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The official twitter account of the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago.
Chicago, IL
Joined May 2018
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Congratulations to Mónica Ruiz House, current undergraduate student in Sociology and the 30th Marshall Scholar from the University of Chicago! She will pursue graduate degrees in criminology and refugee and forced migration studies at the University of Oxford next fall.
Big congratulations to the 2025 @MarshallScholar
class—including six incredible scholars from the Chicago region! 🎉These bright minds will be heading to the UK for their studies next fall!🌎📚
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The Inequality Workshop opens Winter Quarter with @JakeRosenfeld1, Professor and Chair of Sociology at @WUSTL .
He will discuss insights from a survey of 4,000 public sector workers that highlights unmet demand for unions among women and Black workers, revealing opportunities for public sector union growth.
🔗Register here: bit.ly/41tmGPG
📅 Date: Friday, Jan. 10, 2025
🕕 Time: 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Location: Social Science Research Building, Tea Room (2F), 1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Open to all UChicago students, faculty, and staff.
#UnionRepresentation #RaceAndGender
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Join the @UCStoneCenter Team!
We’re searching for Postdoctoral Scholars with research priorities in wealth inequality and intergenerational mobility. 1 year renewable position, starting summer 2025.
Apply by January 31, 2025.
Application Link: bit.ly/4eGP0Rp
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Tonight, 6 pm! Join two @UChicagoSoc alumni for a critical conversation on #race, #policy & #neighborhood #inequality at the @SeminaryCoop!
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Looking forward to meeting up w/@john_majoreason in #Chicago! Join us! @UChicagoSoc @ucpress @AU_SPA @MsBronzeville @BlacksInGreen
THIS WEEK: On Wed. Nov 13, Derek Hyra will be at @SeminaryCoop in Chicago to discuss his new book, Slow and Sudden Violence, in conversation with John Major Eason, associate professor of sociology and international and public affairs at Brown University.
semcoop.com/event/derek-hyra…
Join us as Margaret Perez Brower offers the concept of “intersectional advocacy” to reveal how advocacy groups strategically contest, reimagine, and reconfigure policy institutions using comprehensive new strategies that connect issues.
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This week's IRP seminar (Th 11/7): Dr. Geoffrey Wodtke of @UChicagoSoc on "Poor Neighborhoods, Bad Schools? A High-Dimensional Model of Place-Based Disparities in Academic Achievement." 12:15–1:30pm, 8417 Sewell Soc Sciences, @UWMadison. For more info: irp.wisc.edu/2024-fall-irp-s…
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Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion on U.S. immigration policy!
Williams College Professor Tara Watson, author of The Border Within, will explore the human and economic impacts of interior enforcement policies. She’ll be joined by @nomadj1s, Associate Director of the Stone Center, and @rd_flowers, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, for a conversation that challenges prevailing immigration narratives.
🔗Register here: bit.ly/3NohzYD
📅 Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024
🕕 Time: 4:30 PM CT Registration Opens
5:00 PM-7:30 PM CT Program & Reception
📍 Location: The Keller Center, Forum
#ImmigrationPolicy #TheBorderWithin
Register here for Navigating the Nexus in Politics, History, and Methodology: Conference in Honor of Professor Dingxin Zhao, on the Occasion of His Retirement docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Marco Garrido from @UChicagoSoc talks about the importance of cultivating an interest and willingness to explore. Check out how he became a @UChicago professor: bit.ly/3Nn1lNE
#UChicagoHK #TheCoursePodcast #Sociology #Inequality #Democracy #Corruption #ThePhilippines
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📆 On Nov. 13, Aziz Huq of @UChicagoLaw will examine the contemporary regulation of digital technologies by nation-states under growing geopolitical competition. Moderated by @theannasu of @UofTLaw.
Register: uoft.me/aQb
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Congratulations to doctoral student Theodora K. Hurley, who was named a National Institute of Social Sciences Dissertation Grant Recipient!
socialsciencesinstitute.org/…
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The NSF has awarded a $20M grant to a team led by Prof. James Evans to help predict scientific discoveries and tech advancements using an AI-driven "global observatory and virtual laboratory."
Learn more about Prof. Evans and the project here:
news.uchicago.edu/story/nsf-…
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Next up is James Evans, Max Palevsky Professor in @UChicagoSoc, presenting "The Paradox of Innovation Institutions: Designing Flexible Ecosystems that Accelerate Discovery, Invention, and Growth."
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“A much needed & timely book written by an eminent political sociologist. Students & researchers will benefit from the crisp & illuminating discussion of topics that span the field of political sociology.” Manali Desai
Elisabeth Clemens’s new edition is OUT NOW ↓ @UChicagoSoc
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I’m honored that my book got the B. Wells-Barnett Distinguished Book Award for the best book in Crime, Law and Deviance; Honorable Mention for Best Book in Comparative Historical Sociology & Honorable Mention for Best Book in Global & Transnational Sociology from @ASAnews
UChicago Sociology retweeted
🌟 The 2024 Alice Amsden Award goes to "Spiderweb Capitalism" by Kimberly Kay Hoang! Congrats! 🎉
Honorable mentions:
📖 "Making Women Pay" by Smitha Radhakrishnan
📖 "Capitalizing a Cure" by Victor Roy
@kimberlykhoang @victorroy @ProfessorSmitha #SASE2024
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