Congratulations to Elene Kekelia who has officially accepted a job as a Visiting Assistant Professor at George Washington University!

Congratulations to Elene Kekelia who has officially accepted a job as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Departmentof Sociology at George Washington University.

Congratulations to Patrice Wright who has officially accepted a tenure-track offer at Howard University!

Congratulations to Patrice Wright, who has officially accepted a tenure-track offer at Howard University!  Keep up all of the great work, Patrice. We look forward to seeing more from you in the future!

Congratulations to Shayne Zaslow who won the Zora Heale Hurston Award from WGS for the best graduate essay focused on women, gender, and/or sexuality written during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Congratulations to Shayne Zaslow, who won the Zora Neale Hurston Award from WGS for the best graduate essay focused on women, gender, and/or sexuality written during the 2022–2023 academic year for their essay entitled “Cybernetic Drag: Embodiment, technology, and digital drag performance in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.” 

Congratulations to Abbie Moore, who has officially accepted an offer for the position of visiting assistant professor at Wake Forest University!

Congratulations to Abbie Moore, who has officially accepted an offer for the position of visiting assistant professor at Wake Forest University!  We look forward to seeing more from you in the future!

Congratulations to Vidushi Bahuguna and Olya Feldberg, both of whom were awarded the 2023-2024 Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Vidushi Bahuguna and Olya Feldberg, both of whom were awarded the 2023–2024 Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellowship. This will provide teaching relief and allow for extended time in the field to work on what promises to be a pair of amazing dissertations!

Congratulations to Su Yeone Jeon who was selected to receive an All-University Graduate Teaching Award

Congratulations to Su Yeone Jeon who was selected to receive an All-University Graduate Teaching Award.   We want to thank her for all of the amazing work that she has done in the classroom.

Congratulations to Alida Goffinski who is about to celebrate her one-year anniversary working as a Senior User Experience Researcher at Spotify

Huge congratulations to Alida Goffinski, who not only defended her dissertation last week, but is about to celebrate her one-year anniversary working as a Senior User Experience Researcher at Spotify, where she conducts mixed-methods research focusing on live music and concert experiences. We look forward to hearing more from Dr. Goffinski as she continues to bring her sociological training to bear on industry.

Congratulations to Shayne Zaslow who accepted a job as a Data Research Analyst with the Research and Policy Support Group at the New York City Deparment of Education

Huge congratulations to Shayne Zaslow, who accepted an amazing job as a Data and Research Analyst with the Research and Policy Support Group at the New York City Department of Education! We wish Shayne all the best in his journey as he puts his sociological skills to good use!

Congratulations to Su Yeone Jeon who accepted the Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania's Korean Studies Center

Huge congratulations to Su Yeone Jeon, who just accepted the Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania’s Korean Studies Center! This is an incredible opportunity and we can’t see wait to see where Su takes her already amazing dissertation work!

Congratulations to Olya Feldberg, Sevde Ünal, and Simon Xi, all of whom were awarded the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (AHSS) Summer Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Olya Feldberg, Sevde Ünal, and Simon Xi, all of whom were awarded the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (AHSS) Summer Research Fellowship to support preliminary dissertation research over the summer.

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore for her well-deserved write-up in UVA Today on her research on the impact certain changes are having on children’s lives and their well-being.

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore for her well-deserved write-up in UVA Today on her research on the impact certain changes are having on children’s lives and their well-being – especially their mental health. .  The article can be found here.

Congratulations to Bailey Troia who accepted a tenure-track offer from Shenandoah University

Congratulations to Bailey Troia, who has officially accepted a tenure-track offer from Shenandoah University where she will begin as an Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2023.

Congratulations to Aaron Kinard who received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation

Congratulations to Aaron, who received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation to support his project entitled “Midwest Nice?: How Place Shapes White Identity Construction and Performance in the Rural Midwest.” 

Congratulations to Julia Dessauer who received a Double Hoo Grant

Congratulations to Julia who received a Double Hoo grant with undergraduate researcher Noelle Mendelson for their project entitled “#MeToo and the Accused: Apologies, Denials, and Employment Trends in Hollywood.”

Congratulations to Julia Dessauer for having the precise for her paper accepted to the 2023 Junior Theorists Symposium

Congratulations to Julia for having the precise for her paper, “Managing Up: Assistant Work and Patrimonial Relations in Hollywood,” accepted to the 2023 Junior Theorists Symposium.

