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Congratulations to KU Sociology graduate student Heeyoun Shin!  Heeyoun has been selected as a recipient of the FY25 Research Excellence Initiative (REI) award from the College Dean's Office.  She will use this fund to facilitate her dissertation research.

KU Sociology graduate student Qixin Pan has been selected as a winner of the 2024 CLAS Outstanding Thesis Award. Congratulations, Qixin!

Mehrangiz Najafizadeh, associate professor of sociology at the University of Kansas, is the recipient of the 2023 George and Eleanor Woodyard International Educator Award. She will give a talk on her work in international education during an award presentation and reception at 4 p.m.

KU Sociology graduate student Yurong Zhang has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Office of Graduate Studies Summer Research Scholarship. Congratulations, Yurong!

Although cults often inflict significant damage upon their followers, the prosecution of cult abuse is a challenging feat because of the legally incoherent nature of the harms. Increasingly, prosecutors have addressed cult abuses by prosecuting cult leaders for human trafficking.

Taylor Swift’s appearances at Kansas City Chiefs games have created an economic boom for the metro and encouraged a wave of women and girls to become more involved in football. NFL games have gai

Korea is one of the world’s fastest-aging societies

Taylor Swift has many titles: cultural juggernaut; international pop star; billionaire businesswoman. She can now add MAGA conspiracy theory target to the list.

Elizabeth Scala was having trouble, trouble, trouble. It was 2021, in the middle of the pandemic.

This article examines how social class and race intersect to shape students’ resistance to schooling.