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news confronting prejudice isnt enough we must eradicate the white racial frame june 30 2020 confronting prejudice isnt enough we must eradicate the white racial frame george yancy interviews joe feagin about anti-black racism in the united states interview is available here: https://truthoutorg/articles/confronting-prejudice-isnt-enough-we-must-eradicate-the-white-racial-frame/ news anti-black racism george yancy joe feagin racism united states
news sociology professor selected to receive achievements in climate and inclusion award may 14 2020 sociology professor selected to receive achievements in climate and inclusion award dr mary campbell has been named a recipient of the college of liberal arts achievements in climate and inclusion (aci) award for 2020 this award recognizes those who regularly engage in service activities designed to encourage and facilitate a more inclusive and welcoming climate for all learn more about this award and previous recipients here: https://liberalartstamuedu/about/engagement/ongoing-initiatives/achievements-in-climate-and-inclusion-award/ awards climate and inclusion news awards climate and inclusion faculty sociology department sociology professor tamu
news sociology administrative coordinator received presidents meritorious service award may 6 2020 sociology administrative coordinator received presidents meritorious service award marisa winking administrative coordinator of the sociology department received the presidents meritorious service award recognizing her commendable service to the texas a&m university learn more about this award by visiting https://todaytamuedu/2020/05/05/president-young-announces-2020-meritorious-service-award-recipients/ awards news marisa winking president's meritorious service award sociology department tamu texas a&m university
news texas a&m distinguished dissertation award april 22 2020 texas a&m distinguished dissertation award dr katherine anne calle willyard a recent sociology phd graduate was honored with a distinguished dissertation award from texas a&ms office of graduate and professional studies this year this honor is bestowed upon only a select few each year across the entire university and recognizes dissertations that have made a significant and impactful contribution to their disciplines congratulations to dr willyard for receiving this prestigious award honoring her dissertation research the effects of organizational community and state regulatory characteristics on oil and gas extraction facility venting and flaring practices! awards news awards news research sociology sociology department sustainability tamu texas a&m university
news contact information for the sociology department march 22 2020 contact information for the sociology department contacting the sociology department from march 23rd until the end of the spring 2020 semester undergraduate advisors zuleikas zoom information https://tamuzoomus/my/zuleika meeting id: 623-822-5836 virtual appointment hours tuesdays & fridays 9:00 to 11:30 am wednesdays & thursdays 1:30 to 4:00 pm zienas zoom information https://tamuzoomus/my/ziena meeting id: 682-527-5553 virtual appointment hours monday-friday 9:00 to 11:30 am monday-friday 1:30 to 4:00 pm it for sociology liberalartsit@tamuedu or tylerbright@tamuedu sociology departmental office phone: (979) 845-5133 christi barrera (senior administrative coordinator) christi@tamuedu marisa winking (administrative coordinator) mkwinking@tamuedu jane sell (interim department head) j-sell@tamuedu news coronavirus covid-19 sociology sociology department texas a&m university
news sociology professor selected to receive the faculty sustainability champion award march 2 2020 sociology professor selected to receive the faculty sustainability champion award sarah gatson was selected to receive the faculty sustainability champion award through the office of sustainability at texas a&m university learn more about the sustainability champion awards by visiting http://sustainabilitytamuedu/awardsaspx the award will be presented during the 6th annual sustainability breakfast and awards program on tuesday april 14th 2020 awards news award faculty sustainability champion award office of sustainability sarah gatson sustainability texas a&m university
news research experience for undergraduates (reu-nsf) november 22 2019 research experience for undergraduates (reu-nsf) the texas a&m sociology department invites students to apply to the summer 2020 research institute in sociology and social inequality reu (research experience for undergraduates) site funded by the national science foundation under grant #1757813 this 8-week summer program is an exciting opportunity for up to 10 undergraduates to gain research experience with close guidance from a faculty mentor texas a&m faculty will provide world-class opportunities to engage in research on the causes and consequences of social inequality students will gain hands-on training in a range of research methods including interviewing experiments and survey analysis in addition texas a&m sociology boasts three research centers that will support the students work: the texas federal statistical research data center; the stuart j hysom social psychology laboratory; and the howard b kaplan laboratory for social science research examples of research projects and details about the program can be found at https://liberalartstamuedu/sociology/reu/ students will complete a research project and present their work at an academic conference the following semester the program covers travel costs for the summer room and board travel costs for the academic conference in the following semester and a stipend students can access the application and more information at https://liberalartstamuedu/sociology/reu/ applications accompanied by a recommendation letter from a faculty member willing to be the students home campus mentor are due february 15th 2020 the program is best suited for students who are currently in their third year of college although we will consider students at other stages; students must be graduating december 2020 or later in order to be eligible we especially encourage applications from first-generation students and students from underrepresented groups news workshops national science foundation nsf research experience for undergraduates reu texas a&m university
