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KU Sociology Department ranked in the top 50 among public universities in 2022
Rankings reported from the U.S. News & World Report. ...
Kelly H. Chong receives GRF
Sociology Chair Kelly H. Chong received the GRF for documentary in-progress, "Invisibility and Rage: Asian Americans, Racial Trauma, and Mental Health." ...
Tracey LaPierre and colleagues publish "Anything that Benefits the Workers Should Benefit the Client" (Opens in new window)
Self-directed care (SDC) models allow Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) consumers to direct their own care, thus supporting flexible, person-centered care. There are many benefits to the SDC model but access to resources is essential to successful outcomes. Considering the autonomy and flexibility associated with SDC, it is important...
Matt Erickson co-authors article "Tied Staying on the Rise? Declining Migration Among Co-Breadwinner Couples in the United States, 1990s to 2010s" (Opens in new window)
Annual Social and Economic Supplements of the Current Population Survey, we examine whether co-breadwinner married couples have become less likely to migrate within the US relative to couples with a sole or primary breadwinner. We find a general U-shaped association between wives’ share of a married couple’s income and that...
Matt Erickson wins the IPUMS CPS Research Awards with his paper in Social Forces (Opens in new window)
This study examines a possible connection between shifting gender and family norms and declining internal migration. Using data from the 1989–1998 and 2009–2018 Annual Social and Economic Supplements of the Current Population Survey, we examine whether co-breadwinner married couples have become less likely to migrate within the US relative to...
Kevin McCannon nominated by Fac ex to serve as Chair
Kevin McCannon was nominated by FacEx to be on the Teaching Professor Policy Ad Hoc Committee, which is supported by the Office of Faculty Affairs. This committee is charged to develop policy recommendations for the Teaching Professor title series by the end of this year. Keeping equity, accessibility, consistency, and...
ChangHwan Kim co-authors "Employment Transitions among Older Americans during the Initial Lockdown and Early Reopening Months of the COVID-19 Recession" (Opens in new window)
This study examines the employment status of older Americans in the months immediately before and after the peak COVID-19 lockdown in April 2020. The authors construct longitudinal employment data from 2019–2020 Current Population Surveys. To account for seasonal fluctuations in employment and retirement patterns that are not unique to the...
Argun Saatcioglu article "Preference Compromise and Parent Satisfaction with Schools in Choice Markets: Evidence from Kansas City, Missouri" from Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (Opens in new window)
Parents desire several features when choosing a school, but they often compromise on some preferences in favor of others. We develop a novel measure of aggregate preference compromise by examining the discrepancy between ideal preferences and those specified under real-world constraints. Relying on data from a representative sample in Kansas...
Jennifer Babitzke wins award (Opens in new window)
Jennifer Babitzke wins the Outstanding Thesis Award from the College Office of Graduate Affairs for her M.A. thesis. ...
Lisa-Marie Wright's application to CTE's Course Design Institute accepted (Opens in new window)
Lisa-MarieWright's application to CTE's Course Design Institute was accepted for development on her SOC 280 (Intro Social Research) course. ...
Elise Neumann receives teaching position
Elise Neumann receives a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina Winston-Salem. ...
Kevin McCannon received an R&R for his submission of a teaching resource from ASA
Kevin McCannon published “COVID-19 and the American Family Project,” a project from his Principles of Family Sociology course in which students interviewed family members about COVID, on the American Sociological Association’s peer-reviewed teaching resource website, TRAILS. For this project, Kevin will be using data students collected to explore how families...
Brock Ternes receives a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at SUNY Oswego (Opens in new window)
Brock Ternes accepts tenure-track Assist. Prof. position at SUNY Oswego! ...
Tracey LaPierre, Gerald K. McCannon and Lisa-Marie Wright CTE application accepted
Joint application to CTE's Mapping and Assessment Planning (MAP) Program accepted. ...
ChangHwan Kim co-authored Korean publication "Beyond Inequality in Korea: Seeking for Social Justice"
Clema Publisher (In Korean). ...
