: Evidence of Pluripotent Influence?” and...

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