Congratulations to Bryan Natividad for successfully defending his dissertation entitled, “Invisible or Invincible? An Empirical Analysis of University Disability Support Services & Academic Success.”

Congratulations to Kevin Mwenda, who, in collaboration with his research colleagues, has received an award from the National Science Foundation Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences program for their project entitled, "Household adaptation amongst hot spots of land degradation vulnerability and bright spots of resilience."

Congratulations to Clare Wan for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “From Streets to Screens: Unfolding Market Dynamics through a Marketplace Development in China.”

Congratulations to Laura López-Sanders for her newly published book, The Manufacturing of Job Displacement: How Racial Capitalism Drives Immigrant and Gender Inequality in the Labor Market (NYU Press, January 2024).

Congratulations to Emily Rauscher for being a recipient of a Spencer Foundation Grant (“Hidden Money: School-Supporting Non-Profit Funds and Rising Inequality”).

Rachel Wetts' article, "Money and Meaning in the Climate Change Debate" was published earlier last month (Nov. 2023) in the American Journal of Sociology. The paper investigates how the economic power of interest groups -- and the cultural appeal of their messages -- shape which voices have received media coverage in the US climate change debate.

Congratulations to Michael Kennedy for his recently published op-ed piece,"Public Sociology’s Expression: From Reagan to Trump, from the USA to Global Social Change" in The Society Pages.

Congratulations to Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve for her leadership and participation in the Mumia Abu-Jamal Conference and Research.

Congratulations to Esha Sraboni for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “A Fraught Project of “Modernity”: Sexual Violence, Law, and Gender Justice in Bangladesh.”

Congratulations to Anindita Adhikari for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “Shikayat to Jawabdehi: Redeeming Rights and Democratizing the Local State in India.”

Congratulations to Karolina Dos Santos for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “Wards of Action: Fantasy and Social Change in Newark, New Jersey.”

Congratulations to Shanelle Haile for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “Migrants in the Marketplace: Black American Diasporization and Homemaking in Ghana.”

Congratulations to Haoming Song for successfully defending his dissertation entitled, “Family Inequality: The Social Organization of Family Life among Sexual Minorities.”

Phi Beta Kappa is America's most prestigious honor society; it has been celebrating excellence in the liberal arts and sciences since 1776.

The Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens. Sandra won this award for her documentary, Four Voices, which was the Bronze Telly Winner in the Online - Series: Education & Discovery category.

Congratulations to Ieva Zumbyte for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “Adapted Delivery: How Childcare Workers and Parents Produce Care in the Neighborhoods of Chennai.”

Congratulations to Svenja Kopyciok for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “Left-Wing Islamophobia: Anti-Muslim Attitudes and Discourse Among the Political Left.”

Sandra L. Barnes' 2022 documentary, Four Voices: ArJae Marari, has been selected as a 2023 MUSE Award Silver winner in the Service & Activism and Diversity & Inclusion categories. The MUSE Creative Awards is an international competition created by the International Awards Associate (IAA) to honor, promote and encourage creativity in media design production and distribution. The documentary was filmed by Cinematicfocus Video Productions.

The National Academy of Education announced on March 10, 2023 that John B. Diamond is one of 18 exceptional education leaders and scholars who have been elected to membership in the Academy. The new members represent a wide range of expertise in education research and policy.

Congratulations to Tate Kihara for successfully defending his dissertation, “International Migration and Social Mobility Across the Pacific: A Historical Analysis of the Japanese Population in the Continental United States.”

Voices . . . being heard is as vital to life as air, water, and food. We may recognize sound, but are we really listening? Are certain voices heard and others ignored?

Congratulations to Anairis Hernández Jabalera for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “A Life-Course Approach to Gender Differences in Work Outcomes and Occupational Mobility in Mexico: The Role of Migration.”

Dr. Meredith Hastings, professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences and deputy director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, and Dr. Scott Frickel, professor of Sociology and Environment and Society, are co-teaching ENVS 1247: Clearing the Air: Environmental Studies of Pollution.

In the past, the chances of human exposure would have been minimal, but climate change is dialing up the possibility of contamination. As extreme rain storms become more common, these low-lying streets around the Woonasquatucket are more vulnerable to flooding, which could release chemicals, volatile organic compounds or heavy metals like lead or cadmium from the ground or the river bottom.

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) announced the launch of a free fare pilot program on the R-Line, RIPTA’s most frequent and highest-ridership route, connecting Providence and Pawtucket. Complementary Paratransit Service Will Also Be Fare Free

Thousands of factories once lined the waterfronts of U.S. cities, churning out textiles, chemicals and many other products. Most of the buildings are long gone, often replaced by parks or surrounded by neighborhoods, but the pollution they dumped into the water and soil can remain. In many cases, that pollution was never documented, write sociologists Thomas Marlow, James Elliott and Scott Frickel.

Congratulations to Yifan Shen for successfully defending his dissertation, “Bringing Oppenheimer Back: The Continuing Importance of Oppenheimer’s Family Sociology for Understanding the Shifting Economic Organization of American Families.”

Congratulations to Danielle Falzon for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “The Business of Adaptation: Reproducing Inequality in the Face of Climate Crisis.”

Michael D. Kennedy, professor of sociology and international and public affairs at Brown University, is an expert on East European social movements and system change. A candidate to be vice president of the American Sociological Association, Kennedy teaches a provocative sociology course, Power, Knowledge and Justice in Global Social Change.

Congratulations to Meg Collier for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “Inequality, Brokerage, and the Mobilization of Social Capital in Elementary Schools”.

Congratulations to Sam Brady for being awarded the Alden Speare, Jr. Award, which recognizes superior achievement in the Master of Arts thesis within the Department of Sociology.