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Professor Adam Reich receives 2026 Award for Excellence and Commitment to Teaching from Division of Social Science
Xi Song joins department as Professor of Sociology and of the Asian American Initiative
PhD student Emily Mazo interviewed on Never Post podcast
Professor Mae Ngai represents Columbia in Asian Pacific American Studies K-12 Program
Undergraduate students join AAI acting director for a conversation on Asian American Studies
Qin Gao named Acting Director of Columbia’s Asian American Initiative
Professor Adam Reich to receive GS Honor Society Faculty Award
Professor Yao Lu elected to the Sociological Research Association (SRA)
Department Alumna Serrina Zou (CC’25) Awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Grant
PhD Candidate Katy Habr selected for GSAS Teaching Scholars Program

The competitive program gives advanced doctoral students the chance to design and teach a course in their area of expertise. Katy's course will be "Power, Technology, and the Future of Work." Congratulations, Katy!

Xi Song appointed Visiting Professor of Sociology for Fall 2025
TC Professor Aaron Pallas receives Distinguished Career Award from the ASA's Section on Children & Youth
Seven Columbia sociologists to receive awards and honors at ASA 2025

Awards and honors from six different ASA sections will go to three current professors, three current PhD candidates, and one recent PhD program alumna. See the details here!

Professor Tey Meadow wins 2025 Robin M. Williams Distinguished Lecture Award from ESS

The award involves giving a lecture at the next ESS meeting and sponsorship for talks on two campuses within the Society's jurisdiction during her year as the Williams Lecturer. Congratulations, Tey!

Alumna Rebecca Roskill (SEAS '22) publishes paper co-authored with Professor Adam Reich