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Sociology Students Meet the Steampunk Poet

Students enrolled in Dr. Nancy Campbell’s SOCI 4335: Social Movements and Collective Behavior course had the opportunity to meet Steve Sanders, a Steampunk poet. Mr. Sanders provided the class with a rich history and description of the Steampunk community (Steampunk involves 19th Century dress and literature with a Sci-Fi twist) and shared several of his original poems

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Brita Andercheck’s teaching assignment top 10 resource among Sociologists

Originally Posted: February 1, 2016 Sociology visiting professor Brita Andercheck‘s teaching resource, Education and Conflict Perspective: A College Admissions Committee Activity is among the top 10 most downloaded teaching resources of 2015. The resource can be found in the TRAILS database on the American Sociological Association (ASA) website.

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NYU Press Announces Dr. Anne Lincoln’s new book

NYU PRESS Originally Posted: January 28, 2016 Failing Families, Failing Science Work-Family Conflict in Academic Science Work life in academia might sound like a dream: summers off, year-long sabbaticals, the opportunity to switch between classroom teaching and research. Yet, when it comes to the sciences, life at the top U.S. research universities is hardly idyllic. […]

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Sheri Kunovich, Sociology, Kids, Christmas and the Materialism Conundrum

DFW Child Originally Posted: December 2015 Sharon Alderton, 34, avoids her kids’ playroom. That’s because it’s already packed with toys for her two young boys — many that they don’t play with much — and with the holidays and one son’s Christmas Eve birthday quickly approaching, the Prosper mom knows the stuff is just going […]

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Lucas Kirkpatrick, Sociology, discusses his new book “Reinventing Detroit: The Politics of Possibility”

Michigan Daily Originally Posted: November 18, 2015 Along with a panel of local professionals and professors, Lucas Kirkpatrick, an assistant sociology professor at Southern Methodist University, discussed the launch of his new book “Reinventing Detroit: The Politics of Possibility” on Tuesday. Edited by Kirkpatrick and Michael Peter Smith, a professor of community studies at University […]

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Anne E. Lincoln, Sociology, Work-Family Conflict in Academic Science

In “Failing Families, Failing Science,” Ecklund and Lincoln paint a nuanced picture that illuminates how gender, individual choices, and university and science infrastructures play a role in shaping science careers, and how science careers, shape family life. Their research reveals that early career scientists struggle with balancing work and family lives. This struggle may prevent […]

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Lucas Kirkpatrick, Sociology, Reinventing Detroit

New assistant professor Lucas Owen Kirkpatrick’s book Reinventing Detroit was released this week. The book addresses the questions of what went wrong with Detroit and what can be done to reinvent the Motor City.

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Spring Enrollment Event, Wednesday, October 21st

Sociology Department: Spring Enrollment Event Wednesday, October 21st 11:00am- Noon and 3:00 pm- 4:00 pm in the Department Lobby, 3rd Floor Hyer Hall Drop into a causal spring enrollment event to meet Faculty members (including three new faculty members), learn about course offerings for Spring 2016 and pick up a snack! Have questions about the major […]

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Matthew Keller, Sociology, The Evolution of U.S. Innovation Policy

In a volume issued by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Prof. Keller argues that since the 1980s, the U.S. government has been involved in innovative dynamism through decentralized programs that have often fallen beneath the radar of public debates. Understanding the programs is crucial to bolstering the U.S. innovation system, and to nations that seek […]

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Professors receive tenure, promotions effective in 2015-16

  Congratulations to the Dedman College faculty members who are newly tenured as associate professors or have been promoted to full professorships to begin the 2015-16 academic year. The following individuals received tenure or promotion effective Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. Recommended for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor: Angela Ards, English Greg Brownderville, English Justin […]