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news graduate student publication: nereyda ortiz osejo june 8 2022 graduate student publication: nereyda ortiz osejo lets celebrate our successes! please join us in congratulating our graduate student nereyda ortiz osejo on her co-authored publication titled engaging the guatemala scientific diaspora: the power of networking and shared learning published at frontiers in research metrics and analytics you can find the article here: https://doiorg/103389/frma2022897670 this article focuses on guatemalan highly skilled migrants in developing countries and their opportunities/threats to contribute to their home country to do this nereydas team won a grant that allowed them to do focus groups and semi-structured interviews! from the abstract: this research applied qualitative methodology that through the conduction of focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews with members of the guatemalan scientific community and relevant key stakeholders delved into the existence and articulation of the guatemalan scientific diaspora (gsd) and potential stages for their engagement with their country of origin findings highlight the importance of digital and technological pathways that might leverage the gsds knowledge and experience channeling skills and international connections for better interaction with the guatemalan society congratulations nereyda! way to go!! news diaspora guatemala migrants scientific
news dissertation defended dr jozie nummi june 1 2022 dissertation defended dr jozie nummi please join us in congratulating dr jozie nummi on her successful defense of her dissertation titled 21st century protests in ferguson missouri: protest policing strategy and framing dr nummi defended her dissertation on may 31st in her dissertation dr nummi used qualitative methods and triangulated data of police reports nonprofit reports news media coverage and 176 000 tweets between august 9 and august 31 2014 dr nummi finds significant discrepancies in documentation of use of force use of military equipment and framing of protests between constituencies government report documents lack of crowd-control training unfamiliarity with national policies and inconsistencies between incident command and police officers accounts of the protests furthermore police officers and leaderships framing on the use of military equipment and protests illustrate a commitment to protect residents and protesters news media coverage and tweets document injuries and threat of or use of force that differ from police accounts the framing in government documents and in news media coverage justifies use of force against protesters and delegitimizes protesters these findings expand upon combinatorial models of police tactics documenting the growth of the militarization of policing by elite whites dr nummis findings raise fundamental questions on the transparency of law enforcement agencies and thus the ability of protesters and reporters to exercise their first-amendment rights dr nummi was mentored by dr joe feagin committee members included dr sarah gatson dr nancy plankey-videla and dr amy earhart (department of english) congratulations dr nummi! news ferguson military missouri police protests
news dissertation defended dr shih-keng yen may 26 2022 dissertation defended dr shih-keng yen please join us in congratulating dr shih-keng yen who defended his dissertation titled social dynamics of geographic mobility dr ernesto amaral served as shih-kengs mentor the committee included dr arthur sakamoto dr pat rubio goldsmith and dr oi-man kwok (from the department of educational psychology) dr yens dissertation examines the dynamics of social factors in motivating geographic mobility in the us in three separate essays the first essay delves into how the interrelated but opposite neighborhood status and individual status relative to the expected community socioeconomic attributes and the neighbors respectively shape geographic mobility relying on the restricted-use american community survey (acs) data the study finds that households exhibit an evident relocation tendency when possessing the highest individual status but residing in the lowest status communities or holding the lowest individual status while in high-status neighborhoods the second essay investigates how the local socioeconomic standing of white residents relative to their non-white neighbors ie neighborhood racial status moderates the relationship between neighborhood minority composition and white out-mobility utilizing the restricted-use acs data the study shows that when the racial status of white inhabitants is not superior to their out-group neighborhoods the upward trend between black or asian composition and white departure turns to be decreasingly salient and the downward pattern along with the growth of hispanic share becomes increasingly apparent the study amends the conventional racial versus socioeconomic preferences framework by introducing the notion of racial status and the relevant group competition and contact theory in explaining white out-mobility the third article looks into the trend of herd effects in attracting aggregate level population movement across localities by the publicly available acs data the study finds that although the effects of herd flows remain constantly positive between 2005 and 2018 the spillovers and spatial dependence plummet after the great recession thus the role of herd effects in spurring migration flows into the destination is decreasingly diffused the study provides an overall description of herd effects as endogenous internal dynamics to understand the evolution of the us migration system congratulations dr yen! news dr shih-keng yen geographic mobility internal migration social dynamics