Congratulations to Kathryn Babineau who received a Jefferson Fellowship from the Jefferson Scholars Foundation

Huge congratulations to Kathryn Babineau, who received a Jefferson Fellowship from the Jefferson Scholars Foundation to support her dissertation project entitled “Regulating Labor Supply Chains: Sending States, Private Power, and the Evolving Governance of Temporary Labor Migration.” The award includes both a dissertation completion fellowship, as well as a one-year postdoctoral fellowship teaching in the engagements here at UVA.  We look forward to seeing all the amazing work that this project is sure to produce!

Congratulations to Di Shao, whose QP-turned-article, "Is There a Bamboo Ceiling?  - The Asian-White Gap in Managerial Attainment for College-Educated Workers," is now officially published in the latest issues of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity!

Following up on our previous congratulations to Di Shao, whose QP-turned-article, "Is There a Bamboo Ceiling?  - The Asian-White Gap in Managerial Attainment for College-Educated Workers," is now officially published in the latest issues of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity!  You can find a copy of the paper here. 

Congratulations to Sevde Unal who published her second book review this week in the Journal of Cultural Economy

Congratulations to Sevde Unal, who published her second book review this week! Sevde’s review of Vili Lehdonvirta’s Cloud Empires: How Digital Platforms Are Overtaking the State and How We Can Regain Control just came out in the Journal of Cultural Economy. You can find the review here.   1/27/23

Congratulations to Xian Qu who Received a Pre-Doctoral Disseration Fellowship from the Bankard Fund for Political Economy

Congratulations to Xian Qu, who received a Pre-Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the Bankard Fund for Political Economy for her project entitled “Development and Return Migration: Returning Start-Up Entrepreneurs in China’s Information Technology (IT) Industry.”  Amazing work!  1/27/23

Congratulations to Yen-Yu Lin who Accepted a Tenure-Track Offer from DePauw University!

Congratulations to Yen-Yu Lin, who has officially accepted an offer for the position of tenure-track assistant professor in global and transnational sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at DePauw University!

Congratulations to Sevde Unal On Publishing Her First Book Review!

Congratulations to Sevde Unal, who just published her first book review! Sevde’s review of Dana Kaplan and Eva Illouz’s What is Sexual Capital? can be found online through the London School of Economics and Political Science blog: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/gender/2023/01/23/4775/. Great work Sevde!

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore who Accepted a Tenure-Track Offer from Christopher Newport University

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore who accepted a tenure-track offer from Christopher Newport University.  We look forward to seeing more from you in the future!

Congratulations to Kathryn Babineau whose article was published in the Harvard Business Review

Congratulations to Kathryn Babineau, whose article “How to Create a Worker Safety Hotline That Really Works” was just published in the Harvard Business Review! The paper was co-authored with Maya Stephens, who currently works in the Office of Research Services over at Darden.  You can find the paper here.

Team of UVA Sociologists Wins Global Program of Distinction Award

Congratulations to Jenn Bair, Adam Slez, Kathryn Babineau, Victor Yengle and their broader team (including faculty in Law and Data Science). Their proposal titled Labor Migration in Global Supply Chains was selected for a Global Program of Distinction (GPOD) award by the Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation at UVa. The grant is not only extremely relevant and timely—it also creates rich opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration and graduate research.

Congratulations to Su Yeone Jeon, Yen-Yu Lin and Lana Hye-joe Park Who Have Been Awarded a Graduate Global Research Grant from the Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation at UVA

Congratulations to Su Yeone Jeon, Yen-Yu Lin, and Lana Hye-joe Park who have been awarded a Graduate Global Research Grant from the Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation here at UVA! These grants are used to support global and transnational research, highlighting our continued strength in this area.

Congratulations to Kathryn Babineau for being awarded an NSF Law and Science Dissertation Grant

Congratulations to Kathryn Babineau, who has been awarded an NSF Law and Science Dissertation Grant for her dissertation project "Regulating Labor Supply Chains: Sending States, Private Power, and the Evolving Governance of Temporary Labor Migration”.  This is a tremendous and well-deserved honor!

Congratulations to Elene Kekelia whose article was published in Nations and Nationalism!

Congratulations to Elene Kekelia, whose QP-turned-article, “National Memory in Exile: The Case of the Georgian Émigré Community, 1921–2018," was just published in Nations and Nationalism!  You can find the paper here.

