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Anthony Roberts won the Terrance K. Hopkins Graduate Student Paper award from the Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association for his paper “Peripheral Accumulation in the World Economy: A Cross-National Analysis of the Informal Economy,” which was published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology in 2013. Congrats, Anthony! Erin Wolbeck and Anthony Roberts received … Read More

Seth Abrutyn, UCR Alum and Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Memphis, published a book on Institutionalism (Revisiting Institutionalism in Sociology: Putting the “Institution” Back in Institutional Analysis. New York: Routledge), and an article on Suicide (“Are Suicidal Behaviors Contagious? Using Longitudinal Data to Examine Suicide Suggestion”, with Anna S. Mueller) in theAmerican Sociological Review. Congrats, Seth! You … Read More

Caryn Bell Gerstenberger (with Kirk R. Williams) recently published “Gender and Intimate Partner Violence: Does Dual Arrest Reveal Gender Symmetry or Asymmetry?” in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (It was first published online, on December 24, 2012.) Anna Penner published an article entitled “The Disability Gap in Happiness across Welfare Regimes” in International Journal on Disability and Human Development. Preeta Saxena … Read More

Brooke Johnson accepted a tenure track position in the Department of Sociology in Northeastern Illinois University. Congrats! Annebelle Nery accepted a full-time position as Dean of Admissions at the College of the Desert. Congrats! Ian Breckenridge-Jackson received a research grant from the UC Center for New Racial Studies. Congrats! Jonathan Turner was elected chair of the ASA section on Biology, Evolution, and … Read More

Stephanie D’Auria accepted a tenure track position in the Department of Sociology at Vanguard University.  Congrats! Professor Robert Hanneman delivered a three-session Webinar on social network analysis for Academy Health (a national professional association of health care researchers), and a three-day workshop on network analysis to the department of statistics at the University of Nebraska. Professor Katja Guenther was elected … Read More

Professor Katja Guenther received a Faculty Fellowship from the  German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).  Congrats! Professor Tanya Nieri was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health and National Institute of Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health to complete her research on the “Parents and youths study.” She is the Co-Principal Investigator. Professor Tanya Nieri was … Read More

Professor Karen Pyke was elected to the Executive Council, Pacific Sociological Association Professor Karen Pyke was elected to the Publications Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society Professor Karen Pyke was appointed to the editorial board of Gender and Society Professor Jan Stets was awarded a National Science Foundation Grant for her research on Identity. Professor Jan Stets received the Outstanding … Read More