news dr chaitanya lakkimsetti on rethinking how we perceive sexual labour may 21 2022 dr chaitanya lakkimsetti on rethinking how we perceive sexual labour dr chaitanya lakkimsetti sociologist is in conversation with shrishti malhotra producer at the swaddle on how the aids epidemic changed the indian states relationship with sex workers and the problems with the moral panic around dance bars in maharashtra on the swaddle website on instagram news aids epidemic bar dancer ban india sex workers
news dissertation defended dr andrew mcneely may 20 2022 dissertation defended dr andrew mcneely please join me in congratulating dr andrew mcneely in his successful defense of his dissertation over-churched under-fed: the culture of religiously-affiliated food pantries in brazos county tx andrew was mentored by dr sarah gatson committee members include dr joseph jewell dr rob mackin dr christopher quick (veterinary physiology and pharmacology) and dr robin veldman (religious studies program) dr mcneelys dissertation is a study of the culture of five religiously-affiliated food pantry operations in brazos county texas this study employed multi-sited team-based participant-observation techniques over 34 months collecting field note data and performing qualitative coding dr mcneelys findings show how volunteers at food pantries conceive of and embody their religious obligations in their volunteerism how the organizations structure their operations to enable and constrain agency in line with ideological expectations how ideology is communicated through the food pantry operation and how this cultural landscape is shaped by macro-structural forces congratulations dr andrew mcneely! news brazos culture dr andrew mcneely food pantries religion texas
news sociology colloquium 4/13/2022 april 13 2022 sociology colloquium 4/13/2022 the silicon valley syndrome olav sorenson ucla how does expansion in the high-tech sector influence the broader economy of a region we demonstrate that an infusion of venture capital in a region leads to: (i) declines in the number of establishments and in employment in non–high-tech industries in the tradable sector; (ii) increases in entry and in employment in the non-tradable sector; and (iii) a rise in income inequality in the non-tradable sector expansion in the high-tech sector therefore leads to a less diverse tradable sector and to increasing inequality in the region april 13 2022 wednesday 11:45am zoom meeting meeting id: 966 3702 3159 passcode: 831176 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news inequality region silicon valley ucla
news dr wendy moore interview about critical race theory april 1 2022 dr wendy moore interview about critical race theory dr wendy moore was interviewed about critical race theory by wbkbs insights into northeast michigan on february 12 2022 news critical dr wendy moore race theory
news sociology colloquium 4/6/2022 april 1 2022 sociology colloquium 4/6/2022 navigating the french deep state from within: an extreme case of joint regulation of business at the commercial court of paris dr emmanuel lazega sciences po center for the study of organizations paris how is market discipline enforced in france a country in which the sun kings administration created a new kind of deep state in the 17th century in this presentation we focus on an extreme case of joint regulation of markets (by business and the state) in a 450 years-old institution a first level judicial and so-called consular court in which lay and voluntary judges all businesspeople sit in judgment of commercial litigation and bankruptcy to characterize this form of joint regulation we use a longitudinal network study of advice seeking among these judges as well as face to face interviews and jurisprudential exercises carried out with them about their normative choices in areas of discretionary decision making (damages in cases of unfair competition; conflicts between boards and minority shareholders; etc) an organizational analysis of the court and stochastic blockmodeling and siena models of the advice networks shed light on several ways in which the financial industry dominates this institution and form of joint regulation judges who are bankers with a law degree surf at the top of the cyclical dynamics of the courts advice network they use this influential position to share and spread their financial legal pragmatism among the other judges setting the premises of the courts decisions our neo-structural approach and this case in point help shed light on long term strategies used by organized business especially finance to navigate the french notoriously deep state from within april 6 2022 wednesday 11:45am zoom meeting meeting id: 954 7703 6703 passcode: 378673 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news business court france joint regulation
news sociology colloquium 3/29/2022 march 29 2022 sociology colloquium 3/29/2022 uncertain expertise in trans medicine dr stef shuster michigan state university medical professionals are expected to be experts in their fields but what happens when they lack the typical benchmarks – experience and evidence – to support such claims to expertise in their recently published book trans medicine: the emergence and practice of treating gender (nyu press) shuster examines these lasting puzzles and uses the case of trans medicine to consider the strategies providers use to maintain medical authority and expert status in modern medicine when the claims to such are fraught with uncertainty march 30 2022 wednesday noon zoom meeting meeting id:930 8907 2841 passcode: 632222 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news gender medicine michigan trans
news graduate student jalia joseph wins two teaching awards march 29 2022 graduate student jalia joseph wins two teaching awards congratulations to jalia l joseph for winning two awards! the 2022 murray and celeste fasken distinguished graduate student teaching award and the association of former students distinguished graduate student teaching award the murray and celeste fasken award choses graduate students who have served in teaching positions in the college of liberal arts at texas a&m university and best demonstrates characteristics of excellence in classroom teaching the association of former students created an award to recognize outstanding graduate students for their exemplary accomplishments in one of two categories: research and teaching awards news 2022 murray and celeste fasken distinguished graduate student teaching award awards sociology department teaching
