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…
Dr. Risman was recently cited in article titled, “Americans are older than ever,” written about the low birthrates in the United States. “Birthrates are about women’s lives, about gender equality,” said Barbara Risman,…
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. Somashekhar has published a new article titled, “Where the Great Cities Go, Do Other Cities Follow? Divergent Trajectories of LGBTQ Organizational Growth Across the United States During the AIDS Crisis” in the…
Dr. Claire Decoteau has been elected as section chair for the Theory Section Council at ASA. Dr. Decoteau will serve as Chair-elect for the 2023-2024 Academic year and will serve as Chair during…
UIC Sociology graduate students will be shaking things up at ASA this upcoming year (s). Yesenia Vargas has been elected as the student representative for the ASA Sociology of Culture council. Fructoso Basaldua…
Undergraduate student Admad Bell receives Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Initiative (LASURI) award to conduct research for his senior thesis. The LASURI award grants undergraduate students a stipend/scholarship while they complete research…
Dr. Rebecca Abbott successfully defended her dissertation titled, ” Predicting Mass Killings: Enhancing Theoretical Value of Models through Complimentary Techniques.” Abstract: This dissertation aims to improve the accuracy and understanding of forecasts for…