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Sociology Department

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Dr. Donovan's research in the News! "Sensationalism surrounding 1920s 'gold digger' likely harmed women in divorce cases"
May 22, 2017
Dr. Menjívar recevies a Carnegie Fellowship!
May 2, 2017
Dr. Kim's research in Social Forces: "Education and Contributory Pensions at Work: Disadvantages of the Less Educated"
Dr. Kim's research in Social Forces: "Education and Contributory Pensions at Work: Disadvantages of the Less Educated"
April 17, 2017
Dr. Rauscher's podcast with Sounds of Science!
March 27, 2017
Dr. Saint Onge's research in the KU News! "Seven Health Behavior Groups to Help Broaden Public Health Interventions"
March 27, 2017
Dr. Obadare's research "The Pastor as Sexual Object"
March 16, 2017
Dr. Rauscher's research in the news "Sensitive genotypes yield disadvantage in poor families, but advantage in wealthier ones"
March 13, 2017
Dr. Ekerdt's research in the NY Times: "“From Downsizing Boomers, a Flood of Donated Art”
March 7, 2017
Dr. Staples receives the Surveillance Studies Network Prize for his 2014 book: Everyday Surveillance
Dr. Rauscher's research in the KU News: "More parents funding college education has implications for student income after graduation"
January 17, 2017
Dr. Kim's research in the NY Times: "Pay Gap Between College Grads and Everyone Else at a Record"
January 12, 2017
Dr. Donovan's research in the news! "Early-1900s Sex Crime Trials Paint New Picture of Frist 'Sexual Revolution"
December 7, 2016
Dr. Tracey LaPierre's research in the news! "Elderly Americans will depend more on friends, extended family as country ages"
November 28, 2016
Foundation Distinguished Professor Agadjanian's Inaugural Lecture: “Those Whom Migrants Leave Behind: Why Should We Care?” >>
October 26, 2016
Dr. Ekerdt's research in the NYTimes: "Helping the Eldery Downsize" >>
July 23, 2016
Dr. Emily Rauscher's research in the news "Early mandatory schooling laws didn't influence intergenerational mobility" >>
July 19, 2016
Dr. Stock's research in the news! "Project chronicles lives of 'new farmers' who do things the old way" >>
May 13, 2016
Dr. Chong's research in the news: "For Asian-Americans, interracial marriage isn't the measure of assimilation it once was" >>
May 10, 2016
Dr. Obadare's new book in the KU News! "How Jokes and Silence Speak Volumes in Protesting Dictators, Opression" >>
May 5, 2016
Dr. Saint Onge's research in the news: "White Women Suffered Biggest Drop in Life Expectancy in the U.S." >>
April 26, 2016
Dr Menjívar briefs congress this week on immigration integration! >>
March 9, 2016
Research Intersections: Dr. Davidman quoted in Newsweek's article "Child Abuse Allegations Plague the Hasidic Community" >>
March 7, 2016
PhD student Brock Ternes receives a Capitol Graduate Research Summit Award for his research on well ownership in Kansas!
March 2, 2016
Dr. Chong's research in Sociological Perspectives: "'Asianness' under Construction: The Contours and Negotiation of Panethnic Identity/Culture Among Interethnically Married Asian Americans"
February 18, 2016
Dr. Menjívar's research: "U.S. migrants returning to Mexico face challenges, strain the system"
February 4, 2016
Dr. Najafizadeh's article "Poetry, Azeri IDP/Refugee Women, and the Nagorno-Karabakh War" featured in The Journal of Third World Studies
November 17, 2015
Dr. Kim's research: "Picking your major influences your lifetime earnings more than simply getting a degree"
September 16, 2015
Dr. Kim's research in the news! "Why 401(k)s are bad for people without a college degree"
Graduate student Alex Myers' research relating coffee, economics, and ecology: "Demand for coffee can create rift with poorer nations"
August 27, 2015
Graduate student Andrea Gomez Cervantes' research in Travel Trade: "Complexion influences your employment chances"
August 27, 2015
Doctoral Candidate Nicole Perry's research in the KU News! "Researcher documents gender, class bias in quarantine law measures"
August 26, 2015
Doctoral Candidate James Ordner's research in the KU News: "Project Analyzes framing of Keystone XL Pipeline debate in Nebraska"
August 25, 2015
Graduate student Kyle Chapman's research: "Diabetes prevention model less effective for non-college graduates"
August 24, 2015
Graduate student Natalie Jansen: "Reimagining Medicine: Sociology and the MCAT"
August 5, 2015
Dr. Rauscher's research: "Compulsory Schooling Research Could Point to Success in Mandatory Community College Plan"
August 3, 2015
Dr. Davidman discusses her book "Becoming Un-Orthodox" on The Jewish Channel!
July 30, 2015
Dr. Obadare's new research: "Not Your Grandmother's Islam"
July 23, 2015
Dr. Kim's demography research: "Study Gives More Accurate Picture of Value of College Education"
July 1, 2015
A Center for Migration and Immigration Studies led by our new Sociology Faculty!
April 23, 2015
Dr. Davidman's research in The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Unorthodox Views"
April 2, 2015
KU hires leading Sociology Professors to establish center for Immigration Research
March 31, 2015
Dr. Saint Onge's Research: Relating High Stress on New Mothers and Secondhand Smoke
March 6, 2015
Prof. Paul Stock recevied funding for his project The New American Farmer!
January 23, 2015
Take a listen! Dr. Obadare on NPR discussing "Boko Haram: Islamist Insurgency in Nigeria"
January 14, 2015
Prof. Antonio's "Piketty's Pessimistic Bestseller: Economic Inequality & the Twilight of Democracy"
December 19, 2014
Prof. Emily Rauscher's research " Wealth transfers to grown children perpetuates inequality'
November 13, 2014
Prof. Antonio's book review of "Capital in the Twenty-First Century"
October 29, 2014
Prof. Rauscher's research 'Investing with Kids'
October 27, 2014
An interview with Prof. Lynn Davidman on her latest book!
October 15, 2014
Professor Emeritus Carol Warren: "Sex-Change Surgery in the 18th Century"
September 18, 2014
Dr. Saint Onge & PhD student Kyle Chapman: "What Your Gym Membership Says About Your Social Status"
August 25, 2014
Adjunct faculty member Dr. Saatcioglu's research: "Study finds, race, class size, state politics can limit range of student skills"
August 21, 2014
PhD student Carrie Wendel Hummell's research: "'Super parent' cultural pressures"
August 20, 2014
Dr. Saint Onge's Research: Major Depression and Higher Risk of Death
July 10, 2014
Dr. Staples Research: "Information technology project wins award from Knight Foundation"
July 1, 2014
Dr. Obadare: Online Resouces Boost Awareness About Minority Rights in Africa
June 30, 2014
Dr. Kim's Research: 'Model Minority' Stereotype Punishes Less-Educated Asian-American Men
May 28, 2014
Dr. Rauscher's Research: Study Finds Early U.S. Compulsory Schooling Laws Benefited Minorities
April 25, 2014
"How Our Culture of Surveillance Dictates Our Lives"
January 24, 2014
An interview with PhD student Missy Irwin on keeping loved ones memories alive
December 14, 2013
Carroll D. Clark Lecturer Dr. Wuthnow
October 21, 2013
Dr. Mary Zimmerman named 2013-2016 Joy McCann Professor!
October 1, 2013
Dr. Ebenezer Obadare's review in Foreign Affairs
October 1, 2013
Dr.s Kim & Saatcioglu join Sociology of Education
October 1, 2013