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This year, the Department of Sociology at UNCG welcomes a new Department Head: Professor Steven Cureton has been on faculty at UNCG since 1997. He teaches several core courses in our undergraduate Criminology and Justice concentration. Welcome, Steve!
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A degree from @UNCGSOCIOLOGY can serve as a launching point for so many meaningful careers.
Case in point: One @UNCG sociology alum, Amanda Clark, is now leading Guilford County's opioid recovery effort. 👏
@uncghhs #UNCGWay
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It's awards season here at UNCG!
Last week, we were thrilled to honor our undergraduate inductees to the international sociology honors society: Alpha Kappa Delta. We also recognized students who won additional University and departmental awards.
@natlofficeofakd @UNCG_CAS
Big congrats to two of our junior faculty who were just awarded tenure: Trevor Hoppe and Tad Skotnicki. And also to Professor Arielle Kuperberg, who was also promoted to full professor.
@trevorhoppe @ATKuperberg
Please join us in congratulating these CAS faculty who were approved for promotion and tenure on March 16, 2023. 👏
@UNCG_ENG @UNCGSOCIOLOGY @bio_uncg @UNCGmathstats @UNCGIARc @UNCG_MSIA #UNCGWay
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Kudos to our graduate student Jasmine Gibbs, who presented her paper, "Strong Black Mother: Generational Transfer of Resilience," last week at the @SouthSocSociety meetings in Myrtle Beach, SC.
TONIGHT!
We're hosting a career night! Mark your calendars: March 22nd @ 6:30 PM in Graham 307. Featuring faculty, staff, alumni, and current graduate students. Come learn about what a sociology degree can do for your career!
#sociology #uncg #Careers
@UNCG_CAS @UNCG @UNCGChancellor
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Please join us NEXT WEEK for the Harriet Elliott Lecture series, featuring @ruha9 on the topic, "Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want."
This event is free & open to the public.
Learn more: cas.uncg.edu/events/hels-key…
We love to see it. Sociology professor Tad Skotnicki's book receives a glowing review in the latest issue of the American Journal of Sociology -- calling it a "joy to read."
Read more: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/ab…
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So proud to see our alumni making change in the world! Read below about Amanda Clark's work on opioid recovery here in Guilford County.
A degree from @UNCGSOCIOLOGY can serve as a launching point for so many meaningful careers.
Case in point: One @UNCG sociology alum, Amanda Clark, is now leading Guilford County's opioid recovery effort. 👏
@uncghhs #UNCGWay
cas.uncg.edu/sociology-alum-…
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We're hosting a career night! Mark your calendars: March 22nd @ 6:30 PM in Graham 307. Featuring faculty, staff, alumni, and current graduate students. Come learn about what a sociology degree can do for your career!
#sociology #uncg #Careers
@UNCG_CAS @UNCG @UNCGChancellor
Check out Professor Brooks-Dollar's work on stigma and modified labeling theory!
#sociology #labeling #UNCG #stigma
A special spotlight today: one of our latest articles by Dr. Cindy Brooks-Dollar of @UNCG and Dr. @TietjenGrant of @stambrose, Living as Socially Marked Individuals: Two Stories on Stigma and Its Consequences! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
ASA released a statement regarding ongoing efforts to restrict educators from teaching about race and racism in the United States.
ASA has issued a statement on the importance of teaching and learning about race and racism.
Read here: bit.ly/3Zw9shu
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UNCG Sociology professor @sskaratasli is quoted in this analysis on the impact of protests and crackdowns on climate change.
foreignpolicy.com/2022/12/08…
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UNCG Sociology Professor Trevor Hoppe's research on infectious disease names was featured today in a news story on #Mpox
Phasing out “monkeypox.” The WHO cites racist & stigmatizing language as its reason for moving to the term “mpox.” Trevor Hoppe @trevorhoppe is quoted on the long history of associating new infectious diseases with foreign nationals & foreign countries.
bit.ly/3UAdH85
UNCG Sociology is delighted to announce we've changed the name of our criminology concentration to "Criminology & Justice Studies." This reflects our commitment to offering courses that consider justice and injustice in all of their forms.
#Criminology #Sociology @UNCG_CAS
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First day of classes for my 13th year teaching @UNCGSOCIOLOGY, I did the math and I think that makes this 35th grade for me.