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  • Dec 21, 2022 - Remembering Joyon Ticer-Wurr (MA’96 Phd’14): A Tribute
  • Dec 8, 2022 - Professor Kristen Schilt was quoted in a New York Times article on the documentary "Framing Agnes" and the earliest sociological studies of transgender Americans
  • Nov 14, 2022 - In a WBEZ guest appearance, Professor Robert Vargas discusses misleading crime statistics
  • Nov 7, 2022 - Professor Robert Vargas discusses the limits of crime data on NPR WBEZ Chicago
  • Oct 20, 2022 - Professor Robert Vargas was quoted in a USA Today piece on LA redistricting, racism, and resources
  • Sep 26, 2022 - Professor Kimberly Kay Hoang was featured on the PREVAIL podcast
  • Aug 30, 2022 - In an interview with Fast Company, Professor Kimberly Kay Hoang discusses spiderweb capitalism, or how the ultra-wealthy hide their assets around the world
  • Aug 12, 2022 - PhD Candidate Nicolás Torres-Echeverry was featured on the Critical Historical Sociology Blog about the political moment in Colombia
  • May 19, 2022 - PhD Candidate Ángela Zorro Medina was featured on Telemundo discussing the low recovery rate of carjacked vehicles in Chicago
  • May 5, 2022 - Professor Robert Vargas was featured in a WBEZ story the low recovery rate of carjacked vehicles
  • Apr 8, 2022 - Professor Elisabeth Clemens wrote an article for Public Seminar about the distinction between “institutional” and “contentious” politics
  • Apr 4, 2022 - Professor René Flores' research on American attitudes toward immigration was featured in an AP News article on border asylum limits ending
  • Mar 30, 2022 - Professor René Flores was interviewed for PNAS' Science Sessions podcast about his research on the ethnoracial identity of MENA Americans
  • Feb 18, 2022 - Research by Professor René Flores was featured in this NPR story about the U.S. Census and the racialization of people from the Middle East and North Africa
  • Feb 9, 2022 - Professor René Flores published an op-ed in Newsweek based on recent research on the racial status of people from the Middle East and North Africa
  • Dec 14, 2021 - WBEZ Chicago's Reset podcast features an interview with Professor Robert Vargas about research on redistricting in Chicago
  • Dec 14, 2021 - Milwaukee's NPR stations features research by Professor Robert Vargas on local gerrymandering tactics
  • Dec 14, 2021 - WTTW News invited Professor Robert Vargas to speak on their program about gerrymandering in Chicago
  • Nov 18, 2021 - Professor Robert Vargas authors article for Jacobin Magazine on redistricting and politics in U.S. cities
  • Nov 3, 2021 - Research by Professor René Flores and PhD candidate Ariel Azar was featured in a recent New York Times article
  • Jun 10, 2021 - PhD Student Siyanda Mohutsiwa authors op-ed about the New York Times' reductionist and problematic coverage of COVID in Africa
  • May 6, 2021 - Professor Robert Vargas quoted in Chicago Reader article about the spike in carjacking and the politics of fear
  • Mar 19, 2021 - Professor Kimberly Kay Hoang authors op-ed about intersecting racism, misogyny, and anti-sex work stigma in the Atlanta murders
  • Mar 10, 2021 - Teaching Fellow Sneha Annavarapu has created Ethnographic Marginalia for sociologists to share the anecdotes and imagery from their research journeys
  • Feb 15, 2021 - Professor Jenny Trinitapoli shares new essay on COVID-19 and the global demographic research agenda
  • Jan 5, 2021 - Professor Robert Vargas and team launch a visualization tool for sharing data about ward redistricting in Chicago
  • Dec 14, 2020 - Professor Kristen Schilt featured in Big Brains podcast about alternate reality games
  • Dec 8, 2020 - Teaching Fellow Sneha Annavarapu and Alex Diamond launch 'Ethnographic Marginalia,' a new website and podcast.
  • Nov 2, 2020 - Third-year sociology major Julia Du has published a research report based on data from her internship at the Brookings Institute.
  • Oct 6, 2020 - Doctoral Candidate Stephanie Ternullo shares insights from her dissertation research on COVID-19 and partisan politics
  • Oct 6, 2020 - Former UChicago Professor Forrest Stuart is named one of the MacArthur Foundation's 'genius' grant winners of 2020
  • Sep 25, 2020 - Virtual Ethnographic Research Methods course taught by Sociology Postdoc Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela featured in Medium
  • Jul 1, 2020 - Professor Robert Vargas featured in WBEZ story about violence prevention in Chicago
  • Jun 29, 2020 - Professor Kristen Schilt and team create A Labyrinth, an alternate reality game for Summer 2020
  • Jun 24, 2020 - Members of the sociology faculty at UChicago issue a statement on systemic racism and police brutality
  • Jun 24, 2020 - Professor René Flores weighs in on Supreme Court DACA decision
  • Jun 15, 2020 - Professor Robert Vargas offers a critical take on the University of Chicago Crime Lab
  • May 20, 2020 - Professor Robert Vargas featured in "The 'Great Equalizer'? Interrogating COVID-19's Racial Filter"
  • May 7, 2020 - Lecture series features Professors Kathleen Cagney and Linda Waite on "Social Relationships and COVID-19"
  • May 5, 2020 - Professor Elisabeth Clemens authors op-ed for The Washington Post
  • May 2, 2020 - Professor Jenny Trinitapoli co-authors article in The Conversation on maternal grief
  • May 2, 2020 - Professor Robert Vargas co-authors article on COVID-19 response for The Chicago Reporter
  • Apr 6, 2020 - Doctoral Candidate Sneha Annavarapu interviewed Professor Marco Garrido for the New Books Network podcast channel
  • Jan 7, 2020 - Professor Terry Clark featured in a WalletHub article on cities
  • Oct 14, 2019 - Alternate reality game sparks innovative student ideas about climate change
  • Sep 15, 2019 - Professor Kristen Schilt and the Fourcast Lab launch the Futures Design Challenge for incoming first-years to address climate change
  • Aug 27, 2019 - Professor Linda Waite featured on UChicago Big Brains podcast
  • Aug 12, 2019 - Professor René Flores interviewed for Boston Globe article on immigration
  • Aug 12, 2019 - Professor René Flores authors USA Today op-ed
  • Jul 10, 2019 - Professor Terry Clark was featured in a Raconteur article.
