News Archive from March, 2020

Dr. Kallman Publishes Book

Dr. Meghan Kallman, Ph.D. Sociology at Brown University, and Assistant Professor of the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, has published her latest book: The Death of Idealism: Development and Anti-Politics in the Peace Corps. This book, published by Columbia University Press, uses the case of the Peace Corps to explain why and how participation in a bureaucratic organization changes people’s ideals and politics. 

Laura Garbes Awarded by NSF

Laura Garbes has been awarded the National Science Foundation's Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant on Differentiating Effects of Particularistic Performance Standards in the Workplace!

Dr. Itzigsohn, Dr. Brown Publishes Book

Professor of Sociology Jose Itzigsohn and Professor Karida Brown of UCLA, Ph.D. Brown University, have published their latest book entitled The Sociology of W. E. B. Du Bois: Racialized Modernity and the Global Color Line. This book, published by NTU Press, provides a comprehensive introduction to the founding father of American sociological thought.​

prabhdeep kehal Awarded by ESS

prabhdeep kehal, PhD Candidate for Socialogy, has been awarded The Charles V. Willie Minority Graduate Student Award based on their dissertation, Racializing Meritocracy: Ideas of Excellence and Exclusion in Faculty Diversity!