Nana Adjeiwaa-Manu '16 a modified Sociology major with African and African American Studies Program and now a PhD student at Penn, is a co-author on a new Brookings report on racial disparities in medical debt out this week:
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The sociology department is delighted to welcome Michele Tine as an Associate Professor and Shaontá Allen as a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology.
[more]The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences cites a study by quantitative social scientists Antonio Sirianni and Feng Fu showing aggressive political messaging via advertising and social media doesn't change minds, but instead alienates moderates and radicalizes supporters. News Feature: Modeling the power of polarization M. Mitchell Waldrop
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"To sociologists, it's pretty clear that one reason we're not getting better traction on Covid-19 is neglect of what we call the 'group level of analysis,'" writes the professor of sociology in a "Chronicle of Higher Education" essay on resistance to pandemic public health measures. Read more at: https://dartgo.org/quoteharrington92
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Faculty Awards Recognize Tea
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