Professors Mary Erdmans, Brian Gran and Jessica A. Kelley have been promoted to the rank of Professor in the Department of Sociology. Congratulations all !!
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Ten sociology graduate students and one undergraduate sociology major presented papers and posters at three major conferences this summer: the combined meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA)/International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) in San Francisco in July and at the annual meeting of the Society for...
Dale Dannefer delivered an invited keynote address at the combined meeting of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) and the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) in San Francisco in July, entitled “History, Biography and Age: Multiple Levels of Social Inequality.” The second, a lecture at the Conference on the Human Ecology of Social Inequality at the University of California, Davis, in May, entitled “Inequality in Human Development: Historical Trends, Life Course Processes.”
Soon-to-be newlyweds, Professor Cassi Pittman and her fiance Adam Claytor, were featured in People Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and numerous other media outlets for their “Obamaesque” engagement photo shoot. The couple recreated several poses inspired by Barack and Michelle Obama’s romantic photographs taken during his presidency.
Professors Mary Erdmans and Timothy Black have just received notice that their recent book On Becoming a Teen Mom received Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Book Award from the ASA Section on Race, Gender, and Class. Over 60 books were nominated for this award. This is the third prestigious award received by their book.
Brian Gran has been invited to serve on the Program Committee for the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.