The Department is delighted to announce that Jason Beckfield was named full professor of sociology.  Beckfield studies inequality and social policy in the context of globalization and regional integration. His current work investigates the impact of European integration on economic inequality and the welfare state, the evolution of the network structure of international organizations, and the social determinants of health inequalities.  See Faculty Profile:  Forces beyond nations:  Professor envisions a regionalized future for countries with mutual, overriding interests , Harvard Gazette, October 27, 2011