TRANSITIONS
Three distinguished faculty members of the Sociology Department began their retirements in Summer 2020. We celebrate and honor their extraordinary accomplishments and wish them the best in their new phase of life. Bill, Dave, and Mary, you will be sorely missed.
Check out their profiles below:
Congratulations to Our Graduates
Welcome to our new faculty member, Fithawee Tzeggai!
I am a PhD candidate in sociology finishing up my degree at the University of California, Berkeley. My work engages the history of social science theories and methods as a window into the politics of race and social policy. My dissertation project examines this relationship within the politics of urban school desegregation in the 1960s. I argue that new government-sponsored research on race and education, originally intended to support progressive education reform, actually narrowed the framing and scope of school desegregation, driving a wedge between activist demands and official calls to end segregation. My other work compliments this line of inquiry, including a working paper that examines the legacy of the politics of school desegregation for contemporary models of urban school reform. I am currently preparing an article manuscript on the political history of experimental design in welfare policy evaluation research.
Recent PhD graduate Jacob Lipsman has a new position as an Impact Analyst for LifeCity!
PhD Candidate Matt Comi has a new article in Environmental Sociology!
Matt Comi's recent NSF grant & research is featured in KU News!
