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In their recenlty published ASR article, School-to-Work Linkages, Education Mismatches, and Labor Market Outcomes, Prof. DiPrete, Christina Ciocca, and co-authors Thijs Bol and Herman G. van de Werfhorst, find that workers have higher earnings when they are in occupations that match their educational level and field of study, but the size of this earnings boost depends on the clarity and strength of the pathway between their educational credential and the labor market.
Prof. Shamus Khan writes that kids from rich families — not just famous ones — have all sorts of advantages in applying to school in this Washignton Post op-ed, The college admissions game is rigged. Arresting cheaters won’t change that.
PhD candidate Joss Taylor Greene's paper "Categorical Expressions: How
Racialized Gender Regulation Reproduces Reentry Hardship" was published
this week in Social Problems.
Moses Adams, Sociology Ph.D. Candidate discusses midterm elections in his Washington Post opinion editorial.
Full article here.
Alondra Nelson, professor of sociology and president of the Social Science Research Council, discusses negotiating access to Facebook and building a new scholarly infrastructure with The Chronicle.
In Working for Respect, Adam Reich and Peter Bearman examine how workers make sense of their jobs at places like Walmart in order to consider the nature of contemporary low-wage work, as well as the obstacles and opportunities such workplaces present as sites of struggle for social and economic justice. They describe the life experiences that lead workers to Walmart and analyze the dynamics of the shop floor.
Congratulations to Paco on this timely publication offering a careful look at Tijuana's housing abandoment crisis. Through a mixed-methods investigation, he explores the variation in explanations for housing abandonment.
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.
- Maria Abascal won the Louis Wirth Best Article Award from International Migration Section for “Tu Casa, Mi Casa: Naturalization and Belonging Among Latino Immigrants,” International Migration Review 51 (2):291-322. 2017.
- Andreas Wimmer will be honored with the Distinguished Career Award from International Migration Section
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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. In addition, Khan studies the role of elites in the sphere of art. Read more about the award
Sociologist Jennifer Lee wrote an op-ed in The Conversation about the challenges faced by census officials and policy makers in attempting to collect data on Asian-American immigrant populations from varied countries of origin. See more here.
Sociologist Jennifer Lee published a paper in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science on the challenges of tracking immigration across different Asian American communities as a result of varied migration histories and socioeconomic profiles. Access the article here.
Sociologist Maria Abascal has been awarded a Provost Office's Junior Faculty Grant for Spring 2018 for her project entitled Trust, Cooperation, and Collective Action in Diverse Communities. See the full list of awardees here.
In recognition and honor of his life, work, and legacy, Columbia GSAS has announced the Devon T. Wade Mentorship and Service Award, to be given annually to a doctoral student who embodies the spirit and ethos of Dr. Devon Tyrone Wade, who posthumously received his PhD yesterday from the Department of Sociology. To learn more about Dr. Wade and the award, see the official GSAS press release.