Congratulations to Ieva Zumbyte for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “Adapted Delivery: How Childcare Workers and Parents Produce Care in the Neighborhoods of Chennai.”

Congratulations to Kevin Mwenda who has been selected to receive the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2023.
 

Congratulations to Rachel Wetts who has been selected to receive the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2023.

Congratulations to Svenja Kopyciok for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “Left-Wing Islamophobia: Anti-Muslim Attitudes and Discourse Among the Political Left.”

Congratulations to Patrick Heller. The Graduate Council has selected Patrick Heller to receive a 2022-2023 Graduate School Faculty Award for Advising and Mentoring.  The Graduate Council received many nominations for this award and are delighted to recognize his performance and dedication.

Sandra L. Barnes' 2022 documentary, Four Voices: ArJae Marari, has been selected as a 2023 MUSE Award Silver winner in the Service & Activism and Diversity & Inclusion categories.

Sociology concentrator, Brandon Avendano, won 2^nd place in the sixth annual Brown Venture Prize.

Each year, ASA’s President-Elect chooses a theme on which to focus some of the programming for the ASA Annual Meeting—a tradition that ensures the meetings reflect the rich diversity of perspectives and subject matter in the discipline. President Prudence Carter has chosen the theme “The Educative Power of Sociology.”

John is one of eighteen new members of the National Academy of Education who represent a wide range of expertise in education research and policy.

Kevin Mwenda, Interim Director of Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4), is a Co-PI (together with a colleague in SPH) of a recently announced 2023 Research Seed Award from the OVPR.