Sociology Department
News
2005 |
| 4/26/05 |
Suzanne Shanahan wins prestigious Robert B. Cox Teaching Award.
Suzanne Shanahan has won a Trinity College Teaching Award, the Robert B. Cox Award. The award is one of four named teaching/scholarship awards given annually at Duke. Borrowing from Duke's website, these named awards "recognize faculty for their ability to encourage intellectual excitement, knowledge of their field and ability to communicate it to students, openness to students, skill in organizing courses, commitment to teaching over time, and willingness to invest substantial effort in meeting the College™s instructional needs. These awards are distributed across the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Science |
| 4/14/15 |
Professor Linda George has been selected to receive the Distinguished Teaching and Mentoring Award for 2004-5 from Duke University Graduate School. The award is intended to recognize a consistent record of good mentoring practices. Linda has demonstrated how dedicated mentoring of graduate students can transform the academic experience for all involved, allowing both mentor and student to contribute more prolifically and significantly to the academic community than either otherwise could. This highly competitive award will complement the Trinity College Undergraduate Teaching Award she won in 1990. |
| 2/4/05 |
Maya
Beasley, Harvard University School of Education will
speak at 1:00 in room Soc 329 (McKinney Room)
"Perceptions of Racism: How concerns about Racism
Impact the Occupational Aspirations of African-Americans" |
| 2/2/05 |
Brian Goesling, University of Michigan
Sociology Department will speak at 1:00 in room Soc 329 (McKinney
Room) "The Rising Significance of Education for Health?"
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| 2/1/05 |
On February 1st, Monica Biradavolu
successfully defended Ph.d dissertation.
"Globalization from 'Above' or Globalization from 'Below'?
The Emergence of Transnational Indian Entrepreneurs in the Software
Industry." |
| 1/30/05 |
Martha Martinez has accepted a tenure
track assistant professor position at DePaul University in Chicago.
Congratulations to Martha.. and Depaul ! |
| 1/28/05 |
Yang (Claire) Yang has accepted a position
as Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago beginning
in Fall 2005. |
| 1/27/05 |
As Last of Baby
Boomers Turns 40, New Study Debunks Myths About Celebrated GenerationThe
study by ME Hughes and Angela O'Rand shows Baby Boomers as a diverse
group whose experiences differ not only from those of previous generations,
but from each other . (more...)
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| 1/27/05 |
Gary Gereffi speaks
to N&O, WUNC, & Newsweek on the NC workplace News
& Observer
WUNC
Newsweek |
| 1/27/05 |
Demography Workshop
Matthew Dupre will speak on Thurs, Jan 27th, at 3:45pm in room Soc
329 (McKinney Room)
"Educational Differences in Age-Related Patterns of Disease:
Reconsidering Cumulative Disadvantage and Age-as- Leveler. |
| 1/13/05 |
Demography, Life
Course, and Aging Workshop TalkRobert Hummer, U. Texas, Austin
will speak on Thursday, January 13th, at 3:30pm in the McKinney Conference
Room (#329 of the Soc/Psych Building).
"Paradox Found. Health and
Mortality among the Mexican Origin Population in the United States.
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| 1/12/05 |
Land
Elected Fellow of the American Society of CriminologyKenneth
C. Land, John Franklin Crowell Professor of Sociology and Demographic
Studies, was one of four persons elected a Fellow of the American
Society of Criminology at the November 2004 annual meeting of the
Society in Nashville, Tennessee. more |
| 1/12/05 |
Textile Plants
to Close; 300 Will Lose JobsTEXTILE
PLANTS TO CLOSE; 300 WILL LOSE JOBS
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Dec. 15 -- Gary
Gereffi, professor of sociology at Duke, talked about
the difficulty developed countries have in competing in relatively
labor-intensive industries such as textiles. (Also ran as AP story
in The Kansas City Star) |
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