news 2021-2022 provost apt faculty teaching excellence award march 29 2022 2021-2022 provost apt faculty teaching excellence award congratulations to judith a linneman for winning the 2021-2022 provost apt faculty teaching excellence award this award encourages recognizes and rewards faculty who provide students with meaningful learning experiences embrace effective teaching approaches and value student-centered learning awards news awards linneman provost apt faculty teaching excellence award
news 2022 murray and celeste fasken distinguished graduate student teaching award winner march 28 2022 2022 murray and celeste fasken distinguished graduate student teaching award winner congratulations to fizza raza for winning her first teaching award 2022 murray and celeste fasken distinguished graduate student teaching award the murray and celeste fasken award choses graduate students who have served in teaching positions in the college of liberal arts at texas a&m university and best demonstrates characteristics of excellence in classroom teaching fizza has also been elected to serve as southwestern sociological associations student representative awards news awards sociology department sssa teaching award texas a&m university
news sociology colloquium 3/23/2022 march 18 2022 sociology colloquium 3/23/2022 how crisis changes the meaning and perception of entrepreneurial opportunity dr kim klyver university of southern denmark we investigate how an institutional crisis affects individuals opportunity perception and startup behavior we used qualitative analysis of the entrepreneurship media discourse before during and after the 2008 financial crisis to theorize individuals opportunity perception and startup behavior and quantitatively tested these expectations on a repeated cross-sectional dataset spanning from 2004–2012 (n= 18 564) march 23 2022 wednesday 11:45am zoom meeting meeting id: 993 0294 1792 passcode: 253675 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news entrepreneurial financial crisis opportunity perception
news dissertation defended dr michael ohsfeldt march 16 2022 dissertation defended dr michael ohsfeldt texas a&m department of sociology would like to give a big shout out to the newly minted dr michael ohsfeldt! michael has successfully defended his dissertation on march 9 2022 and published a teaching aid on how to use in-class discussions and analyses of the disney film mulan to teach erving goffmans important theory about the performance of the self ohsfeldt michael 2022 understanding goffmans dramaturgy through disneys mulan (1998) trails: teaching resources and innovations library for sociology march washington dc: american sociological association https://trailsasanetorg/article/view/understanding-goffman-through-mulan news emblematic legitimacy organizations sports symbols
news dr holly foster research on intergenerational abuse and childhood violence march 11 2022 dr holly foster research on intergenerational abuse and childhood violence healio spoke to dr holly foster department of sociology about new research that shows intergenerational abuse and childhood violence may trigger the early onset of menopause healio article about how intergenerational abuse and childhood violence may cause earlier onset of menopause published paper about association between intergenerational violence exposure and maternal age of menopause by dr foster and colleagues news abuse childhood foster holly intergenerational menopause violence
news dr alex mcintosh granted the title of professor emeritus march 7 2022 dr alex mcintosh granted the title of professor emeritus dr alex mcintosh recently retired from over forty years of service to the department of sociology has been granted the title of professor emeritus by the texas a&m university board of regents on february 2022 news alex emeritus mcintosh professor
news sociology colloquium 3/9/2022 march 3 2022 sociology colloquium 3/9/2022 a sociodemographic of the covid-19 pandemic in brazil dr bernado queiroz cedeplar universidade federal de minas gerais brazil brazil was ranked third globally in the number of confirmed cases behind only the united states and india; and was ranked second globally in the number of deaths surpassed only by the us brazils central authorities decided not to follow who recommendations and hence ignored advice to employ measures to prevent the spread of the disease that were implemented in most countries this failure to follow public health advice may have exacerbated the negative effects of the pandemic the presentation focuses on the evolution of the pandemic in the country taking into account population dynamics and socioeconomic variables we will also discuss how the country did not use the universal public health and surveillance system to tackle the pandemic this type of analysis at the local level is very important to develop proper public health interventions and evaluate the impact of the pandemic march 9 2022 wednesday 11:45am zoom meeting meeting id: 962 6371 5339 passcode: 136795 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news brazil covid-19 pandemic sociodemographic
