Dr. Barbara Risman writes an op-ed in Psychology Today about the questionable ‘feminist’ messages in the recent billion-dollar Barbie Movie. In “Smash the Patriarchy! Long Live the Gender Binary!,” Dr. Risman offers her…
Dr. Luhr has written a blog post for Contexts Magazine titled, “Tech Talk: Diversity Discourse in Silicon Valley” Do companies benefit from this diversity discourse? Only if their true goal is to…
Lynchings were "to send a message of acceptable and unacceptable behavior," and to "signify who is in power and who is disempowered," said Amy Kate Bailey, a University of Illinois at Chicago professor and sociologist, in an interview with ABC News.
Dr. Sigrid Luhr has published a new article titled, “We’re Better than Most: Diversity Discourse in the San Francisco Bay Area Tech Industry,” in Social Problems. Great work, Dr. Luhr! Abstract Despite recent…
Great news! Dr. Decoteau has been awarded the Robin M. Williams, Jr. Lecturer award from the Eastern Sociological Society. The award is for Dr. Decoteau to share some of her amazing new work…
Dr. Sigrid Luhr was awarded a Russell Sage Foundation Presidential Grant for a project titled, “Remote Work, Work-Life Conflict, and Belonging in Silicon Valley.” See a brief description of the project below. Congratulations…
Dr. Mahesh Somashekhar has published a new article in Social Currents titled, “The Business Ownership Patterns of Undocumented Immigrants in the United States: An Exploratory Study.” In this article, Dr. Somashekhar examines undocumented…
Professor Atef Said will give a talk on his forthcoming book, “Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities, and Counter-Revolution in Egypt,” along with Dr. Mona El-Ghobashy. This event is hosted by the Center For…
Dr. Jennifer A. Jones co-authors article with Dr. Hana E. Brown, “Cultural Effects of Social Movements: Racial Formation and the Immigrants Rights Struggle in the Deep South,” in Mobilization: An International Quarterly. In…