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Reuben A. Buford May named 2024-25 President’s Executive Leadership Program Fellow
Last Thursday, Professor Reuben A. Buford May was named a President’s Executive Leadership Program (PELP) Fellow for the 2024-2025 session. PELP is a unique professional development program designed to broaden participants’ understanding...
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Three faculty receive LAS Awards
Dr. Jose Atiles Osoria named Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors (LEAP) Scholar. The LEAP award is presented to early-career faculty to recognize their...
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Spring 2023 Convocation Graduates
The Sociology, Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies Convocation took place on May 13th, in the historic Virginia Theater in Champaign. Check out the video!
Kevin Leicht
Recognizing Kevin Leicht for his Involvement in Obtaining a $100,000 Grant From Jump ARCHES Endowment
Dr. Kevin Leicht is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Dr. Kevin Leicht, Dr. Chang Xiang Zhai, and Dr. Mary Stapel received a $100,000 grant from Jump ARCHES endowment for their proposal "Developing An Easy-To-Use Application For...
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Reuben A. Buford May begins tenure as Sociology Department Head.
Sociology provides the scientific tools for investigating and understanding many of the world’s most challenging social problems. Whether it is investigating the role of crime in society, the impact of global markets, the challenges to sustainability, the strain of inequality, the fight for social...
Professor Tim Liao
"Slogans Protesting Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Displayed Three Themes" by Tim F. Liao
Dr. Tim F. Liao is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Urbana-Champaign. Recently, there was a news article released on the publication of Professor Liao titled "Slogans Protesting Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Displayed Three Themes". To read the full article, click...
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).

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Nehal Elmeligh

Publication Spotlight: Nehal Elmeligy received Honorable Mention for the 2023 Distinguished Article Award from the American Sociological Society

Nehal Elmeligy, a Sociology PhD candidate, has been awarded the Honorable Mention for the 2023 Distinguished Article Award from the American Sociological Society for her article “Airing Egypt’s Dirty Laundry: BuSSy’s Storyelling as Feminist Social Change.”