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KU fungi library is cornerstone of $1.9M grant researching crop drought tolerance
Researchers at the University of Kansas and their collaborators landed a $1.9 million grant to research drought tolerance in wheat and rice. ...
Congrats to Mehrangiz Najafizadeh! Mehrangiz has earned a third Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award.
Fulbright U.S. Scholars are accomplished faculty, researchers, administrators and established professionals who teach or conduct research in partnership with institutions around the world. They are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and demonstrated leadership, and they seek to advance knowledge and innovation, foster solutions to complex global...
Congrats to Jarron Saint Onge! Jarron has received the Ruth Bohan Teaching Professorship at KUMC.
The Ruth Bohan Teaching Professorship is the most prestigious teaching award given at the KU School of Medicine. ...
Kelly H. Chong's documentary film to be screened at the 2026 Kansas City FilmFest International!
Dr. Chong's film, "invisibility and Rage: Asian Americans, Racial Trauma, Mental Health", has been selected to be screened at the FilmFest, September 18-20th. ...
Kelly H. Chong's documentary film to be screened at the 2026 Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival, Oct. 23-25!
Dr. Chong's film, "Invisibility and Rage: Asian Americans, Racial Trauma, Mental Health", has been selected to be screened at the 2026 Silican Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival, Oct. 23-25. ...
Paul Stock honored with the American Sociological Association's Environment and Technology section's Teaching and Mentoring Award (honorable mention)
https://envirosoc.org/Newsletters/Summer2026
SOC Faculty member Tracey LaPierre has been promoted to Full Professor!
Joane Nagel and Sam Kendrick co-author article "Gender Climate Change and the Production of Scientific Knowledge" in Research Handbook on the Sociology of Knowledge (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing)
Gender, climate change, and the production of scientific knowledge...
SOC faculty Lisa-Marie Wright and Kevin McCannon speaking at Annual Teaching Summit
Register for the Annual Teaching Summit9 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 14...
Department of Sociology announces their NEW Health and Society MAJOR, beginning Fall 2025!
https://www2.ljworld.com/news/ku/2024/dec/17/ku-wants-to-start-fall-semester-one-week-earlier-than-normal-in-part-due-to-changing-football-schedules/
Congrats! Brian Donovan's Sage Journal article recognized in KU's College Research Review.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00943061251341186r ...
Congratulations to Dr. ChangHwan Kim on paper featured in KU News!
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/women-of-color-fare-better-in-personal-earnings-where-racial-minority-men-struggle-most-study-finds
Congratulations to Rachael Hampton! Rachael is selected as one of the 2025-26 Self Memorial Scholars.
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/ku-announces-new-2025-2026-self-memorial-scholars. The Sociology Department is pleased to announce Rachael will be joining the KU Sociology Graduate Program in Fall 2025. ...
Congratulations Tracey LaPierre! Dr. LaPierre was awarded the 2025 Barbara Schowen Undergraduate Mentor Award from the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships and Academic Affairs.
"Tracey has worked with so many students over the years with great success. Thank you, Tracey, for your dedication to Sociology students and to the first gen Health & Society students we will be meeting soon. Lovely trophy!" (Interim Chair Joane Nagel)...
Congratulations to Jennifer Babitzke!
Graduate student Jennifer Babitzke has been awarded the Graduate Student Grant-Writing Incentive Fund of the FY25-26 Research Excellence Initiative (REI) award from the College Dean's Office. She will use this fund to facilitate her dissertation research. ...
ChangHwan Kim and Yurong Zhang co-author article for Social Science Research.
"Amid union decline: State-level unionization and overwork of American workers." ...
ChangHwan Kim contributed an article to the American Sociological Review.
"Culture and Immigrant Selectivity in Shaping Asian American Education: Evidence from Historical Census Data." ...
Liz Felix journal article is published in The Sociological Quarterly.
"Who is Labeled a Potential Mass Shooter? Mental Health Status, Perceived Propensities for Mass Violence, and Mental Health Stigma." ...
Congrats! Graduate student Zahra Mansoursharifloo has been selected for the Laura Bassi Scholarship.
The Laura Bassi Scholarship will provide publication support and editorial assistance for Zahra. ...
KU Sociology Graduate Program is ranked 39th in the top 50 among public universities!
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/us-news-world-report-ranks-48-ku-graduate-programs-in-top-50-among-public-schools
Congratulations! Graduate student Matheus Romanetto has been awarded a Pre-Dissertation Grant from KU International Affairs.
Matheus has been selected as a recipient of the KU International Affairs Pre-Dissertation Grant. With this grant, along with others, he will travel to Brazil for his research this summer. ...
Sociology graduate students share research work at 2024-25 IPSR Doctoral Research Fellows, April 4
“Navigating Government Constraints: Strategies and Publicness of Child Labor NGOs in Iran,” by Sepideh Yadegar, sociology; adviser: Brian Donovan, professor of sociology. ...
Congrats! Sociology major Grace Price awarded a 2nd Place Prize for her honor's thesis.
Sociology major Grace Price finished her honor’s thesis titled “The Impact of Parental Relationships in Adolescence on Deviant Behavior in Early Adulthood”. ...
Congrats! Sociology major Rachael Hampton will present her honor's thesis later this month at the Undergraduate Research Colloquium.
Sociology major Rachael Hampton finished her honor’s thesis titled “The Effects of Criminal Justice Involvement in Adolescence on Educational Attainment and Employment in Young Adulthood.” Rachael presented her findings at a regular paper session at MSS in Chicago. ...
Jarron Saint Onge co-authored article for Quality Management in Healthcare.
Co-authors: Li Huang and Jarron Saint Onge. ...
Congratulations! Graduate student Heeyoun Shin awarded a 2025 Research Scholarship.
Sociology graduate student Heeyoun Shin has been awarded the 2025 Summer Research Scholarship Award from the Office of Graduate Studies! ...
Tracey LaPierre co-authors article for Frontiers in Sociology.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1460307/full
Congrats to Graduate student Kaniz Fatema, a 2025-2026 Awardee.
Sociology graduate student Kaniz Fatema has been awarded the 2025-2026 Sherman and Irene Dreiseszun Scholarship! ...
David Smith's Podcast "Marx's Capital Vol. 1"
https://player.fm/series/upstream-1111837/marxs-capital-vol-1-w-david-smith
Tracey LaPierre co-authors article for Healthcare.
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/19/1995