In a recent WBUR Cognoscenti op-ed, Associate Professor of Sociology Emily Walton argues that many white residents of multiethnic neighborhoods don't recognize the role they must play in social change. White people living in racially and ethnically diverse neighborhoods, she argues, need to actively engage in integration in those neighborhoods by getting to know thier neighbors, patronizing local businesses, and keeping thier kids in the local...
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In a recent op-ed on NBC's Think, Associate Professor of Sociology Janice McCabe says that to maintain friendships, adults must prioritize connecting with the people that matter most to them.
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Want to know how capitalism really works, or what we are doing about global inequality? Professor Lev Grinberg of Ben-Gurion University will be on campus fall 2019, teaching Critical Political Economy (SOCY 49.09) in the 11 hour and Global...
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A major sociolgy journal, the Socio-Economic Review, has published a symposium on Professor Brooke Harrington's book Capital without Borders. A symposium is a series of articles by other scholars, evaluating the scholarly impact of a book. This is an honor the journal gives a book on occasion when...
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In a recently published Washington Post Op Ed: Want to succeed in college? Spend more time playing video games with friends, Associate Professor of Sociology Janice McCabe discusses the importance of friendships for...
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Sociology major Alexis Castillo ’19 was selected as an AERA Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Fellow. Alexis attended the 2019 AERA (American Educational Research Association) annual meeting in Toronto, Canada in April. She participated in several days of workshops, mentoring and other programs with a small cohort of other fellows. Alexis also presented research from her Senior Independent Study “Analyzing the sense of belonging of first generation college students of color...
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Associate Professor of Sociology Marc Dixon has taken over the role of Department Chair from John Campbell, beginning winter term 2019.
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Associate professor of Sociology and Allen House Professor Janice McCabe will lead a group of Allen House student to New Orleans, to work with a local nonprofit, Lowernine, to help fix homes that had been improperly repaired after Hurricane Katrina struck in 200. Read more about thieir trip in The Dartmouth News:...
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In a February 7 article in The Guardian, Professor Brooke Harrington lays the case for how Brexit and the election of Donald Trump benefit the ultra wealthy. Though sold as populist nationalist movements, both were bank-rolled by off shore accounts of the global eilte who want to...
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Assistant Professor of Sociology Kimberly B. Rogers is one of twelve scholars selected by the The Eastern Region Campus Compact as a 2019-2020 Engaged Scholar. The Engaged Scholars Initiative seeks to develop, support and connect leaders who can advance co-created knowledge, critically engaged pedagogies, institutional change, and collaborative action to address societal issues. Read more about the ESI and the other selected participants...
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