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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. ...
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...
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). ...
Elise Neumann receives teaching position
Elise Neumann receives a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina Winston-Salem. ...
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! ...
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. ...
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 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. ...
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. ...
Graduate student Walter Goettlich awarded an REI grant under the Social Justice Research Award (SJA) (Opens in new window)
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Graduate student Elyse Neumann recognized by Graduate Student Awards and Publications (Opens in new window)
Graduate student Elyse Neumann wins the REI Graduate Student Grant-Writing Incentive Award. ...
Graduate student Heeyoun Shin is recognized by the Korean Labor Institute (Opens in new window)
Heeyoun Shin won the paper proposal competition award from the Korean Labor Institute. ...
Kelly H. Chong receives KU Racial Equity Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award for documentary
Documentary film "Invisibility and Rage: Asian Americans, Racial Trauma and Mental Health" ...
Kelly H. Chong co-authored article " 'The Model Man:' Shifting Perceptions of Asian American Masculinity and the Renegotiation of a Racial Hierarchy of Desire." (Opens in new window)
Although Asian-descent men in the United States have been subjected to negative race-gender stereotyping and sexual racism, evidence suggests that mainstream perceptions and Asian American men’s self-definitions are in flux. Drawing on in-depth interviews of U.S.-born and -raised, middle-class, heterosexual Asian American men, supplemented by popular media textual analysis, we...
Paul Stock served as a Virtual Visiting Professor
Paul Stock served as a Virtual Visiting Professor at the School of Life Sciences and Technology within the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in Indonesia, in November 2021, which included a lecture and some workshops exploring potential collaborations. ...
David Smith published a chapter in the book Rethinking Alternatives with Marx
David Smith's chapter "Accumulation and Its Discontents: Migration and Nativism in Marx's Capital and Late Manuscripts" was edited by Marcello Musto (Palgrave Macmillan). https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-81764-0_8...