news sociology graduate student featured in the battalion november 20 2019 sociology graduate student featured in the battalion the sociology graduate student ried mackay was featured in texas a&ms battalion newspaper in an article about native american heritage month link to the battalion article news battalion native american heritage month ried mackay texas a&m university
news lecture of sociology professor selected as finalist for 2020 baylor university cherry award november 14 2019 lecture of sociology professor selected as finalist for 2020 baylor university cherry award professor may delivers 2020 finalist lecture for the robert foster cherry award for great teaching at baylor university link to video of professor mays lecture awards news baylor university cherry award reuben a buford may reuben may
news sociology professor selected to receive distinguished achievement award september 13 2019 sociology professor selected to receive distinguished achievement award mary campbell was selected to receive one of this years college-level association of former students distinguished achievement award for teaching the purpose of this award is to recognize encourage and reward superior classroom teaching the award will be presented at the college of liberal arts deans reception on october 24th 2019 more information about the award is available at https://wwwaggienetworkcom/programs/awards/dacl awards news awards mary campbell news professor sociology teaching award texas a&m university
news hunger-free texas project october 16 2018 hunger-free texas project by dr mary campbell in spring 2017 2018 and 2019 students in industrial distribution and sociology got together in student teams to focus on real problems and work directly with food pantries in texas while at the same time developing skills in critical thinking process planning and improvement impact assessment and team management this multidisciplinary service-learning project is the culmination of an intercollegiate effort to facilitate meaningful sustainable collaborations between texas a&m students and organizations representing our core values of leadership and selfless service in the community the central texas food bank committed $30 000 to fund the very best student projects and turn them into real improvements for area food pantries students completed an amazing range of projects helping area pantries develop socially impactful efficient solutions to their problems so that they could provide more healthy food to area residents than ever before the video below showcases our multidisciplinary service-learning project news
news professor reuben may named ‘piper professor june 13 2018 professor reuben may named ‘piper professor every year the minnie stevens piper foundation names ten piper professors in recognition for their superior teaching at texas higher education institutions this year reuben a buford may a presidential professor in sociology was one of the select few i see it as a very high honor and its wonderful to be thought of at your own university as someone who cares about higher education but its an exceptional experience to be recognized with others in the state of texas that carry that distinction may said along with being named a presidential professor and a presidential professor may has received the glasscock university professor in undergraduate teaching excellence award around campus he is known as reginald s stuckey the rapping professor who writes and performs rhymes about complex issues and often brings the art form into the classroom one random day ill go into class and tell students to take out a sheet of paper ill have them listen to a beat and then write four to eight lines of content based on their reading assignment then they perform it he said it breaks down barriers and creates a vulnerable environment where people can talk about difficult and critical matters along with the award may and the other honorees will receive $5 000 organized in 1950 the minnie stevens piper foundation in a non-profit charitable corporation focused on higher education in texas the awards were established in 1958 and candidates must be nominated through the college or university presidents office pamela matthews the dean of liberal arts said reuben may has demonstrated consistently his effectiveness and his dedication by offering transformational learning experiences to aggies he richly deserves this recognition the college of liberal arts will recognize may in the fall 2018 this story by heather rodriguez originally appeared on the college of liberal arts website awards news professor reginald s stuckey reuben may sociology professor tamu texas a&m university
news fall 2017 workshop on race & ethnicity august 21 2017 fall 2017 workshop on race & ethnicity register here date: october 24 2017 time: 9:00 – 3:00 location: msc 2405 lunch will be provided seating is limited race ethnicity and quantitative methodology dr mosi ifatunji assistant professor department of sociology university of north carolina at chapel hill instructor inter-university consortium for political and social research (icpsr) this workshop brings together state-of-the-art theory on race and ethnicity with best practices in the use of social statistics the workshop aim is to develop quantitative researchers that will give more careful and keen consideration to how race and ethnicity fit in their statistical models while also providing race and ethnicity scholars greater ability to understand critique and use quantitative methods dr mosi adesina ifatunji is an assistant professor in the department of sociology and a faculty fellow at the institute for african american research and the carolina population center at the university of north carolina at chapel hill he has also served as the instructor for a course on race ethnicity and quantitative epistemologies at the summer program in quantitative methods of social research