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...

Jose Atiles Osoria was named Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors (LEAP) Scholars The LEAP award is presented to early-career faculty to recognize their scholarly productivity and contributions to the educational mission of their departments and the College of LAS. These scholars hold the title for two years and receive discretionary research funding each year.

Congratulation to Jose Atiles, Sociology Assistant Professor, for being selected for the February 2023 Latina/o/x Criminology Scholar Spotlight. The Latina/o/x Criminology is part of the American Society of Criminology.

Congratulations to our faculty and graduate students ranked as excellent by their students for the Fall 2022 semester! Asena Karipek - SOC100 Justin Holmes - SOC100 Mahbubeh Moqadam - SOC100 Seray Bircan Afsin - SOC100 Mona Khneisser - SOC160 Brian Dill - SOC161 *Reba Daniels - SOC199 Carileigh Jones - SOC225 Reuben May - SOC225 Isak Ladegaard - SOC275 *Zsuzsa Gille - SOC447 Asef...

Jose Atiles is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Dr. Atiles was selected for the February 2023 Latina/o/x Criminology Scholar Spotlight, which is part of the American Society of Criminology. Dr. Atiles' signature contribution was his article titled "Emergency Powers, Anti-corruption, and Policy Failures During...

Ghassan Moussawi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Dr. Moussawi was named an awardee of the LAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. To see the full announcement and each awardee, click here...

Ghassan Moussawi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Moussawi has recently become an associate editor for Gender and Society. Congratulations Professor Moussawi! 

Jose Atiles is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Atiles recently joined the editorial board of The Sociological Review, to view this announcement, click here. Congratulations...

Dr. Kevin Leicht is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Leicht's book Middle Class Meltdown is in its third edition and is out now, click here for more information.  Professor Leicht also published a paper titled "Inequality and the Status Window: Inequality, Conflict, and the...