Congratulations to Heidi Nicholls for accepting a two-year appointment as a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University

Congratulations to Heidi Nicholls, who has officially accepted a two-year appointment as a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, where she will be working with an interdisciplinary team on projects related to race, empire, medicine and statecraft, as well as continuing her own research.

Congratulations to Heidi Nicholls whose article has been accepted to Sociology Compass

Congratulations to Heidi Nicholls whose article "Antiracism Amidst Empire? Understanding the United States’ Relationship to Whiteness” has been accepted to Sociology Compass!  You can view her article here.

Congratulations to Di Shao whose article is now forthcoming in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

Congratulations to Di Shao whose QP-turned-article, "Is There a Bamboo Ceiling? - The Asian-White Gap in Managerial Attainment for College-Educated Workers," is now forthcoming in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity!

Congratulations to Su Yeone Jeon, whose article was published in the Review of International Political Economy

Congratulations to Su Yeone Jeon, whose QP-turned-article, "Managing Risk in the Regulatory State of the South: The Case of GM Wheat in Argentina," was just published in the Review of International Political Economy! You can view her article here.

Congratulations to Alexander Sutton who has accepted a two-year appointment as a Shepherd Postdoctoral Fellow at Washington & Lee University

Congratulations to Alexander Sutton, who has accepted a two-year appointment as a Shepherd Postdoctoral Fellow at Washington & Lee University in the Sociology and Anthropology departments!

Congratulations to Abigail Moore for her Article Being Accepted for Publication in Sociological Theory

Congratulations to Abigail Moore, whose article “Signs and Their Temporality: The Performative Power of Interpretation in the Supreme Court” was accepted for publication in Sociological Theory. Look for the online first edition of the article by the end of the summer.

Congratulations to Alida Goffinski for her Book Chapter Being Published in Augmented Reality Art: From an Emerging Technology to a Novel Creative Medium

Congratulations to Alida Goffinski, whose book chapter “Making sense of Art: A Methodological Framework for the Study of Augmented Reality Art” has been published in Augmented Reality Art: From an Emerging Technology to a Novel Creative Medium, edited by Vladimir Geroimenko.

Drew Newitt Awarded a Bradley Doctoral Fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture

Congratulations to Drew for receiving a Bradley Doctoral Fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture.

Lauren Garcia chosen as a Scholar's Lab Fellow for the Praxis Program

Congratulations to Lauren for being chosen as a Scholar's Lab Fellow for the Praxis Program for next year at UVa.  Congrats Lauren!!  You can find out about the program here.

Patrice Wright awarded the 2022 All-University Graduate Teaching Award

Congratulations to Patrice for being awarded the 2022 All-University Graduate Teaching Award in recognition of her dedication and outstanding achievement.   Well deserved!

Congratulations to both Patrice Wright and Vasfiye Toprak who will become Jefferson Fellows in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences beginning Fall 2022

This is a newly designed fellowship by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. In their second year, after filing their dissertation, they will be paid as a postdoc, and will represent Sociology well by teaching in the Engagements as part of the new curriculum. Ccongratulations to both of you on a well deserved honor!

Congratulations to Abigail Moore for publishing in the journal New Political Science

Congratulations to Abigail Moore whose paper "Policing Potental Violence" has been published in the journal New Political Science.  You can view her article here.

Congratulations to Aaron Kinard for publishing in the Washington Post

Congratulations to Aaron Kinard for publishing in the Washington Post!   You can view his article here.

Congratulations to Patrice Wright who has Co-authored a New Publication in Qualitative Health Research

Congratulations to Patrice who has co-authored a new publication in Qualitative Health Research. The information on this publication follows:  Leath, Seanna, Patrice Wright, Bianka Charity-Parker, and Erica Stephens. 2022. “Exploring Black Women’s Pathways to Motherhood Within a Reproductive Justice Framework.” Qualitative Health Research. doi: 10.1177/10497323211066869

Congratulations to Shayne Zaslow who has been awarded the 2021 Reider-Otis Prize

Congratulations to Shayne who won the 2021 Reider-Otis prize for his long-time commitment to and advocacy for LGBTQ communities. Congratulations on winning this notable University award, and thank you for all of the work you do!