at the inter-university consortium for social and political research at the university of michigan before joining the faculty at unc he completed postdoctoral fellowships at the program for research on black americans at the university of michigan and in both the department of sociology and the carolina population center at chapel hill broadly speaking his research interests are in race culture biology and social stratification to this end he conducts various comparisons between african americans and black immigrants in a quasi-experimental design that he calls the black ethnic comparative not only does this design allow him to document and explain increasingly dynamic population trends among and between african americans and black immigrants (in the labor market politics and health) but it also provides a novel empirical foundation for theorizing on the nature of race and ethnicity that is since the black ethnic comparative holds the du boisian distribution of ‘racialized physical features (eg skin color hair tenure and bone structure) constant across otherwise distinct populations it allows for the deliberate consideration and observation of various ‘non-physical features (eg language religion and nationality) in the process of assigning racialized meanings to human population groups – net physical features as a result dr ifatunji is working on a series of essays and a book proposal on ethnoraciality which seek to offer a revised view on the nature of race and ethnicity in settler and colonial societies news workshops
news tamu sociologists win big asa awards for 2017 august 21 2017 tamu sociologists win big asa awards for 2017 faculty from the sociology department have won three major awards this year from the american sociological association (asa) former department head jane sell (right) won the cooley-mead award for a career of distinguished scholarship in social psychology kazuko suzuki (left) received the 2017 distinguished book award from the asian and asian-american section of the asa for her book divided fates: the state race and korean immigrants adaptation in japan and the united states (lexington books 2016) denis ohearn (right) received the distinguished book award from the political economy of the world-system (pews) section of the asa for his book (with andrej grubacic) living at the edges of capitalism: adventures in exile and mutual aid (california university press 2016) ohearn previously received the pews distinguished book award for the atlantic economy: britain the us and ireland (manchester university press) awards news
news why study sociology march 8 2017 why study sociology world-renowned faculty: nationally recognized scholars including faculty who have served as american sociological association officers editors of sociology journals and directors of several university centers and institutes hands-on research experience: student research is emphasized from the very first year of the graduate program students are encouraged to participate in research at one of our various research centers these include: howard b kaplan laboratory for social science research the stuart j hysom social psychology laboratory and texas research data center (txrdc) faculty committed to mentoring: at texas a&m university our sociology faculty members are deeply committed to mentoring students emphasis on diversity: texas a&m university boasts one of the most diverse sociology phd programs in the united states faculty share a strong commitment to meaningful diversity including increasing participation in the graduate program and profession of members of under-represented groups (along sociologically significant hierarchies such as race class gender and sexuality) as well as those who have faced economic and social barriers to educational access the faculty also places a high priority on diversity of academic interests in terms of both substantive area of study (eg race gender culture law) and methodological approaches to investigating sociological issues (eg demography social psychological experimentation ethnography) articles diversity faculty mentoring research sociology tamu texas a&m university
news colloquium: industrial dietary regimes as a valuable conceptual adjunct to the nutrition transition and food regime paradigm march 21 2016 colloquium: industrial dietary regimes as a valuable conceptual adjunct to the nutrition transition and food regime paradigm the department of sociology presents: industrial dietary regimes as a valuable conceptual adjunct to the nutrition transition and food regime paradigm a presentation by anthony winson university of guelph and jin young choi sam houston state university monday march 21 1 –2 pm in room 701 rudder tony winson is currently professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at the university of guelph guelph canada he is the author of the following books: coffee and democracy in modern costa rica (macmillan 1989); the intimate commodity: food and the development of the agro-industrial complex in canada (garamond press and u of toronto press 1993); contingent work disrupted lives: labour and community in the new rural economy (u of toronto press 2002 with belinda leach) which has won the john porter book prize of the canadian sociology association); and more recently the industrial diet: the degradation of food and the struggle for healthy eating (ubc press and new york university press 2013) he has advocated for a healthier sustainable and humane food system jin young choi is currently associate professor of sociology at sam houston state university her general research areas are immigrant health issues and health care policy and rural health issues her current research focuses on health and health care issues and chronic health issues related to nutrition transition among marshallese islanders living in the united states and childhood obesity in rural communities she is actively engaged in professional and community organizations in particular she is working for health insurance education and enrollment of the korean community in metro houston which is funded by the centers for medicare and medicaid service news workshops