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Sociology Department

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Authors Chong and Kim " 'The Model Man:' Shifting Perceptions of Asian American Masculinity and the Renegotiation of a Racial Hierarchy of Desire"
December 7, 2021
Kelly H. Chong Award for documentary film
December 7, 2021
Authors ChangHwan Kim and Matt Erickson
November 22, 2021
Dave Ekerdt article
November 18, 2021
Authors Jarron St. Onge and Jessica Williams
November 18, 2021
Authors Jarron St. Onge and Patrick Krueger
November 18, 2021
Jarron Saint Onge grants received
September 20, 2021
Eric Hanley article in Social Science Quarterly
September 15, 2021
Jarron Saint Onge articles
September 15, 2021
Tracey LaPierre received contract as a lead qualitative researcher
September 15, 2021
Even in Kansas, Asian Americans have long lived under a cloud of racism and violence
April 26, 2021
ChangHwan Kim and Soo-yong Byun publish new book
April 1, 2021
Authors ChangHwan Kim and Kwang Young Shin
April 1, 2021
KU researchers to study safety effects of pandemic on in-home, long-term care providers
April 1, 2021
Nikki Brown explores civic engagement in the Latinx community
March 4, 2021
Congratulations are in Order 2-19-21
February 19, 2021
Dr. Brian Donovan Publishes article in the Journal of Family History
January 8, 2021
Congratulations to Joane Nagel: AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows
December 8, 2020
Professor Kelly Chong Publishes New Book Love Across Borders: Asian Americans, Race, and the Politics of Intermarriage and Family
November 20, 2020
Professor Brian Donovan Publishes American Gold Digger Marriage, Money, and the Law from the Ziegfeld Follies to Anna Nicole Smith
November 20, 2020
Gerald K. McCannon Selected for CTE Faculty Seminar on Inclusive Teaching
November 20, 2020
Dr. Jarron Sainte Onge and Sarah Smith Publish "Demographics in Rural Populations"
November 11, 2020
Graduate Student Sarah Smith Publishes "Perspectives on Health Policy from People with Disabilities"
November 11, 2020
Graduate Student Darcy Sullivan Awarded National Council on Family Relations Families and Health Section Poster Award
November 11, 2020
People with Disabilities View Health Care Access as Human Right, Study Shows
October 27, 2020
Sociology Major Alex Pang Blogs About a Favorite Course
October 21, 2020
Dr. David Ekerdt Awarded Donald P. Kent Award by the Gerontological Society of America
October 21, 2020
Dr. David Smith and Dr. Eric Hanley Publish "The Heart of Whiteness: Patterns of Race, Class, and Prejudice in the Divided Midwest"
October 21, 2020
Asian Americans More Affected by Pandemic-Related Unemployment Than Any Other Racial Group
October 19, 2020
KU Professors Honored by American Journal of Sociology
October 9, 2020
Dr. Tracey LaPierre Receives Grant
September 23, 2020
Dr. Paul Stock Involved in Many Projects
September 23, 2020
Dr. ChangHwan Kim Awarded the KGSS-based Multiple Studies on Social Integration
September 23, 2020
Jarron Saint Onge and Kevin McCannon Honored with 2020 College Awards
September 15, 2020
Matt Comi publishes The distributed farmer: rethinking US Midwestern precision agriculture techniques in Environmental Sociology
August 11, 2020
PROFESSOR KELLY CHONG FEATURED IN CNN INTERVIEW ABOUT FASHION AND CULTURAL APPROPRIATION
August 11, 2020
KU Research into Online Security for Public Internet Users Expands to Examine Effects of COVID-19
July 30, 2020
KU RESEARCH INTO ONLINE SECURITY FOR PUBLIC INTERNET USERS EXPANDS TO EXAMINE EFFECTS OF COVID-19
July 30, 2020
Courtesy Associate Professor of Sociology Argun Saatcioglu Awarded the 2020 Roger V. Gould Prize
June 30, 2020
Professor Jarron Saint Onge Awarded John C. Wright Graduate Mentor Award
June 23, 2020
Professor Kelly Chong Quoted in Article 'Age of Coronavirus: Quarantine Diary An Asian-American View Of Xenophobia In The Heartland'
May 29, 2020
Dr. Ekerdt's New 'Downsizing" Book Encourages Older People to Confront Their Posessions
May 28, 2020
Jarron Saint Onge and Team Earn Rapid Response Research (RAPID) award from the National Science Foundation
May 28, 2020
Professor William Staples comments on surveillance and technology during a pandemic.
