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Spring 2023 Convocation Reuben A. Buford May
Discover Sociology
Investiture of Dr. Ruby Mendenhall
Nehal Elmeligy accepting her award at ASAGraduate student, Nehal Elmeligy, received an Honorable Mention from the Sociology of Sexualities section for the Distinguished Article Award for her article, "Airing Egypt's Dirty Laundry: BuSSy's Storytelling as Feminist Social Change" published in Gender & Society at this years American Sociologist Association conference.
Quinesha Bentley presenting at ASAGraduate student, Quinesha Bentley, presenting at American Sociological Association 2023 conference in Philadelphia.
Spring 2023 Convocation Graduates
Publication Spotlight: 16 Grad Students present at 2023 ASA Conference
Jacob Richardson, “Silence, Shame, and Disrupting Heteronormative Ethics in Sexualities Research: Autoethnographic Reflections of a Queer Researcher” Quinesha Bentley, “No Legislation No Protection: How Volunteers Advocate Against Structural Dimensions of Gender-...
Alumni Spotlight: Recent Grad Brian O'Neill accepts a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship.
Brian O'Neill, who received his PhD is December 2022 has accepted a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington, which starts in October. Additionally, he was invited to be a visiting scholar at the École des...
More Department News
- The Sociology, Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies Convocation took place on May 13th, in the historic Virginia Theater in Champaign. Check out the video!
- Dr. Ghassan Moussawi was elected to serve as Chair-Elect of the ASA Race, Gender, and Class Section.Dr. Ghassan Moussawi was elected to serve as Chair-Elect (3-year term begins in 2023) of the American Sociological Association section Race, Gender, and Class Section. Congratulations!
- 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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Faculty Spotlight: Investiture of Dr. Ruby Mendenhall
With amazing support from family, friends and mentors, Ruby Mendenhall received a BS in Occupational Therapy, a MPP (Public Policy) and a PhD in human development and social policy. She is currently the Kathryn Lee Baynes Dallenbach Professor in Liberal Arts & Sciences and...
Student Spotlight: Jaredth Hernandez
Throughout the semester, I was a Civil Rights Intern with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). I found this opportunity through the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) which helps students of Hispanic background to succeed with career development. They partner...