Critical & analytical thinking
Ghassan Moussawi
Out now: Ghassan Moussawi and Victoria Reyes' new publication "Crisis Feminisms: How Convenient Forgetting, Feminist Ambivalence, and Racial Gaslighting Maintain the Status Quo"
A new paper co-authored by Ghassan Moussawi and Victoria Reyes is available now. The publication is open access and available for anyone to read. Moussawi, Ghassan and Victoria Reyes. 2024. "Crisis Feminisms: How Convenient...
Flyer asking for submissions to the series Theorizing from Within. Text transcribed on page.
Call for submissions: "Theorizing from Within" series edited by Victoria Reyes and Ghassan Moussawi
Seeking submissions for the series: Theorizing from Within Edited by Victoria Reyes and Ghassan Moussawi This series is rooted in Black, women of color, indigenous, and transnational feminisms that take seriously that the personal is political and that one’s embodied experiences within particular...
A photo of Eboo Patel looking at the camera.
Sociology alumnus Eboo Patel recieves the 2024 LAS Alumni Humanitarian Award and a feature in LAS News
Even before receiving his BA in Sociology in 1996, Eboo Patel found his niche as a community leader on the University of Illinois campus by serving as an RA and leading a volunteer student organization. After graduation, he funneled his civic interests into founding the organization Interfaith...
Jazmin Olivas stands between her parents, holding an award.
Jazmin Olivas featured in LAS News for her work with C-U immigrant communities
Congratulations to Sociology senior Jazmin Olivas, who has been featured in LAS News for her award-winning work with The Immigration Project. Having started as a volunteer, she now works full-time as the point person for new clients, helping them...
A photo of Mabubeh Moqadam
Sociology PhD Student Mabubeh Moqadam Published in "Gender and Development"
The Department of Sociology extends our congratulations to fourth-year PhD student Mabubeh Moqadam, who recently published her paper, "A Decolonial Feminist Inquiry into Women’s Agency in the Urban Landscape in 19th-Century Iran," in the current issue of Gender and Development....
Orange and blue Block I
Sociology Instructors on the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (Spring 2024)
Results for the Spring 2024 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent have been released by CITL. Please join us in congratulating the faculty and TAs who made this semester's list! Faculty Jose Atiles Osoria Brian Dill Christina Kamis Anna-Maria Marshall Brittney Miles Ghassan...

Socius

The Department of Sociology proudly houses Socius, the American Sociological Association’s only open access online journal that publishes peer-reviewed high-quality research of a wide range of topics as rapidly as possible.

Editorial team:
Editor: Tim F. Liao
Managing Editor: Gretchin Gifford
Editorial Associates: Miguel Arturo Avalos & Kassandra Gonzalez

Recently published papers can be viewed at the journal’s website.

View all events
Ghassan Moussawi

Faculty Spotlight: Ghassan Moussawi named Conrad Humanities Scholar

Six professors from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have been named Conrad Humanities Scholars and Clayton and Thelma Kirkpatrick Professors. Angela Calcaterra, Teri Chettiar, Irvin Hunt, and Ghassan Moussawi have each been honored as Conrad Humanities Scholars. The Conrad Humanities Scholars award recognizes promising mid-career scholars and provides financial support for continued achievement, research, and scholarship in humanities. The designation is for five years. The awards are funded by a gift from the late Arlys Conrad (AB, ’44, education).

A photo of Miguel A. Avalos

Publication Spotlight: Miguel A. Avalos published in special issue of GLQ: Gay and Lesbian Quarterly

Sociology PhD candidate Miguel A. Avalos recently published his research paper "Queer Limitrophic Dwelling" in the GLQ special issue "Queering the Domestic."