Born in Dresden, Germany in 1926, Henry Landsberger was part of the Kindertransport that evaculated nearly 10,000 mostly Jewish children to England from German-controlled lands just prior to the start of World War II. For the next ten years, he … Read more
This past summer, one of our majors, Jovonnie Quintero, interned with the Southern Education Leadership Initiative (SELI) through the Southern Education Foundation. Jovonnie is a senior from Phoenix, Arizona double majoring in Sociology and Education. As his internship, he … Read more
Five researchers whose determined pursuit of knowledge about the factors that influence adolescent health led to one of the most influential longitudinal studies of human health—with far-reaching and often unanticipated impacts on society—will receive the first 2016 Golden Goose Award. … Read more
Congratulations to Arne Kalleberg for winning the Carlyle Sitterson Freshman Teaching Award. Arne has taught two First Year Seminars – “Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Job” and “The Pursuit of Happiness” – several times each. Chancellor Folt and Provost Dean … Read more
Glen H. Elder Jr., the Howard W. Odum Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award from the … Read more
Congratulations to sociology graduate student Atiya Husain! She was recently awarded the Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. The predoctoral fellowships provide three years of support for individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of … Read more
Congratulations are in order for sociology graduate student Brian Foster! He was recently awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s … Read more
Once a year, the Phillips Ambassadors Program offers one Phillips Ambassadors Scholarship on the graduate level to: further enrich the overall educational experience of undergraduate Phillips Ambassadors by involving one outstanding graduate student who is engaged in research related to … Read more
Congratulations are in order for Ken Bollen. He recently agreed to serve on the NSF Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Advisory Committee. The duties of the SBE Advisory Committee are to review and advise on the impact of programs … Read more
Ph.D. candidate Brandon Gorman has been awarded a grant by the American Institute for Maghrib Studies to conduct dissertation fieldwork in Tunisia for AY 2013-2014. The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) was founded in 1984 to promote the systematic … Read more
