Sociology News & Events
Kriesberg op-ed on MLK Jr., Trump in Huffington Post
"To some degree... both [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Donald Trump] sought to mobilize their potential followers and defeat their adversaries as one waged a struggle for civil rights for African Americans and the other for winning a national presidential election," says Louis Kriesberg, professor emeritus of sociology.
See related: U.S. Elections
Kriesberg op-ed on Israeli-Palestinian conflict published in Foreign Policy in Focus
"There are many Israelis who are highly dismayed by the extreme rightist developments in Israel and Obama’s and Kerry’s actions lend them support. Trump’s electoral vote victory threatens to make Israeli-Palestinian relations much worse," Louis Kriesberg, professor emeritus of sociology.
Schewe article on labor patterns on U.S. dairy farms published in Social Currents
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Gerontology: Changes, Challenges, and Solutions
See related: Mental Health
Louis Kriesberg: Pioneer in Peace and Constructive Conflict Resolution Studies
Grandparenting in the United States
See related: Health Policy
Kriesberg authors OpEd on need for stronger infrastructure for peace
Louis Kriesberg, professor emeritus of sociology, argues that "with the ascent of Trump to the U.S. presidency, the need is greater than ever to think and act creatively," in his article published in the Huffington Post.
Karas Montez comments on declining US life expectancy in Associated Press
Monnat study on physical health consequences of adverse childhood experiences published in TSQ
See related: Child & Elder Care, Health Policy, Mental Health, Parenting & Family, United States
Monnat article on the Great Recession and America's geography of unemployment published in DR
See related: Labor
Jennifer Karas Montez named Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies
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Monnat study on disparities in Hispanic health insurance coverage rates published in Rural Sociology
See related: Civil Rights, Insurance
Broad Mission
The Tenth Decade Scholars award demonstrates how citizenship cuts across the disciplines.
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Lopoo, London study on household crowding and education outcomes published in Demography
See related: Education
Schewe paper on constrained choice and climate change mitigation in US agriculture published in JAEE
See related: Agriculture
Lutz research on biliteracy and educational achievement of Latino students published in IJ of E&SC
Monnat study on prescription painkiller misusers and heroin users published in Addictive Behaviors