CLA: Department of Sociology

Goldman Wins CLA Teaching Award

2013-05-23T19:51:47Z

Michael Goldman received an Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Award for 2012-13. This award recognizes faculty who are outstanding teachers of graduate and undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts. He will be recognized at a special event in 2013-14.

Dr. Haltinner on her way to Idaho

2013-05-23T19:24:42Z

Kristin Haltinner successfully defended her dissertation, "The Conservative Next Door," on May 23. Her advisors are Profs. Ron Aminzade and David Pellow. Dr. Haltinner begins an Assistant Professor of Sociology position at the University of Idaho-Moscow in Fall 2013. Congratulations, Dr. Haltinner!

Yu-Ju Chien Successful Defense

2013-05-14T19:20:40Z

Yu-Ju Chien successfully defended her dissertation "Constructing Knowledge and Policies on Avian Influenza: How Do International Organizations Craft Global Models?" on May 10, 2013. Dr. Chien is advised by Joachim Savelsberg.

Four Students Receive Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships (DDF) for 2013-14

2013-05-07T17:51:17Z

Hollie Nyseth Brehm, "Conditions and Courses of Genocide" Advisors, Joachim Savelsberg and Elizabeth Boyle.

Wen Fan, "Children of the Chinese Cultural Revolution: Disrupted Education, Send-Down Experience, and Midlife Health". Advisor, Phyllis Moen

Kyle Green, "The Allure of Mixed Martial Arts: Meaning Making, Masculinity, and Embodiment in Suburbia." Advisors, Doug Hartmann and Teresa Gowan

Wenjie Liao, "Remembering the Faces of Law: Engaging the Law through Constructing the Past in Transitional China". Advisors, Elizabeth Boyle and Joachim Savelsberg

Siguru awarded Bernard and Fern Bazin Fellowship

2013-04-23T19:48:55Z

Wahutu Siguru has been awarded the Bernard and Fern Badzin Graduate Fellowship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies for 2013-14. His proposal is titled "Western African Media Representations of Mass Violence: The Case of Darfur." Congratulations!

Congratulations Dr. Hussemann

2013-04-12T14:52:09Z

Jeanette Hussemann defended her dissertation, "Negotiating Justice: Defendant Perspectives of Plea Bargaining in American Criminal Courts," on April 2, 2013. Her advisors are Professors Candace Kruttschnitt (University of Toronto) and Josh Page. Dr. Hussemann is a Research Associate at the Justice Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Mahadeo awarded Ford Foundation Fellowship

2013-04-05T20:14:11Z

Rahsaan Mahadeo is the recipient of the 2013 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship is sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies.

Rob Stewart awarded a 2013 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

2013-04-05T19:31:35Z

The National Science Foundation awarded Rob Stewart funding for his project on criminal records in the college admissions process. This NSF program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students with a three-year annual stipend, a cost of education allowance for tuition and fees, and a one-time international travel allowance. Congratulations, Rob!

Hollie Nyseth Brehm receives NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant

2013-03-11T13:56:37Z

Hollie Nyseth Brehm (Ph.D. candidate) has received an NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant for travel to Bosnia and Chad.

Emily Springer awarded Thomas F. Wallace Fellowship 2013-14

2013-03-07T19:42:16Z

Emily Springer (cohort 2010) has been awarded the Thomas F. Wallace Fellowship for the 2013-14 academic year. Having been selected is a tribute to her excellent academic record and professional promise.

Two Top Journals Coming to Minnesota!

2013-02-27T21:21:08Z

Joachim Savelsberg and Timothy Johnson (Political Science) have accepted coeditorship of Law & Society Review (LS&R). This is the journal of the Law & Society Association and regarded by socio-legal scholars worldwide as a leading publication for work bearing on the relationship between society and the legal process.

John "Rob" Warren will be the editor of Sociology of Education (SOE), a journal of the American Sociological Association. This is the top ranked publication in education research. They publish research that examines how social institutions and individuals' experiences within these institutions affect educational processes and social development.

Vandormael awarded Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship

2013-02-08T21:10:08Z

Alain Vandormael has received a one-year Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship (IDF) to support research on Treatment-as-Prevention: Relationship Dynamics and HIV Transmission Among Serodiscordant Partners in a South African Community with the Center for Infectious Diseases & Microbiology Translation Research, to begin fall 2013. Alain is advised by Ann Meier.

Savelsberg Wins Freda Adler Distinguished Scholar Award

2013-01-03T17:29:50Z

Joachim Savelsberg was honored with the 2012 Freda Adler Distinguished Scholar Award by the American Society of Criminology's International Division. The award recognizes "an international scholar who has made a significant contribution to international criminology, including international criminal justice, comparative, and transnational crime and justice research."

Congratulations Dr. Wozniak

2012-11-28T19:08:42Z

Jesse Wozniak successfully defended his dissertation, "Iraq and the Centrality of Policing to State Formation," on November 28, 2012. Jesse's advisor is Professor Chris Uggen. Dr. Wozniak will be an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at West Virginia University. Congratulations!

Successful Defense - Kasia Polanska

2012-11-15T19:03:36Z

Kasia Polanska successfully defended her dissertation, "Common and Differing Impacts of the European Framework for the Protection of National Minorities with Special Consideration of Sweden and Poland," on Nov. 12. Her advisors are Professor Ann Hironaka (UC- Irvine) and Joachim Savelsberg. Kasia is full-time faculty with the American Public University System. Congratulations, Kasia!