Professor Shaonta' Allen (left) was selected by students to receive the 2024
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The ASA Sociology of Education Section just announced that Casey Stockstill is the winner of the 2024 Bourdieu Best Book Award for False Starts: The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers
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The Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award Committee (monograph) had many excellent nominations to review this year. Books were evaluated based on the criteria of children at the center/section relevance; writing/organization; theory; impact; and new ideas/future implications. Award:
[more]"People like to fantasize that if we don't tell kids about racism, they won't know it exists yet and they won't be racist," the sociology professor says in an article asking if children became more racist during Donald Trump's presidency
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The Sociology Department Thesis students presented their findings this week. Katharine Arrington '24 - Charting Canons: Identities and Institutions behind Bestselling and Award-Winning American Fiction from 1913 to 2023. Deborah Jung '24 - "Modeling a Minority: Asian American Ivy League Students' Opinions on Affirmative Action." Kira Parrish-Penny '24 - Taming the "Dartmouth Animal": Masculinity and the Coeducation Transition
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