ChangHwan Kim publishes article in Korean Journal
ChangHwan Kim publishes article "Family Socioeconomic Background and the Gender Difference in the Likelihood of Graduate Education” in the Korean Journal of Sociology 56(1):151-201. ...
Jarron Saint Onge co-authors article "The Association between the Obesogenic Environment and 6-month and 24-month weight change in a Rural Weight Loss Intervention Trial" (Opens in new window)
Authors: Jarron Saint Onge, Mitchell Fagan and Christie Befort. ...
Sociology Alpha Kappa Delta chapter receives funding
Sociology AKD chapter received $1200 in travel funds to help support 6 graduate student members who presented at the (Midwest Sociological Society) MSS: Damilola Adepeju -Fashina, Jennifer Babitzke, Brenden Oliver, Anna Poudel, Derek Wilson, and Darcy Sullivan. (Midwest Sociological Society)...
Joane Nagel presented her research on gender and climate change in the U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues brownbag series (Opens in new window)
Kelly H. Chong co-authors "Interrogating the 'White-Leaning' Thesis of White-Asian Multiracials" (Opens in new window)
The study of multiracial people in the United States has typically focused on the experiences of Black–White racially-mixed individuals. In this article, we review and analyze the theoretical and evidence base for the White-leaning characterization of Asian–White multiracials. Historically, Asian Americans have been positioned as a “racial middle” group in...
Study shows discrepancy in 'hookup culture' sexual activity on dates
LAWRENCE — A new study from the University of Kansas shows that in "hookup culture," — in which young people may engage in sex without the traditional courtship practice of dating – there is a discrepancy between what college students are saying and what they are doing when it comes...
Gerald K. McCannon's article was resubmitted to the Journal Family Relations (Opens in new window)
Kevin McCannon published “COVID-19 and the American Family Project,” a project from his Principles of Family Sociology course in which students interviewed family members about COVID, on the American Sociological Association’s peer-reviewed teaching resource website, TRAILS. Kevin used data students collected to explore how families were ‘doing health’ during the...
ChangHwan Kim co-authored article for Population Research and Policy Review (Opens in new window)
Tracey LaPierre and Jennifer Babitzke author an article for Family Health Care Nursing (Opens in new window)
Tracey LaPierre and Jennifer Babitzke are authors for article “Family Demography: Continuity and Change in North American Families.” Pp. 51-92 in Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice, and Research (7th Edition), edited by Melissa Robinson, Deborah Padgett Coehlo and Paul S. Smith. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis. ...
ChangHwan article "Changes in Income and Wealth Inequality in Korea"
(In Korean) Pp. 161-206 in Inequality in Korea: Facts, Theories, and Policies, ed by Kim, Yuntae. Seoul, Korea: Hanul Inc. ...
Argun Saatcioglu commissed by BlaqueKC (Opens in new window)
Argun Saatcioglu was commissioned by BlaqueKC to conduct a longitudinal (2006-2018) analysis of the effects of school building closures on crime and property values in KCMO. ...
David N. Smith publishes "Capital and the Thrill of Domination," pp. 195-207 in The Routledge International Handbook of Max Weber Studies, ed. Alan Sica. (Opens in new window)
Max Weber was one of the leading spirits of a circle of social liberals who feared that capitalists in Germany would succumb to the temptations of authoritarianism – the “thrill of domination” – to such an extent that the capitalist class would fail to win legitimacy, leaving the door open...
Argun Saatcioglu received funding for CREW (Opens in new window)
Argun Saatcioglu received funding from the DeBruce Foundation to support the Center for Research in Work and Learning at KU, supporting the operation of IPSR. ...
Jarron M. Saint Onge co-authors article "Aligning Research and Practice: The Role of Academic-Community Partnerships for Improving Health Measurement and Process" (Opens in new window)
Community programs addressing social determinants of health are growing in prominence and are increasingly expected to provide metrics of success. Our objective is to assess the role of an academic-community partnership for a community health worker program targeting social and medical needs, and determine factors impacting its effectiveness. ...