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  • PhD Candidate Hany Zayed.
    "The Political Economy of Revolution: Karl Polanyi in Tahrir Square" by Hany Zayed
    PhD candidate Hany Zayed was recently published in the journal Theory, Culture, and Society. Abstract: "The causes and consequences of revolutionary change have long been the subject of scholarly debate. Through a systematic integration of political economic elements into an analysis of contemporary social...
  • Jessennya Hernandez
    "Foster Youth Perspectives: How Foster Youth Navigate and Mobilize Their Rights within the Foster Care System" by Jessennya Hernandez
    Graduate student Jessennya Hernandez was recently published in the journal Humanity & Society. Abstract: This paper explores the grounded realities of how foster youth attempt to improve their own lives by navigating the foster care system. From 2014 to 2016 in southern California, I conducted life history interviews with eight foster youth; interviewed two legal...
  • Dr. Tim F. Liao
    "Income Inequality, Social Comparison, and Happiness in the United States" by Dr. Tim F. Liao
    Dr. Tim F. Liao was recently published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (an American Sociological Association journal). Abstract: Using social comparison theory, I investigate the relation between experienced happiness and income inequality. In the analysis, I study happiness effects of the individual-level within-gender-ethnicity comparison-based Gini...
  • Asef Bayat
    Global Middle East: Into the 21st Century
    Professor Asef Bayat recently had a book published by the University of California Press. For full book details click here. Localities, countries, and regions develop through complex interactions with others. This striking volume highlights global interconnectedness seen through the prism of the Middle East, both “global...
  • Jose Atiles
    The COVID-19 Pandemic in Puerto Rico: Exceptionality, Corruption and State-Corporate Crimes
    Professor Jose Atiles' article was published in the State Crime Journal. Click here for the full text. Abstract: The COVID-19 global pandemic brings about a new episode in the multi-layered political, economic and humanitarian crisis affecting...
  • Professor Tim Liao
    Using Sequence Analysis to Quantify How Strongly Life Courses Are Linked
    Professor Tim Liao's article "Using Sequence Analysis to Quantify How Strongly Life Courses Are Linked" was published in Sociological Science January 19, 2021. To read more, click here.
  • Professor Tim Liao
    Association of Social and Economic Inequality with Coronavirus Disease 19 Incidence and Mortality Across US Counties
    Tim F. Liao, PhD and Fernando De Maio, PhD co-authored the article "Association of Social and Economic Inequality with Coronavirus Disease 19 Incidence and Mortality Across US Counties". The article was published in JAMA Network Open on January 20, 2021. To read more, click here.
  • Professor Zsuzsa Gille headshot
    Un-Framing and Re-Framing the Global: An Introduction
    Professor Zsuzsa Gille and Hilary E. Kahn, PhD co-authored the article "Un-Framing and Re-Framing the Global: An Introduction" which appears in New Global Studies Volume 14: Issue 3. To read more, click here.
  • PhD Candidate Po-Chia Tseng
    Framing the Material Global: The Grounded Politics of HIV Testing Scale-Up
    PhD Candidate, Po-Chia Zeng's article "Framing the Material Global: The Grounded Politics of HIV Testing Scale-Up" has been published in New Global Studies Volume 14: Issue 3. To read more, click here.
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    Emptiness, Vacancy, and Waste
    Professor Zsuzsa Gille's article “Emptiness, Vacancy and Waste” has been published in Cultural Anthropology. To read, click here.

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