Congratulations to Shayne Zaslow who has been awarded the Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award in the Social Sciences

Shayne has been awarded the Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award in the Social Sciences. This is a university-wide teaching award, described as: “This award is among the highest honors that a graduate student can earn in recognition of their dedication to teaching at the University of Virginia! ”Well deserved! CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Moriah West who received the AHSS Summer Research Grant

Moriah received the AHSS Summer Research Grant for her project examining the role of social capital in generating racial inequalities in transition to the labor market. Congratulations, Moriah, and good luck with your project!

Congratulations to Kathryn Babineau who receieved the 2021 Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellowship

Kathryn received the 2021 Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellowship. CONGRATULATIONS, Kathryn!

Congratulations to Xian Qu who receieved the 2021 Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellowship

Xian received the 2021 Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellowship. CONGRATULATIONS, Xian! 

Congratulations to Kathryn Babineau who received a Jefferson Fellowship

Kathryn received a Jefferson Fellowship.  CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Yen-Yu Lin who received a Jefferson Fellowship

Yen-Yu received a Jefferson Fellowship.  CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Mary-Collier Wilks who accepted a position as a Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow in Contemporary Asia at Stanford University

Congratulations to Mary-Collier Wilks who accepted a position as a Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow in Contemporary Asia at Stanford University.  Mary-Collier will spend next year in residence at Stanford’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center where she will focus on converting her dissertation into a book. Congratsulations again, and we look forward to seeing where this journey takes you! 

Congratulations to Patrice Wright who has received the GSASC Research Grant

Congratulations to Patrice who received GSASC Research Grant and will be presenting her research at the 2021 Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition being held on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.  

Congratulations to Alex Sutton who has been awarded the Predoctoral Fellowship for Excellence through Diversity at the University of Pennsylvania

Congratulations to Alex Sutton who has been awarded the Predoctoral Fellowship for Excellence through Diversity at the University of Pennsylvania!  He will spend the 2021-2022 academic year in residence at Penn completing his dissertation!  

Congratulations to Abigail Moore who has been awarded the Society of Fellows Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Congratulations to Abigail Moore who has been awarded the Society of Fellows Dissertation Completion Fellowship!  This award will allow her to focus on completing her dissertation and preparing to transition beyond UVA.

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore who has been awarded the Dean's Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore who has been awarded the Dean's Dissertation Completion Fellowship!   This award will allow her to focus on completing her dissertation and preparing to transition beyond UVA.

Congratulations to Yapeng Wang whose first solo-authored article has just been published

Congratulations to Yapeng Wang, whose first solo-authored article "Who Benefits More from the College Expansion Policy? Evidence from China" has just been published in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.  Details can be found here.

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore, whose article with Professor Allison Pugh appeared in Sociological Forum

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore, whose article "The Paradox of Constrained Well‐being: Childhood Autonomy, Surveillance and Inequality" with Professor Allison Pugh appeared in Sociological Forum.  Details can be found here.

Congratulations to Heidi Nicholls on being awarded the 2021-22 Society of Fellows Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Congratulations to Heidi Nicholls who was awarded the 2021-22 Society of Fellows Dissertation Completion Fellowship! Congratulations and wishing you all the best for completing your dissertation next year!

Congratulations to Elene Kekelia on her Article being Published

Congratulations to Elene Kekelia whose article, “Golden or pink - Stalin as an embattled memory site", was just published.  The link to read her article can be found here.

Congratulations to Su Yeone Jeon who has been awarded the Bankard Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

Congratulations to Su who has been awarded the Bankard Pre-Doctoral Fellowship to pursue her project entitled: “Regulatory Divergence in Biosimilars: An Opportunity for Latecomers?” 

Congratulations to Yen-Yu Lin who was Selected as a Graduate Student Fellow at the Asian Cosmopolitanism Lab

Congratulations to Yen-Yu who has been selected as a graduate student fellow at the Asian Cosmopolitanism Lab, an initiative of the Institute for Humanities and Global Cultures at UVA!  

Congratulations to Xian Qu Who Has Been Awarded the Global South Lab Dissertation Proposal Fellowship

Congratulations to Xian who has been awarded the Global South Lab Dissertation Proposal Fellowship!  She will be sure to benefit from and notably contribute to the interdisciplinary exchanges at the Lab. 

Congratulations to Heidi Nicholls on Her Documentary as Part of Her Work with UVA's Race, Religion, and Democray Lab

Please see an insightful documentary developed by Heidi and a colleague in the English Department as part of her work with the UVa's Race, Religion, and Democracy Lab here.

