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Welcome New Faculty Member, Erin McCauley!

The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences is very happy to announce that our newest faculty member, Erin McCauley will officially be joining our ranks in January, 2022!

Torres Joins USA Today’s Board of Contributors

Stacy Torres is a new member of USA Today’s Opinion Board of Contributors.

Estes Presents on “A Life in Sociology”

Professor emerita Carroll Estes, PhD, FAAN, recipient of UC’s 2019-2020 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award, gave a lecture titled “A Life in Sociology” as part of the UC Emeriti Faculty Association’s lunchtime series on Sept. 16.

Sociology Faculty Summer 2020: in the Media and authored papers

*note* this post will be updated through August 2020

Harknett Receives Best Paper Award from ASA

Kristen Harknett co-authored an article, "Consequences of Routine Work-Schedule Uncertainty for Worker Health and Wellbeing,"

Torres Joins ASA Leadership & editorial board of journal

Dr. Stacy Torres, has been elected a council member in the Sociological Practice and Public Sociology section of the American Sociological Association. Torres will begin her three-year term on Aug. 10.

Dissertation Awards for Yeh & Winslow

Congratulations are in order for the 2020 Sociology Dissertation Award Winners! Distinguished Dissertation Award in Sociology recognizes a doctoral student whose dissertation best exemplifies scholarliness and innovation and best contributes to the discipline of sociology. Jarmin Yeh has won this…

Haknett Winner of a 2020 Faculty Excellence Award

Congratulations to Kristen Harknett for being awarded the Excellence in Creating a Supportive Learning Environment!

Stacy Torres: Multiple Publications, Citations, and Features - Spring 2020

Stacy Torres has been prolific this Spring quarter.  She has been quoted in multiple publications including in a New Yor

Kristen Harknett's Research Garners Media Coverage Spring 2020

Kristen Harknett, PhD, associate professor in Social and Behavioral Sciences, has had her research cited multiple times this Spring.