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 »
At the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 24-27, 2013, in Atlanta, Georgia, Kenneth C. Land, John Franklin Crowell Professor of Sociology and Demography, was named to the Society’s Roll of Honor. Appointment to the Roll of Honor is the greatest recognition given by the Society. This award recognizes a career of distinguished intellectual contribution to sociology. Since 1977 only 20 individuals have been inducted, three of whom have included Duke sociologists Kurt W. Back (… read more about Land Named to Southern Sociological Society Roll of Honor »
The Southern Sociological Society gives this award to honor individuals, departments, schools, institutions, or other collective actors for their outstanding contributions to the teaching of sociology at the undergraduate and/or graduate level. This is not an award simply for being an outstanding classroom teacher at one’s own institution, but is intended to honor individuals or collective actors whose contributions go beyond their institutions to benefit the discipline as a whole. read more about 2013 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award »
Inseo Son, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology, has been awarded the Janet Chiang Grant from Duke Asian/Pacific Studies Institute. The grant will fund his dissertation project titled "Yellow Job: Race, Mobility, and Identity of Grown Children of Korean Immigrants," examining social exclusion and inclusion of middle-class Korean Americans in U.S. society. read more about Son Awarded Janet Chiang Grant »
Eight graduating seniors who are completing the Certificate in Documentary Studies at Duke University will present their final projects to the public in an open house celebration at the Center for Documentary Studies. ...more read more about Certificate in Documentary Studies Project Presentations and Exhibit: “Beyond the Front Porch 2013″ »
Paige Borelli, a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, received the Janet Chiang grant, which is awarded annually by Duke Asian/Pacific Studies Institute. The grant will fund Borelli’s dissertation research in Los Angeles this summer, which will use respondent-driven sampling to apply a survey investigating the wealth accumulation patterns and network structure of Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs. read more about Borelli Awarded Janet Chiang Grant »
April 12, 2013 - 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Room 329 – Soc/Psych Bldg Mary Beth Fallin Hunzaker “Justice, justification, and the perpetuation of stereotypes” Joshua J. Fink & Dave Brady “Immigration and attitudes toward law enforcement spending” Raphaël Charron-Chénier “You can’t argue with taste: consumption and stratification in the U.S.” Laura R. Weimer “The lens of national identity: Comparing the structural components of Muslim and Christian-majority countries” Collin… read more about Duke Sociology Department Second-year Paper Presentations »
On April 10th 2013, Kim Rogers successfully defended her dissertation:: : “Mapping the Social Ecology of Culture: Social Position, Connectedness, and Influence as Predictors of Systematic Variation in Affective Meaning” Her committee consisted of: Lynn Smith-Lovin, Chair, Linda K. George, J. Miller McPherson, Kenneth I. Spenner, Mark Leary (psych) . read more about Rogers Awarded Ph.D. »
On April 9th 2013, Jeff Smith successfully defended his dissertation:: “Measuring Social Change as Categorical Change” His committee consisted of: James Moody (Co-Chair), J. Miller McPherson(Co-chair), Lynn Smith-Lovin, and Peter J. Mucha (UNC). read more about Smith Awarded Ph.D. »
Heather Rackin's article, "Marriage & Fertility", explores the links between marriage and fertility with a focus on how cognitive schemas and material conditions interact for low-income blacks. Linda Burton's aticle, "Influencing Social PoliciesThrough Data", focuses on children and families living in poverty,and how these individuals impact of public policy on their lives read more about Rackin and Burton each featured in GIST, Spring 2013 »
On April 2nd 2013, Ryan Finnigan successfully defended his dissertation:: “New Urban Structural Change and Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Wages, Homeownership, and Health” His committee consisted of: David Brady, Chair, Kenneth C. Land, Linda K. George, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, and Lisa Keister read more about Finnigan Awarded Ph.D. »
On April 2nd 2013, Leslie Roth successfully defended her dissertation:: "`Crack Babies' and `Illegals': Neo-liberalism, and Moral Boundary Maintenance of Race and Class" Her committee consisted of: Suzanne Shanahan (chair), Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Linda Burton, Linda K. George, and Edward Tiryakian. read more about Roth Awarded Ph.D. »
Regina Baker has been awarded awarded the 2013-2014 American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship. The Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) supports the development and training of sociologists of color to ensure a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles in research that is relevant to today's global society. read more about Baker awarded the 2013-2014 American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship »
A research project Michelle Christian and a few of Gary Gereffi's researchers at CGGC did for the World Bank has just published, Global Value Chains Economic Upgrading, and Gender. Each researcher authored a separate chapter. Michelle's chapter "Global Value Chains, Economic Upgrading and Gender in the Tourism Industry" is about gender constraints to tourism development in Kenya. read more about Christian published in World Bank study, Global Value Chains, Economic Upgrading, and Gender »
Victor Ray won the Sulzberger/Levitan Graduate Student Fellowship which supports the development of promising students who are interested in a career that blends basic social science with public policy. read more about Ray wins Sulzberger/Levitan Fellowship for 2013-14 »
Interview with WCBS radio 880 up in New York City Studying Hurricane Sandy in DukeToday Sancha Medwinter, a Duke doctoral student is using post-Hurricane Sandy New York City as a laboratory for her sociology research. She has found that even with all manner of help available, many people don't seek help even from those they know or don'€™t find help directly from agencies -- even if it's right in front of them.Sancha hopes to eventually produce a documentary and other research that could help emergency… read more about Medwinter Interviewed on WCBS Radio »
E. Paige Borelli, a 3rd year sociology Ph.D. student received the 2013 Himes Graduate Student Paper award from the North Carolina Sociological Association. Borelli received the award for her second year paper "The Limits of Solidarity: Bounded Solidarity and Immigrant Wealth in the U.S.", which uses the New Immigrant Survey to examine how group processes affect immigrant asset ownership and wealth attainment. Paper Abstract: Immigration scholars often use bounded solidarity, a source of social capital that emerges… read more about Sociology Graduate Student Receives NCSA Award »
Senior Sociology Major Hannah Scott received the North Carolina Sociological Association's 2013 Himes Award for the best undergraduate paper. The award comes with a certificate and a $150.00 check. Her paper is titled, "Burley Tobacco Culture: A Visual Sociological Analysis of One Family’s Perseverance in a Precarious Industry." read more about Sociology Undergrad receives NCSA award »
Duke Sociology is now on ITunes U. Currently available are Brad Fulton's lectures for his course "Quantitative Analysis of Sociological Data" and the Jensen Series lectures. read more about Sociology now on iTunes U »