Congratulations to Alex Sutton on his Article being Published in Qualitative Sociology

Congratulations to Alex Sutton whose article “The Composition of Success: Competition and the Creative Self in Contemporary Art Music,” based on his QP, has been published in Qualitative Sociology.  Read-only version of the article can be found here.

Bailey Troia Awarded Dean's Dissertation Completion Fellowship for the 2020-2021 Academic Year

Congratulations to Bailey Troia for being awarded the Dean's Dissertation Completion Felllowship for the 2020-2021 Academic Year!

Brooke Dinsmore (and her advisor, Allison Pugh) Awarded an NSF Grant to Extend Dissertation Research

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore (and her advisor, Allison Pugh) who have just received an NSF grant to extend Brooke’s dissertation research in new directions given the current circumstances. The  award will fund the project entitled “Pandemic School Closures and Teacher-Student Relationships.”

Vasfiye Toprak Awarded Jefferson Fellowship

Congratulations to Vasfiye Toprak who was awarded the Jefferson Fellowship by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation.

Heidi Nicholls, Xian Qu and Julia Stein Awarded the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) Summer Research Fellowships

Congratulations to Heidi Nicholls, Xian Qu and Julia Stein for receiving the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) Summer Research Fellowships. 

Brooke Dinsmore Awarded the All-University Graduate Teaching Award

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore for winning the All-University Graduate Teaching Award! We are grateful for your dedication to undergraduates and your excellent work in the classroom! 

Elene Kekelia Awarded the 2020 Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Elene Kekelia for being awarded the 2020 Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship, awarded by the Jefferson Foundation, aims to support outstanding, advanced graduate students engaged in the research or writing of a dissertation in the broad area of "international affairs."

Alex Sutton and Brooke Dinsmore Receive the Dean's Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Congratulations to Alex Sutton and Brooke Dinsmore on receiving the Dean’s Dissertation Completion Fellowships! 

Mary-Collier Wilks' Publication Due Out in 2021

Congratulations to Mary-Collier on another publication due out in 2021:  Wilks, Mary-Collier, Derek Richardson and Jennifer Bair. “International NGOs in Global Aid Chains: Linking Donors, Local Partners, and the State." Sociology of Development.  A notable detail about this publication:  it originated in a Double Hoo project with Mary-Collier and one of our DMP students (currently pursuing PhD in Sociology at Indiana), supervised by Jenn – how’s that for representing three generations of UVA Sociologists!

Salih Tosun Started the Year with Two Co-Authored Publications

Congratulations to Salih Tosun who started the year with two co-authored publications: “Addressing the Civil Society’s Role in Refugee Integration in Turkey” in the Journal of Refugee Studies and “Understanding Foreign Policy Strategies During Migration Movements” in Turkish Studies. Congratulations, Salih! We look forward to seeing your future work as it develops during your time at UVA! 

Heidi Nicholls Awarded the Global South Lab Dissertation Proposal Fellowship

Congratulations to Heidi Nicholls who has been awarded the Global South Lab dissertation proposal fellowship for her project tentatively titled: Whiteness at the Edges of the U.S. Empire.

Heidi will have an opportunity to workshop her proposal with faculty affiliated with the Global South Lab and will no doubt benefit from the interdisciplinary engagements at the Lab. Good luck with your work!

Elissa Zena has QP Paper Accepted for Publication at Social Problems

Congratulations to Elissa Zeno on having her QP paper entitled “Synchronizing the Biological Clock: Managing Professional and Romantic Risk Through Company-Sponsored Egg Freezing” accepted for publication at Social Problems.

Vidushi Bahuguna's Article Published in World Development

Congratulations to Vidushi Bahuguna for her article (co-authored with Chhotray and Adhikari) on “The political prioritization of welfare in India” being published in World Development:   Her article can be viewed here.

Brooke Dinsmore Receives NSF's Dissertation Research Improvement Grant

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore for receiving the NSF's Dissertation Research Improvement Grant for her project entitled "Relational Cultures, Inequality and Belonging: Race, Class and Teacher-Student Relationships in Two U.S. High Schools."

Heidi Nicholls selected to participate in the Religion, Race & Democray Lab

Congratulations to Heidi Nicholls on being selected to participate in the Religion, Race & Democray Lab.   As part of her work at the lab, she will produce a media project on Mauna Kea in Hawaii entitled Mauna Kea and the Sacred.  We look forward to seeing the production!

