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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: Ting-Syuan Lin, Alex Kaiser, & Quinesha Bentley
Recently published papers can be viewed on the Socius webpage.
Faculty Spotlight
Celebrating Our Excellent Teachers for Ranking in the top 30%
The following Sociology teachers were ranked in the top 30% based on the ratings from the Instructor and Course Evaluation System (ICES) maintained by Measurement and Evaluation in the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. Congratulations to our excellent teachers!
Fall 2020:
ATILES OSORIA,J 275,310,479
BIRCAN,S TA 160
CLARKE,C 196
DILL,B 510
*GILLE,Z 447
KHALIL,H TA 160
LEICHT,K 481
LIN,T TA 310
SINGH,A TA 275
TEIMOURIGERDEH,A TA 226
ZAYED,H TA 380
The asterisk* is for Outstanding rating. Special congratulations to Dr. Zsuzsa Gille...
Publication Spotlight
"Demystifying the Global 'Just Transition' - On Power Struggles and Electric Mountains" by Brian F. O'Neill
Brian F. O'Neill is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Recently, Brian F. O'Neill had a new sociology piece published titled "Demystifying the Global 'Just Transition' - On Power Struggles and Electric Mountains". Click here to read the full publication.