Department of SociologyOn February 24th, 2014, Sowmya Rajan successfully defended her dissertation: "Essays on Fertility and Fertility Preferences in India" Her committee consisted of: Kenneth C. Land, Co-Chair, S. Philip Morgan, Co-Chair, Linda K. George, Elizabeth Frenkenberg, Yong Cai, and David Brady read more about Rajan Awarded Ph.D. »
In Seo Son's paper has been accepted in Discourse and Society. The title of the paper is "Partly Colored or Almost White?: Racial Intermediacy and Identificational Ambivalence of Grown Children of Korean Immigrants." It is scheduled for publication in DISCOURSE & SOCIETY 25(6) in November, 2014. The abstract is as follows; Prior research suggests that Asian Americans fall between whites and African Americans in the American racial stratification system. However, scholars… read more about Son paper accepted in Discourse and Society »
On February 17th, 2014, Feng (Felicia) Tian successfully defended her dissertation: "Standing firmly upon ground: transition to adulthood in reform-era China" Her committee consisted of: Angela O’Rand, Co-Chair, S. Philip Morgan, Co-Chair, Stephen Vaisey, Nan Lin, and Yong Cai read more about Tian Awarded Ph.D. »
Ryan Finnigan has accepted a tenure-track position as an assistant professor in the sociology department at UC Davis. read more about Finnegan Accepts Position at UC Davis »
Victor Ray has accepted a position as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. read more about Ray Accepts Position at Tennessee »
Brad Fulton received the President’s Award for Nonprofit Research from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. This award includes a $10,000 prize to support his research on social diversity within organizations. read more about Fulton Receives ARNOVA President’s Award for Nonprofit Research »
SaunJuhi Verma has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. read more about Verma Accepts Position at Rutgers »
David Diehl, DNAC post doc and instructor in Soc/M&M, has just accepted an assistant professor position of Human and Organizational Development in the Peabody School of Education at Vanderbilt University. read more about Diehl Accepts Position at Vanderbilt »
Megan Reynolds has accepted a position as Assistant Professor, tenure track, in the sociology department at the University of Utah. read more about Reynolds Accepts Position at the University of Utah »
Kim Rogers will be joining the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Mount Holyoke College as a Visiting Assistant Professor, starting in the spring term. read more about Rogers Accepts Position at Mt. Holyoke College »
Melanie Sereny Brasher has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position at the University of Rhode Island. read more about Sereny Brasher Accepts Position at University of Rhode Island »
Louise Seamster was awarded a Rethinking Regulation Graduate Research Award from the Kenan Institute for Ethics for dissertation research. Rethinking Regulation is an interdisciplinary project for scholars of regulatory governance. read more about Seamster Wins Kenan Award »
In CONTEXTS, Victor Ray looks at why veterans who survive battle wounds aren’t seeking the mental health services offered by the Veterans’ Association and other groups? read more about Ray Published in Contexts »
A tweet by Kieran Healy about the Nobel Prize in Economics prompted an Op-Ed piece by Harvard’s Raj Chetty in the New York Times, and began a debate that Paul Krugman and others have since weighed in on. Chetty: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/opinion/yes-economics-is-a-science.html?pagewanted=2&pagewanted=all Krugman I: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/maybe-economics-is-a-science-but-many-economists-are-not-scientists/ Krugman II: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/a-dark-… read more about Healy's Tweet Sparks Debate in New York Times »
Brad Fulton was selected as a finalist for the INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition. He will present his research at the INFORMS conference in Minneapolis, MN on Oct. 5th. INFORMS (The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) is the international society for professionals in the field of operations research, management science, and analytics. read more about Fulton Recognized by INFORMS/Organization Science »
Louise Seamster is an invited panelist in a "Conversation on Racism and Capitalism" at Howard University on November 20, 2013, sponsored by The Howard University Center for Urban Progress and the Economics Department. The conversation will include panelists such as Professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore (CUNY Graduate Center), Johnny Eric Williams (Trinity College), and Tanya Golash-Boza (UC-Merced). WEBPAGE: http://raceandracisms.blogspot.com/p/conversation-on-racism-and-capitalism.html FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.… read more about Seamster Panelist at Howard Univ »
Gold to receive GSA's 2013 Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award August 15th, 2013 The Gerontological Society of America (GSA)—the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging—has chosen Deborah T. Gold, PhD, of the Duke University Medical Center as the 2013 recipient of the Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award. This honor is given to individuals who have not only fostered excellence in the field, but have made a major impact by virtue of their mentoring, and… read more about Gold Recipient of Gerontology Award »