Patrice Wright Awarded the PVI (Power, Violence and Inequality Collective) Fellowship for the 2019-2020 Academic Year

Congratulations to Patrice Wright on receiving the PVI (Power, Violence and Inequality Collective) Fellowship for the 2019-2020 academic year!   Patrice will have a unique opportunity to advance her research project in converstations with scholars across Grounds and beyond!

Mary-Collier Wilks Awarded the ASA Sex & Gender Section's 2019 Sally Hacker Award for Best Graduate Student Paper

Congratulations to Mary-Collier Wilks who has won the ASA Sex & Gender Section's 2019 Sally Hacker Award for Best Graduate Student Paper.   The award-winning article, "Activist, Entrepreneur, or Caretaker?: Negotiating Varieties of Women in Development," was published in the April 2019 issue of Gender & Society!

Fauzia Husain Accepts Postdoctoral Postion at the Institute for Gender and the Economy at the Rotman School, University of Toronto

Congratulations to Fauzia Husain on her Postdoctoral Position at the Institute for Gender and the Economy at the Rotman School, University of Toronto.

Brooke Dinsmore Awarded the Sociology Department Graduate Student Teaching Award

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore who received the Sociology Department Graduate Student Teaching Award for 2019.

Jaime Hartless' Article in the Journal Gender, Place & Culture

Congratulations to Jaime Hartless for her article being published in the journal Gender, Place & Culture.   It is entitled "'They're gay bars, but they're men bars': Gendering questionably queer spaces in a Southeastern US university town."  Please view the article here.

Congratulations to Bailey Troia and Brooke Dinsmore who have been awarded a teaching relief fellowship from GSAS.

Congratulations Bailey and Brooks for being awarded a teaching relief fellowship from GSAS.

Catalina Vallejo Wins the ASA Peace, War and Social Conflict Sction's Elise Boulding Award for Best Graduate Student Paper

Congratulations to Catalina Vallejo whose paper, “Economic Reparations, Entrepreneurship, and Post-Conflict Development: Evidence from Colombia,” has won the ASA Peace, War and Social Conflict Section’s Elise Boulding Award for best graduate student paper.  Catalina’s paper also received an Honorable Mention for this year’s Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award from the ASA’s Section on the Sociology of Development.

Fauzia Husain Receives an Honorable Mention for the Shils-Coleman Prize for Best Student Paper from the Theory Section of the ASA

Congratulations to Fauzia Husain, who received an Honorable Mention for the Shils-Coleman Prize for best student paper from the Theory Section of the ASA, for her paper “Hobbled Leadership: Gender and the Engines of Authority in the Pakistani Police.” Way to go Fauzia!

Alex Sutton Selected as a 2019 Raven Fellow

Congratulations to Alex on being selected as a 2019 Raven Fellow. The Raven Society is the oldest and most prestigious honorary society at UVA. The fellowship is a recognition of academic and scholarly excellence. Way to go, Alex!  Congratulations!

Colin Arnold's Marxist Sociology Blog

Congratulations to Colin on his Marxist Sociology blog which summarizes his article entitled "Regrounding Populism: Moving beyond Questions of Definition and Content” recently published in the Journal of World-Systems Research.  View it here for some fresh insights on the current state of affairs.

Alida Goffinski awarded the Jefferson Fellowship

Congratulations to Alida for being awarded the Jefferson Fellowship!   Way to go, Alida!

Alida Goffinski, Su Yeone Jeon, Kathryn Babineau and Vasfiye Toprak awarded AHSS Summer Research Fellowships

Congratulations to Alida, Su, Kathryn and Vasfiye for being awared AHSS Summer Research Fellowships!

Congratulations to Alex Sutton for his review "Socializing the Aesthetic" in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology 

Congratulations to Alex for his review "Sociology the Aesthetic" in the American Journal of CUltural Sociology, available online first and soon to be placed in a paper issue:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41290-019-00070-1

Jaime Hartless awarded the All-University Graduate Teaching Award

Congratulations to Jaime for being awarded the All-University Graduate Teaching Award in recognition of her dedication and outstanding achievement.   Well deserved!

Bailey Troia awarded the All-University Graduate Teaching Award

Congratulations to Bailey for being awarded the All-University Graduate Teaching Award in recognition of her dedication and outstanding achievement.   Well deserved!

