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Professor Ruby Mendenhall is one of two Illinois professors who have been named geospatial fellows for the Geospatial Software Institute (GSI) Conceptualization Project, which aims to study the spread and impact of COVID-19 and offer solutions to vulnerable populations it has affected.   To read more click...

Congratulations to Professor Ghassan Moussawi, whose article, "Queer Exceptionalism and Exclusion: Cosmopolitanism and Inequalities in 'Gay Friendly' Beirut," received an honorable mention from the American Sociological Association's Global and Transnational Section for their Best Scholarly Article award. First published in 2017, "this article examines how LGBTQ...

Professor Ghassan Moussawi spoke with Jadaliyya about his new book, "Disruptive Situations: Fractal Orientalism and Queer Strategies in Beirut" in an interview published July 9th, 2020. The interview includes Professor Moussawi's hopes for the book's readership, his intention and motivation behind writing it, and even a description of the cover image's significance....

Professor Ghassan Moussawi's blog post entitled, "Living amidst constant disruptions that keep on taking new forms," was published today on the North Philly Notes blog from Temple University Press. Professor Moussawi writes...

Congratulations to Professor Buckley on receiving grant funding for a new project entitled, "National Values and Political Reforms in Post-Maidan Ukraine (VALREF)." Professor Buckley will serve as the co-primary investigator for the study, centered at the University of Oslo in Norway. 

Professor Cynthia Buckley collaborated with Ralph Clem and Erik Herron on a recent article regarding entitled, "National Security Implications of the COVID-19 Crisis: The Urgent Need to Build State Capacity." The article was posted on The Owl in the Olive Tree, the blog of the Minerva Research Initiative, which highlights the insights of social science research funded through the...

Dr. Asef Bayat will be the keynote speaker at this year's Youth Transitions Global Interdisciplinary Policy Research Conference and Network. The conference takes place in February 2020 at The Graduate Institute of...

Professor Brian Dill teaches an introductory course on poverty in the Sociology Department and recently spoke with Craig Chamberlain, the social sciences editor at the University of Illinois News Bureau to answer the question, "What do we really know about poverty?" For the full article, go here.