  • Mar 13, 2019 - Professor Jenny Trinitapoli featured by Social Sciences Division
  • Mar 1, 2019 - Professor Yamaguchi's research on Japan's gender gap featured by the International Monetary Fund.
  • Dec 10, 2018 - Professor Kimberly Hoang featured in Commercial Investment Real Estate Magazine
  • Nov 1, 2018 - Members of the Sociology Department Profiled by the Division of the Social Sciences
  • Oct 25, 2018 - Professor René Flores Featured by Pacific Standard
  • Jul 31, 2018 - Professor René Flores Featured in Washington Post
  • Jul 26, 2018 - Professor Ross M. Stolzenberg on Supreme Court Term Limits : LA Times
  • May 31, 2018 - Research from Professor René Flores Featured by the Washington Post
  • May 4, 2018 - Laing Prize honors Forrest Stuart for Down, Out & Under Arrest
  • Apr 30, 2018 - Forrest Stuart book about L.A.’s Skid Row earns top honor from UChicago Press
  • Apr 30, 2018 - New Study Finds Political Echo Chambers in Consumption of Science
  • Apr 30, 2018 - Knowledge Lab research goes beyond citations to reveal new paths of influence
  • Mar 15, 2018 - Sociology’s Robert Vargas on Gerrymandering and the Geography of Violence in Chicago
  • Mar 15, 2018 - Xi Song: Studying Social Status Across Generations
  • Feb 21, 2018 - Sociology Donut Tour Featured
  • Feb 21, 2018 - Retrospective on Herbert Gans and Sociology for the People
  • Jan 25, 2018 - Sociologist Marco Garrido Calls for a Bottom-up Approach to Researching Populist Politics
  • Nov 12, 2017 - Sociology PhD Alum Cayce Hughes and Professor Kristen Schilt's research featured in report by Westcoast Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology, an organization devoted to increasing women and other under-represented groups in STEM sciences.
  • Jul 12, 2017 - Chicago Sun Times: Once a city of neighborhoods, Chicago’s now about making the scene
  • Jun 27, 2017 - Washington Post: No, the Government Did Not Pay for Mitch McConnell’s Polio Care. Charity Did.
  • May 2, 2017 - Gender & Society: Gender inequality and the two-body problem by PhD candidate Jaclyn Wong (Sociology)
  • Mar 29, 2017 - Chicago Tonight: PhD student Anjanette Chan studies how violence affects childhood friendships
  • Mar 15, 2017 - SD Union-Tribune: Americans today are having less sex, finds San Diego Prof. Jean Twenge (AB'93, AM'93)
  • Feb 20, 2017 - Sociology PhD candidate Jaclyn Wong explains importance of good grooming
  • Jan 25, 2017 - Newsweek: Sociologist Forrest Stuart warns "sending in the Feds" could spark more violence in Chicago
  • Oct 19, 2016 - Chicago Tribune: Sociologist Sharon Hicks-Bartlett explains lingering effects of racist housing practices
  • Oct 5, 2016 - Chicago Reader: Sociologist Forrest Stuart's book warns against 'broken windows' policing, contra CPD plans
  • Sep 19, 2016 - Chicago Magazine: Sociologist Forrest Stuart dishes on drill rap and Chicago gang violence
  • Jul 31, 2016 - Mother Jones: Sociologist Forrest Stuart discusses research on LA's hyper-policed skid row
  • Jul 11, 2016 - Video: Sociologist Forrest Stuart explains catalyzing effects of social media on issues of race, inequality
  • Jun 29, 2016 - Video: Sociologist Forrest Stuart discusses research on social media, gangs, and "drill rap" in Chicago
  • May 30, 2016 - Nine Social Sciences Graduate students win Fulbright Fellowships for international research
  • May 20, 2016 - Washington Post: Soc. PhD student's research relates attractiveness, 'grooming' to income
  • May 19, 2016 - Washington Post: Sociology doctoral student's research relates attractiveness and 'grooming' to income.
  • Apr 20, 2016 - Associate Professor of Sociology James Evans, and family, joins Campus North as Resident Master
  • Jan 12, 2015 - How the sociologist Howard Becker studies the conventions of the unconventional
  • Dec 29, 2014 - Sociology PhD student explains "What it means to be an American" in Time
  • Jul 29, 2014 - Crain's: Andrew Papachristos, MA'00, PhD'07, shows Chicago isn't "murder capital of the US"
  • Feb 14, 2014 - AAAS 2014: Research on poor neighborhoods must recognize differences among cities
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