Mary Collier Wilks Receives Grants from the Social Science Research Council's Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the America-Japan Society

Congratulations to Mary Collier who received grants from the Social Science Research Council's Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the America-Japan Society

Congratulations to Pilar Plater for her review essay "Money talks"!

Congratulations to Pilar for her review essay "Money talks"!

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41290-017-0053-7

Congratulations to Hexuan Zhang and Sarah Corse for their article "Staging communism: state control and the Chinese Model Opera" published in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology

Congratulations to Hexuan and Sarah for their article "Staging communism: state control and the Chinese Model Opera" published in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41290-017-0056-4

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore, Sarah Johnson, Alex Sutton, Baliey Troia and Elissa Zeno on being awarded GSAS Graduate Student Council Research Grants!

Congratulations to Brooke, Sarah, Alex, Bailey and Elissa on being awarded GSAS Graduate Student Council Research Grants.  Five out of the twelve awards given out this year were awarded to Sociology Graduate Students!  89 graduate students applied across Arts and Sciences and Sociology was by far the most represented among the winners.   Well done!

Sarah Mosseri Awarded Two-Year Postdoctoral Position at The University of Sydney Business School

Congratulations to Sarah Mosseri on being awarded a two-year postdoctoral position in the Women, Work and Leadership Research Group at the Work and Organizational Studies program at The University of Sydney Business School.  Way to go Sarah!

Mary-Collier Wilks and Elissa Zeno Receive NSF Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

Mary-Collier Wilks and Elissa Zeno received NSF Dissertation Research Improvement Grants.  The Sociology program awarded only 15 grants this year and Mary-Collier and Elissa are part of that elite group of recipients.  Well done!

Candace Miller Awarded Two-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship at Indiana University-Bloomington

Congratulations to Candace Miller on being awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Indiana University-Bloomington!  She has accepted a fellowship apointment at IUB's Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society and its School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

Brooke Dinsmore's Article On How Teachers and Students Negotiate Social Media in the Classroom in Information, Communication and Society.

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore on her published article on how teachers and students negoitate social media in the classroom in the journal Information, Communication and Society.  Check is out here.

Fauzia Husain's Essay in the Organizations, Occupations and Work Newsletter

Congratulations to Fauzia Husain on her invited essay in the Organizations, Occupations and Work newsletter here based on her dissertation research.  

Alida Goffinski Receives the Global South Lab Fellowship

Congratulations to Alida Goffinski on receiving the Global South Lab Fellowship from the Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures. Congratulations Alida!

Mary-Collier Wilks' Publication of Paper

Congratulations to Mary-Collier Wilks on having her paper entitled "Activist, Entrepreneur, or Caretaker?: Negotiating Varieties of Women in Development" accepted for publication in Gender and Society.  The paper will appear in the April 2019 issue.  Congratulations MC!

Candace Miller Has Been Awarded a Research Grant from Equitable Growth

Congratulations to Candace Miller who won a research grant from Equitable Growth, a non-profit research and grantmaking organization dedicated to advancing evidence-backed ideas and policies that promote strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth. The award will support Candace’s dissertation project entitled “Race, Entrepreneurship, and Urban Revitalization.” 

Jaime Hartless' Publication of Article

Brooke Dinsmore's Publication of Paper

Congratulations to Brooke Dinsmore on the publication of her paper "Theorizing race and cultrual autonomy in education: An extension of differentiation and integration in Paul Willis's Learning to Labour."

Mary-Collier Wilks Has Been Awarded a Fulbright For Her Dissertation Research

Mary-Collier Wilks won the Fulbright Award for her dissertation research.  Mary-Collier will be joining a distinguished cadre of scholars around the world as she investigates the impact of INGO’s in Cambodia. Please see UVA Today's coverage of her Fulbright project here. Congratulations MC.!

Candace Miller Has Been Awarded The Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

Candace Miller has been awarded the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for her dissertation entitled “Race, entrepreneurship and urban revitalization in Detroit” and the All-University Graduate Teaching Award in recognition of her dedication and outstanding achievement as a teacher. Congratulations Candace!

Sarah Mosseri Received The Double Hoo Research Grant

Congratulations Sarah Mosseri for receivng the Double Hoo Research Grant!

Catalina Vallejo Has Been Awarded The GSAS Disseration Completion Fellowship

Congratulations Catalina for being awarded the GSAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship and selected to teach in the Engagements Curriculum!