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Sociologist Saskia Sassen contributed insights on population displacement in megacities Beijing and Shanghai in an article for the Guardian.
The National Science Foundation awarded dissertation research grants to Sociology doctoral students Adrianna Bagnall and Dialika Sall. The awards support the improvement and completion of their innovative dissertation research.
Dr. Bruce Western, Dr. Jennifer Lee, and Dr. Maria Abascal join the Department of Sociology at Columbia University
Dr. Saskia Sassen, Columbia University Professor of Sociology, wrote an article for The Architect's Newspaper on how the powerless can "hack" global cities.
Dr. Alondra Nelson, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, has been named as the president of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). The SSRC is an independent, international, nonprofit organization founded in 1923. It fosters innovative research, nurtures new generations of social scientists, deepens how inquiry is practiced within and across disciplines, and mobilizes necessary knowledge on important public issues.
Read more about Dr. Nelson's new appointment here: SSRC Names Next President
Congratulations to Peter Bearman for receiving the Golden Goose Award for his impactful contribution to the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, a landmark health study on social factors affecting adolecent health and long-term well being. Each year, The Golden Goose Award is given to “scientists whose federally funded work may have seemed odd or obscure when it was first conducted but has resulted in significant benefits to society”.
Sociologist Alondra Nelson was interviewed about race, ethnicity, and her new book, The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation after the Genome (Beacon, 2016) by Columbia News.
Columbia University Professor of Sociology,Diane Vaughan, was featured in an article by The Atlantic for her research in the normalization of deviance in organizations and corporations. Vaughan's research on the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster highlights how the normalization of deviance in organizations allows there to be larger and larger breeches of ethical practice over time. By slowly diminishing ethical standards to accommodate profit, organizations eventually risk their reputation and the safety of others.
Sociologist Shamus Khan, shares his thoughts on racial, gender, and class inequality in an article in The Atlantic. Read the reasons he gives about why inequality is still prevelant in the U.S. today and his hopes for closing the gap here.