Hannah Scott, Duke Sociology (BA 2013), has been published in this quarter's issue of CONTEXT. Hannah is currently in the rural sociology graduate program at The Ohio State University. She studies the persistence of family farming and systemic agricultural change. Hannah Scott’s family legacy is its tobacco farm. In this communal work, they find history and hope for a future. She captures their work in a loving photo essay. read more about Scott's Photo Essay in "CONTEXT" »
Gary Gereffi is participating at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting called the Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade -- Connecting to Value Chains, July 8-10, 2013. As the leading academic architect of the Global Value Chains (GVC) framework being used to organize the meeting, Gary Gereffi’s role at this meeting has included: a) Moderating the first substantive session, entitled "Value Chains -- Adding Value for Development?" (Session 3), which included as participants the European Commissioner for Trade… read more about Gereffi at Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade »
Another big hire by Duke Sociology! Dr. Angel Harris, a rising star in Sociology at Princeton, will join us from July onwards. Harris will have a joint appointment in Sociology and AAAS and he will also be the Co-Director of the Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality in SSRI. His work has been in the areas of education, social psychology, race and ethnicity, and statistics and his 2011 book with Harvard Press, Kids Don’t want to Fail: Oppositional Culture and the Black-White Achievement… read more about Angel Harris to Duke »
On June 25th 2013, Melanie Sereny successfully defended her dissertation:: “Family Ties, Economic Resources, and Well-Being of Older Adults Across Communities in China.” Her committee consisted of: Angela M. O'Rand (Chair), Linda K. George, Kenneth C. Land, and Yi Zeng read more about Sereny Awarded Ph.D. »
Brad Fulton received this fellowship for the 2013-4 academic year to support ongoing research related to his National Study of Community Coalitions. His analysis will focus on the causes and consequences of racial and religious diversity within community coalitions. Through his research, Fulton seeks to explain how some coalitions become diverse and how diversity influences their effectiveness. The Anne F. Scott Fellowship is a competitive award given annually by the Graduate School to one advanced graduate student who… read more about Fulton Receives Anne F. Scott Fellowship »
On June 11th 2013, Wendy Brynildsen Young successfully defended her dissertation:: “The Structure of Support: Exploring How Social Networks Influence the Physical and Mental Health of U.S. Adults.” Her committee consisted of: Linda K. George (Chair), James Moody, Kenneth C. Land, S. Phillip Morgan, and Deborah Gold read more about Brynildsen Young Awarded Ph.D. »
Trenita Childers has been awarded a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for the 2013-14 Academic Year to study Haitian Creole and area studies in Latin America. The amount of the fellowship award is $22,000. read more about Childers wins FLAS Fellowship »
On May 23th 2013, Heather Rackin successfully defended her dissertation:: “Where Should Babies Come From? Measuring Schemas of Fertility and Family Formation Using Novel Theory and Methods” Her committee consisted of: James Moody (Co-Chair), S. Phillip Morgan (Co-Chair), Linda K. George, and Christina Gibson-Davis read more about Rackin Awarded Ph.D. »
On May 20th 2013, Steven Foy successfully defended his dissertation:: “Branded: How Mental Disorder Labels Alter Task Performance in Perception and Reality.” His committee consisted of: Lynn Smith-Lovin (Co-Chair), Linda K. George (Co-Chair), Deborah Gold, and Kenneth I. Spenner read more about Foy Awarded Ph.D. »
Hang Young Lee has been selected as a Fellow in the Program for Advanced Research in the Social Sciences (PARISS) for the 2013-2014 academic year. Selection as a PARISS Fellow requires significant accomplishments to date and a commitment to learning in an interdisciplinary environment that provides a coherent and integrated understanding of quantitative approaches in the social sciences. read more about Lee wins PARISS Fellowship »
Qiang Fu has been selected as a Fellow in the Program for Advanced Research in the Social Sciences (PARISS) for the 2013-2014 academic year. Selection as a PARISS Fellow requires significant accomplishments to date and a commitment to learning in an interdisciplinary environment that provides a coherent and integrated understanding of quantitative approaches in the social sciences. read more about Fu wins PARISS Fellowhip »
Brent Curdy has been selected to receive a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for the academic year 2013-2014 to study the Arabic langauge and area studies. The amount of the fellowship award is $33,000. read more about Curdy wins FLAS Fellowship »
Melanie Sereny Brasher has accepted a one-year visiting assistant professor position in the department of Sociology at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. read more about Sereny Brasher has accepted position at Dickinson College »