A study by sociology professor Janice McCabe that found the COVID-19 pandemic had negatively affected the ability of college students to sustain friendships and make new ones is highlighted in the New York Post.
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Erin Liedtke and Melanie Sona are research fellows at the National Institutes of Health on a journey to explore how the structural components of neighborhoods impact health. There is a growing awareness that zip code is more important than genetic code and we explore why by having in-depth discussions with public health experts and community leaders about the environmental determinants of health. Join us as we learn about how to make our nation healthier one neighborhood at a time.
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The sociology department is delighted to welcome Casey Stockstill and Smriti Upadhyay. Casey Stockstill is a race scholar who studies childhood and inequalities. She uses ethnography, interviews, and experiments to examine how race and class matter in daily life, and how those experiences reinforce inequalities. Casey values connecting her research to broader public conversations. She will be teaching SOCY 1 Introductory Sociology in the fall.
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Sanctions on a matrix of financial experts would be more effective than asset seizure.
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