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  • ASA Sex and Sexualities journal cover; photo is of a colorful mosaic
    New co-authored article out now from Dr. Ghassan Moussawi and PhD students Jacob Richardson & Theo Greene
    A new article co-authored by Sociology faculty member Dr. Ghassan Moussawi and PhD students Jacob Richardson and Theo Greene is available online now. Congratulations to the authors!"Beyond Positionalities: Moving Toward a Queer Embodied Approach to Researching LGBTQ+ Space and Placemaking" was published online September 24, 2025 in the ASA Sex & Sexualities Journal....
  • A photo of Mahbubeh Moquadam smiling at the camera.
    Doctoral student Mahbubeh Moqadam published in Critical Sociology
    Sociology PhD student Mahbubeh Moqadam's paper "‘I’m the Common Pain; Dance with Me’: Fractality, Affect, and Embodiment in Circulation of Resistance" has been published in the journal Critical Sociology. The paper is available to read online. Congratulations, Mahbubeh!
  • A photo of Miguel A. Avalos
    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."
  • Nehal Elmeligh
    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.”   
  • Jose Atiles
    "Coloniality of Anti-Corruption: Whiteness, Disasters, and the US Anti-Corruption Policies in Puerto Rico" by Jose Atiles
    Jose Atiles is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Atiles recently had an article titled "Coloniality of Anti-Corruption: Whiteness, Disasters, and the US Anti-Corruption Policies in Puerto Rico" published in the Sociological Review Journal. To read the full article, click here. ...
  • Ghassan Moussawi
    "In Defense of Specters: Ambivalent Mourning as Queer Affect" by Ghassan Moussawi
    Ghassan Moussawi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Dr. Moussawi had an article published in the journal Feminist Formations titled "In Defense of Specters: Ambivalent Mourning as Queer Affect". To read the full article, click here. Abstract: ...
  • Kevin Leicht
    Recognizing Kevin Leicht for his Involvement in Developing an App that Alerts Health Care Pros about Misinformation on Social Media
    Dr. Kevin Leicht is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Leicht has recently been working on developing an app to alert health care professionals to misinformation on social media. To learn more about this development, click...
  • Kevin Leicht
    "The Presentation of Self in Virtual Life: Disinformation Warnings and the Spread of Misinformation Regarding COVID-19" by Kevin Leicht
    Dr. Kevin Leicht is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Leicht recently had a new paper published in The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences titled "The Presentation of Self in Virtual Life: Disinformation Warnings and the Spread of Misinformation Regarding COVID-19". To read the full paper, click...
  • Tim F. Liao
    "A Study of Cumulative COVID-19 Mortality Trends Assiociated with Ethnic-Racial Composition, Income Inequality, and Party Inclination among US Counties" by Tim F. Liao
    Dr. Tim Liao is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Liao recently had a new paper published titled "A Study of cumulative COVID-19 Mortality Trends Associated with Ethnic-Racial Composition, Income Inequality, and Party Inclination among US Counties". To read the full article, click ...
  • Tim F Liao
    "Fertility of Female Filipino and Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong" by Tim F. Liao
    Dr. Tim Liao is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Liao recently had a new paper published in International Migration Review  titled "Fertility of Female Filipino and Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong". To read the full article, click...

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