news dr judith linneman receives teaching excellence award march 2 2022 dr judith linneman receives teaching excellence award dr judith linneman from the department of sociology is one of the recipients of the 2021-2022 provost academic professional track faculty teaching excellence award ten texas a&m university faculty were selected for the 2021-2022 provost academic professional track faculty teaching excellence award this award encourages recognizes and rewards faculty who provide students with meaningful learning experiences embrace effective teaching approaches and value student-centered learning the 2022 recipients of the provost academic professional track faculty teaching excellence award are: salah ayari department of international studies college of liberal arts adrienne brundage department of entomology college of agriculture and life sciences karen farmer department of accounting mays business school joyce juntune department of educational psychology college of education and human development judith linneman department of sociology college of liberal arts terri pantuso department of english college of liberal arts james pennington department of chemistry college of science oksana shatalov department of mathematics college of science aakash tyagi department of computer science and engineering college of engineering christina wiederwohl department of oceanography college of geosciences recipients of this award will receive a $5 000 bursary to support teaching innovations and teaching-related projects and activities for more information about this teaching excellence award click here news award excellence judith linneman teaching
news sociology colloquium 3/2/2022 march 1 2022 sociology colloquium 3/2/2022 the rise of criminal governance and social reaction in michoacán mexico joel herrera university of california los angeles in many developing countries where formal institutions fail to guarantee rule of law criminal organizations have emerged as intermediaries between citizens and the state in some cases these armed non-state actors adopt repressive strategies to govern their territories and local populations under what circumstances do local actors mobilize against criminal governance can armed collective action mitigate or reduce violence to answer these questions my research examines the cycles of violence that gave rise to and were perpetuated by the autodefensas of tierra caliente michoacán march 2 2022 wednesday 11:45am zoom meeting meeting id: 987 5308 9049 passcode: 734470 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news criminal governance law mexico michoacán ucla
news sociology colloquium 2/23/2022 february 17 2022 sociology colloquium 2/23/2022 physical disability over the life course: implications for well-being and social integration dr deborah carr director of the center for innovation in social science boston university rates of physical disability in the united states and worldwide are increasing steadily due in part to population aging disability can take a powerful social and emotional toll; persons with disability face stigmatization and are subject to daily microaggressions especially in wealthy capitalist nations that place a high value on able-bodied workers it is unclear precisely what forms this stigmatization takes whether its impacts vary over the life course and whether disability intersects with other social identities such as sex occupational status and race this presentation uses data from the midlife in the united states (midus) to examine the impacts of physical disability on experiences of institutional and interpersonal discrimination quality of work experiences and mental health implications for social health and workplace policies are highlighted february 23 2022 wednesday 12–1:30pm zoom meeting meeting id: 950 3539 7363 passcode: 706091 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news life course physical disability social integration well-being
news sociology colloquium 2/16/2022 february 10 2022 sociology colloquium 2/16/2022 race class and state capacity for development in trinidad and tobago dr zophia edwards providence college existing development theories predict that factors such as natural resource wealth and the legacies of european colonizers inhibit development however the case of trinidad and tobago challenges these theories as a resource-rich former colony that has achieved high levels of development what accounts for trinidad and tobagos development trajectory using the black marxist radical tradition this study emphasizes what existing development theories miss namely the role of multiracial labor organizing in enabling trinidad and tobago to escape the development trap the findings suggest that development studies attend to organized labor and how race and class interact to shape post-colonial development zophia edwards is an associate professor of sociology and black studies at providence college her areas of research and teaching include race and racism political economy postcolonial sociology labor movements international development and political sociology february 16 2022 wednesday 12–1:30pm zoom meeting meeting id: 923 5156 5437 passcode: 211673 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news class race state capacity tobago trinidad
news sociology colloquium 2/9/2022 february 2 2022 sociology colloquium 2/9/2022 frontiers: how global capitalism creates zones of extreme racial violence dr samuel cohn texas a&m university frontier capitalism is drenched in blood most discussions of capitalism social structure and race focus on the dynamics of settled areas recent work by ecological marxists suggests that capitalism is extremely dependent on its frontiers the demographic class and racial dynamics of wooded or mountainous frontiers are completely different from those of cities or of agricultural lowlands the structural properties of frontiers promote extreme violence the social dynamics of these conflicts promotes a racialization of interaction patterns all of this is grounded in the intrinsic economics of the frontier and what capitalists and workers on the distant edges of capitalism do to survive examples come from nineteenth century malaysia thailand and texas february 9 2022 wednesday 12–1:30pm zoom meeting meeting id: 927 8935 4137 passcode: 531513 if you cannot join with video you can connect to the zoom session via phone: 1–346–248–7799 colloquium news capitalism global malaysia race texas thailand violence