Tey Meadow, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, wrote an article featured on The Atlantic that explores "desistance" and other loaded language commonly used when discussing the experiences of trans teens. Click here to read the full article.

Several Columbia Sociology professors and graduate students have recently received prestigious awards and honors for their influential research and groundbreaking contributions to the field. See below for a full list of awardees.

 

Professor Shamus Khan at Columbia University is awarded the prize for his outstanding contributions to the study of elites. By turning our gaze towards the elite, Khan refers to classic sociology as well as contributes to the reinvigoration of research on stratification and inequality. Khan shows how the US elite functions, how it reproduces, and its role in modern society. Elite education has been central in his works.