May 28, 2020
Professor William Staples has been awarded a grant to support research about how public internet users navigate the internet and what security threats they face.
May 28, 2020
GRADUATE STUDENTS FACE MORE INEQUALITY THAN UNDERGRADS, STUDY BY BYEONGDON OH FINDS
November 21, 2019
Doctoral researcher Erin Adamson examines American and European 'lifestyle migrants' in Costa Rica
May 23, 2019
CHANCELLOR ANNOUNCES FACULTY AWARDED PROMOTION AND TENURE FOR FALL 2019
April 29, 2019
Sociologists David Smith and Eric Hanley destroy the myth that uneducated white voters support Trump because of ‘economic anxiety’
March 12, 2019
Erin Adamson's , “Lifestyle Migrants and the Economics of Integration in Caribbean Costa Rica,” is selected for the NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant
February 1, 2019
Erik Olin Wright, 71, Dies; Marxist Sociologist With a Pragmatic Approach
January 31, 2019
Professor Bill Staples has published, “Real-Time Grade Books and the Quantified Student.” In B. Ajana (Ed.), Metric Culture: Ontologies of Self-Tracking Practices. Emerald Publishing, September 2018.
November 8, 2018
Three sociology faculty members honored with professorships
September 21, 2018
Lukas Szrot's study finds environmental concerns are stronger among younger religious Americans
August 28, 2018
Dr. Kim's New Study finds better measures than a person's occupation to predict long-term earnings
May 8, 2018
Study by Smith and Hanley shows voter support of Trump was not based on economic concerns.
April 24, 2018
A new study by Cecilia Menjívar, Danny Alvord and Andrea Gómez Cervantes finds Latino immigrants in Kansas now fear daily interactions because of current political climate.
April 16, 2018
Graduate Students Erin Adamson and Andrew Ho Kim Honored as Recipients of the Sherman and Irene Dreiseszun Scholarship for International Studies
April 10, 2018
Dr. Smith and Dr. Hanley’s research is cited in the New York Times
April 5, 2018
Dr. Rauscher finalist for major grant on health policy research
December 7, 2017
Ekerdt Takes Office as The Gerontological Society of America’s President
November 28, 2017
Graduate Research in the News: Walter Goettlich
November 28, 2017
Visiting Professor Slatton lecture: Sexual assault and the 'strong' black woman
October 20, 2017
Dr. Staples receives research grant! 'Researchers to study Kansans' inequality of broadband access, cybersecurity issues'
August 29, 2017
Dr. Menjivar's Research in the News "Immigrant detention centers referred to as family centers but resemble prisons"
August 17, 2017
Dr. Ekerdt's research in the news "No one wants your stuff, Mom: 10 tips for downsizing"
August 17, 2017
Dr. Obadare's summer research in Nigeria: "A Unique Pedagogical Initiative Launches in Nigeria"
August 3, 2017
Dr. Brock Ternes' research! "Study finds journalism's 'digital disruption' places job dissatisfaction on certain news employees"
June 14, 2017
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"
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. 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
Graduate student Andrea Gomez Cervantes' research in Travel Trade: "Complexion influences your employment chances"
August 27, 2015
Graduate student Alex Myers' research relating coffee, economics, and ecology: "Demand for coffee can create rift with poorer nations"
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
Dr. Kim's research in the news! "Why 401(k)s are bad for people without a college degree"
Dr. Staples receives the Surveillance Studies Network Prize for his 2014 book: Everyday Surveillance
Dr. Kim's research in Social Forces: "Education and Contributory Pensions at Work: Disadvantages of the Less Educated"
Dr. Brock Ternes' research! "Study finds journalism's 'digital disruption' places job dissatisfaction on certain news employees"
KU Sociology Department Announces Spring Student Awards
June 19, 2018
KU Sociology Department Announces Spring Student Awards 2019
July 8, 2019
Graduate Student Erin Adamson and former Professor Cecilia Menjívar publish The Impact of Adjacent Laws on Implementing Violence Against Women Laws: Legal Violence in the Lives of Costa Rican Women
GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDED NSF GRANT TO STUDY FARMERS’ DECISIONS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY
Professor David Ekerdt Earns GSA's 2020 Donald P. Kent Award
Professor Emeritus Bill Staples and colleagues have been awarded a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Division of Social and Economic Sciences and Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace
Congratulations to Joane Nagel: AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows