Michele Lamont stands in front of a lecturn

Lamont Presidential Lecture out in American Sociological Review

June 10, 2018

Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies, Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, served as the 108th president of the American Sociological Association in 2016-17. Her term took an unexpected turn with the election of Donald Trump in November 2016: it befell on her to take a leadership role in defending the professional interests of sociologists and the conditions for academic freedom.... Read more about Lamont Presidential Lecture out in American Sociological Review

Bonikowski receives Dean's Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship

June 14, 2018

Bart Bonikowski has won funding through the spring 2018 competition of the Dean’s Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship for his project,... Read more about Bonikowski receives Dean's Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship

Yueran Zhang receives ASA Paper Award

May 28, 2018

Yueran Zhang received the Reinhard Bendix Best Student Paper Award given by the ASA Section on Comparative and Historical Sociology, for his paper, "Preempting 'No Taxation without Representation': The Case of Taxing Private Homeownership in China." Read more about Yueran Zhang receives ASA Paper Award

Ya-Wen Lei stands in front of a wood and glass doorway

Ya-Wen Lei receives two ASA Book Awards

May 30, 2018

Congratulations to Ya-Wen Lei whose book The Contentious Public Sphere: Law, Media, and Authoritarian Rule in China has received the 2018 ASA Sociology of Law Book Award. ... Read more about Ya-Wen Lei receives two ASA Book Awards

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Lamont Presidential Lecture out in American Sociological Review

Bonikowski receives Dean's Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship

Yueran Zhang receives ASA Paper Award

Ya-Wen Lei receives two ASA Book Awards

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