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Elizabeth Roe ’20 co-authored an article in Sociology Compass.

April 12, 2021

Jonathan Mijs PhD '17, Lecturer on Sociology, and Elizabeth Roe ’20 have published an article, Is America coming apart? Socioeconomic segregation in neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and social networks, 1970–2020, in Sociology Compass, an online, peer-reviewed journal, the result of a... Read more about Elizabeth Roe ’20 co-authored an article in Sociology Compass.

The scapegoating of Asian Americans

April 7, 2021

The work of Vivian Shaw, Sociology Department Harvard College Fellow, and Jason Beckfield, Professor of Sociology, on the AAPI COVID-19 Project is highlighted in a recent Gazette article.... Read more about The scapegoating of Asian Americans

Ya-Wen Lei's latest research explores the precarity of gig workers in China

March 23, 2021

Ya Wen Lei's research, recently published in the American Sociological Review, is featured in Rest of World, an international nonprofit journalism organization.

Solving racial disparities in policing

March 11, 2021

Gazette features Harvard sociologists Sandra Smith, Chris Winship, and Rob Sampson. Read more about Solving racial disparities in policing

Predicting homicides in disadvantaged neighborhoods

March 11, 2021

A neighborhood’s well-being depends not...

Jonathan Mijs (PhD '17) has work on meritocracy cited in Spanish newpaper.

February 17, 2021

El Païs published an article on Youtubers in Spain refusing to pay taxes because they consider their earnings to reflect the merit of their talents, extensively citing Mijs'... Read more about Jonathan Mijs (PhD '17) has work on meritocracy cited in Spanish newpaper.

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Advice to students: Enact your agency, build resilience

January 25, 2021

Manja Klemenčič urges a fearless pursuit of engagement with life, work, and world in this series called Focal Point, in The Harvard Gazette. Read more about Advice to students: Enact your agency, build resilience

Fernanda Baron and Amanda Gorman Elected to Senior PBK May 2020

January 21, 2021

Congratulations! Election to Alpha Iota of Masachusetts signifies that an undergraduate's course of study is distinguished by excellence, reach, originality, and rigor.... Read more about Fernanda Baron and Amanda Gorman Elected to Senior PBK May 2020

Sociology Concentrator Captures the Moment

January 21, 2021

Harvard alumna Amanda Gorman delivered a soaring inaugural poem. Read the feature in the New York Times, and also in the... Read more about Sociology Concentrator Captures the Moment

Ezra F. Vogel, eminent scholar of East Asia passed away.

January 4, 2021

Ezra F. Vogel was the Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus. He passed away on December 20, 2020. His writings about modern politics and society in China and Japan helped shape how the world understood the rise of those two Asian powers. Read his obituary here. Read more about Ezra F. Vogel, eminent scholar of East Asia passed away.

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