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Mehrangiz Najafizadeh named Fulbright Scholar
LAWRENCE — Mehrangiz Najafizadeh, associate professor of sociology, has received a Fulbright Scholar award to teach and conduct research in the Republic of Azerbaijan during the spring 2022 semester. ...
KU researchers to study safety effects of pandemic on in-home, long-term care providers
Tracey LaPierre receives 2nd $30,000 contract for her role as a lead qualitative researcher on the Opioid Management Project
Kansas City Quality & Value Innovation Consortium (KC QVIC) Opioid Management Project: This project addresses the critical issue of opioid use and misuse. It is a regional quality improvement initiative led by the Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality. The project collaborates with the Missouri Hospital Association and implements the...
Paul Stock interviewed by Science News in relation to his newly published article (Opens in new window)
‘Green’ burials are slowly gaining ground among environmentalists. Awareness of eco-friendly death care is low even as the industry grows. ...
Joane Nagel co-authors article with David Heath Cooper "Lessons from the Pandemic: Environmental Sociology, Climate Change, and COVID-19" (Opens in new window)
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy...
Jarron M. Saint Onge co-authors a book chapter "Health and Social Class" (Opens in new window)
Social class, or socioeconomic status (SES), has major implications for health and survival. Higher SES is consistently linked with better health. For example, those with a baccalaureate degree live about six years longer than those with secondary school degrees (Krueger et al. 2015). Social class disparities in health are substantial...
Faculty honored for innovative assessment at Student Learning Symposium
LAWRENCE — Nine University of Kansas faculty members were recently recognized for their innovative work in improving student learning. ...
Andrew Taeho Kim, ChangHwan Kim, Scott Tuttle and Yurong Zhang co-author "COVID-19 and the Decline in Asian American Employment" (Opens in new window)
The unemployment rate has sharply increased as a result of the lockdown associated with the spread of COVID-19. The negative effect of the lockdown is more conspicuous among the less-educated workers than the highly-educated workers. Because Asian Americans are more likely to have a bachelor or higher degree than any...
Paul Stock co-authors article with Mary Kate Dennis "Up in Smoke or Down with Worms? Older Adult Environmentalist's Discourse on Disposal, Dispersal, and (Green) Burial" (Opens in new window)
Also available via KU ScholarWorks. ...
Jarron Saint Onge co-authored article "Contributions and Challenges in Health Lifestyles Research" (Opens in new window)
The concept of health lifestyles is moving scholarship beyond individual health behaviors to integrated bundles of behaviors undergirded by group-based identities and norms. Health lifestyles research merges structure with agency, individual-level processes with group-level processes, and multifaceted behaviors with norms and identities, shedding light on why health behaviors persist or...
ChangHwan Kim co-authored article "Education Premium: Has the Labor Market Value of the College Education Declined in Korea?" (Opens in new window)
Seoul: PY Books, in Korean. ...
Tracey LaPierre, Carrie Wendel-Hummell and Danielle Olds awarded an RO1 grant
This 18-month, mixed-methods study will investigate the COVID-19 impact on care and safety practices among home care clients, direct service workers, and informal caregivers in Kansas. Their study delves into policy and practice implications, drawing insights from interviews with over 50 home-and-community-based-services consumers, caregivers, workers, and providers in Kansas. ...
ChangHwan Kim co-authors article "Do You Know What You Do for a Living? Occupational Coding Mismatches Between Coders in the Korean General Social Survey" (Opens in new window)
Authors: ChangHwan Kim, Jibum Kim and Mihee Ban. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. ...
Jarron Saint Onge and Joanna Brooks co-author article "The Exchange and Use of Cultural and Social Capital among Community Health Workers in the United States" (Opens in new window)
Sociology of Health and Illness. ...
Brian Donovan's book "American Gold Digger: Money, Marriage, and the Law from the Ziegfeld Follies to Anna Nicole Smith" is published (Opens in new window)
Also found at: https://www.amazon.com/American-Gold-Digger-Marriage-Ziegfeld/dp/146966027X...
Joane Nagel and Sam Kendrick co-author "The Cowboy Scientist Saves the Planet: Hegemonic Masculinity in Cli-Fi Films" (Opens in new window)
This paper argues that climate fiction (cli-fi) films constitute a contemporary stage for the enactment of heroic masculinity. In cli-fi films, the changing climate can be understood as a new frontier in which survival depends on traditional masculine traits of strength and bravery combined with more modern knowledge of science...
Kelly H. Chong published "Love Across Borders: Asian Americans, Race, and the Politics of Intermarriage" (Opens in new window)
High rates of intermarriage, especially with Whites, have been viewed as an indicator that Asian Americans are successfully "assimilating," signaling acceptance by the White majority and their own desire to become part of the White mainstream. Comparing two types of Asian American intermarriage, interracial and interethnic, Kelly H. Chong disrupts...
ChangHwan Kim co-authored "Inequality of the Household Income and Wealth in Korea: Research Outcome and Agenda" (Opens in new window)
Economy and Society 127:60-94 (In Korean). ...
Joane Nagel and Darcy Sullivan publish "Code Red: Addressing Menstrual Needs during Emergencies" (Opens in new window)
In Natural Hazards Center. ...
Paul Stock co-authored the book "The Good Farmer: Culture and Identity in Food and Agriculture" (Opens in new window)
Authors: Paul Stock, Rob Burton, Jeremie Forney and Lee-Ann Sutherland. Routledge: London. ...
ChangHwan Kim and Heeyoun Shin co-author article "Adaptation Strategy of the Upper Class and Fairness in Elite College Admission" (Opens in new window)
Korean Journal of Sociology 54(3): 35-84. ...
Jarron Saint Onge and Sarah Smith co-author "Demographics in Rural Populations" (Opens in new window)
Surgical Clinics 100 (5):823-833. ...
Jarron Saint Onge and Sarah Smith co-author "Demographics in Rural Populations" (Opens in new window)
Surgical Clinics 100 (5):823-833. ...
Matt Comi won the 2021 Runners-Up for Environmental Sociology Early Career Prize (Opens in new window)
This article examines changes in the social world of farming, agricultural decision-making, and environmental outcomes in regions where precision agriculture (PA) techniques are increasingly commonplace. I suggest that a PA farmer does not typically appear as a discreet actor but rather as a ‘distributed farmer’: an assemblage of human and...
Mehrangiz Najafizadeh awarded KU Hall Center for the Humanities Grant in support of continuing research in Azerbaijan (Opens in new window)
"The Study of Gender in the Global Context." Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)—Fulbright Scholars Program. ...
Brian Donovan's article published "Tort Tales, Gold Diggers, and the Crusade against Heart Balm" (Opens in new window)
Journal of Family History (45:4); 394-410. ...
David Ekerdt chosen as the 2020 recipient of the Donald P. Kent Award by The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) (Opens in new window)
One of GSA’s two highest honors, the award is given annually to a member who best exemplifies the highest standards for professional leadership in gerontology through teaching, service, and interpretation of gerontology to the larger society. ...
Kelly Chong quoted in issue of "Age of Coronavirus: Quarantine Diary" (Opens in new window)
An Asian-American View of Xenophobia in The Heartland. ...
ChangHwan Kim co-authored "Changes in Occupations, Jobs, and Skill Polarization" (Opens in new window)
The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work, Pp. 133-153. UK: Cambridge University Press. ...