UAlbany Department of Sociology

04/23/2025

Ph.D. Candidate, Yeeun Hong, and Professor Joanna Dreby collaborated on an article with a faculty member and another graduate student from the School of Social Welfare. The article is entitled, "Childhood immigration enforcement exposure and young adults' anxiety: A mixed methods study." Check it out below!

04/07/2025

The Department of Sociology here at the University at Albany, SUNY, is hiring a Full-Time Lecturer (10-months). Please click on the job posting below to see if you would be a good fit!

03/18/2025

Ph.D. Candidate, Heeyoung Lee has a new research article, "Exposure to Police Killings and Adolescents' Self-Concept: Diverging Impact for Black and White American Youth," with co-author Matt Vogel (CRJ).

Introduction Police violence has been shown to harm the health of minority communities in the United States. However, limited research has examined how police killings impact adolescent self-concept...

03/13/2025

Please check out Professor Sam Friedman's Social Sciences publication, "The Residential Segregation of the Middle Eastern and North African and South Asian Populations from the White Population in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 2012-2016."
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14/3/164
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14/3/164

We examine the residential segregation of the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) population, South and East Asian people, and Black from white people in the U.S. Using data from the 2012–2016 American Community Survey (ACS) and the 2012–2016 Integrated Public Use Microdata Sample (IPUMS) at...

03/13/2025

The following publication has several co-authors in addition to Professor Sam Friedman, including Professor Tse-Chuan Yang, and Ph.D. Candidate, Chunxu Fang. The article was published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and is entitled, "Mapping the Vulnerability of Older-Adult Neighborhoods: An Ecological Study of New York State."
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/3/332
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/3/332

We examined neighborhood-level demographic, economic, and social characteristics and food and health-services access to gauge the vulnerability of older-adult neighborhoods in New York State (NYS), which is understudied and is significant given the rapid aging of populations worldwide. We conducted....

03/13/2025

Professor Sam Friedman has a few new publications. Please take a look at the first one below, co-authored with Ph.D. Candidate, Kimberly Gan, in Race and Social Problems, "Residential Attainment in the U.S. by Race, Ethnicity, and Family Structure: Do Married Households Have Better Outcomes."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12552-025-09436-2
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12552-025-09436-2

Our study examines intra- and inter-group racial and ethnic differences in residential attainment by family structure. Though previous literature has found that significant racial and ethnic differences in residential attainment persist, little research examines those disparities by family structure...

03/10/2025

Professor Tse-Chuan Yang has a new publication out, "Social Vulnerability and Opioid Use Disorder Rate among Older Medicare Beneficiaries in US Counties: How has this Relationship Evolved Since Baby Boomers Entered Older Adulthood?" Please check it out below!
https://academic.oup.com/ppar/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ppar/prae027/8051888?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=ppar&utm_medium=email
https://academic.oup.com/ppar/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ppar/prae027/8051888?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=ppar&utm_medium=email

The prevalence of older Medicare beneficiaries (aged 65+) with opioid use disorder (OUD) has increased by almost four times between 2013 and 2018, and the

03/07/2025

Ph.D. candidate, Heeyoung Lee, along with Professor Tse-Chuan Yang, have a new article, "Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Black-White Mental Health Paradox in the US: Effect of Cumulative Neighborhood Disadvantage." Please check it out below!
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11113-024-09922-2
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11113-024-09922-2

This study examines the spatial and temporal dimensions of the racial difference in depression risk using four waves (1, 3, 4, and 5) of data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (n = 5977). While previous research has explored the Black–White mental health parado...

03/06/2025

Please check out the Department of Sociology representing at the CAS Full Faculty Meeting this past fall! All three External Funding Incentive Fellowship offers went to Sociology! Congratulations to Professors Zai Liang, Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana, and Kate Strully! Zawadi was also recognized for one of the Inaugural College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Excellence Through Diversity Awards! And Kate Averett was recognized as the recipient of the Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Excellence!

03/06/2025

Associate Professor, Joanne Kaufman, has a new publication, "The contribution of intimate partner violence to socioeconomic inequality among Black, Latina, and White women," published in Sociological Forum! Please check it out below!
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/socf.13013
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/socf.13013

Women on average make less money than men, and this is particularly acute for Black and Latina women. While there are several contributors to socioeconomic inequality, violent victimization coming at...

03/05/2025

Ph.D. Candidate, Heeyoung Lee has a new publication out, "Delinquency During Puberty as a Biosocial Behavior: Time-Varying Effects of Social Contexts on Girls' Delinquency in South Korea." Check it out below!

Using Time-Varying Effect Model (TVEM) to analyze five waves of nationally representative South Korean panel data, from Grades 8 to 12, this study investigates ...

08/01/2024

PhD alum Colleen Wynn has a new teaching resource published in Trails. Check it out below!

In this assignment, Colleen Wynn and Amanda Miller provide two approaches to an OpEd assignment in two levels of courses. Teaching students how to write OpEds is a skill which allows them to apply their sociological expertise immediately and long after they have left our classrooms. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/building-student-expertise-using-opeds

07/22/2024

Check out the new article by PhD Candidate Heeyoung Lee and colleagues in the Journal of Homosexuality!

This study examines the emergence and development of a social movement community among LGBTQ population. Drawing on the case of the LGBTQ movement in South Korea between 1993 and 2019 from a longit...

05/21/2024

Congratulations to Yi Lu for receiving a Dissertation Fellowship from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange!

Stetson University “Food Markets, Street Vending, and the Post-Pandemic Cosmopolitan Canopy in Taiwan” Grant amount : US$23,175 Grant period : 2 years

05/16/2024

Our undergraduate alum Naishaly Vélez Galán was crowned the 76th Tulip Queen May 11 at Albany's annual Tulip Festival. Naishaly is a survivor advocate in the Office of Health Promotion. Naishaly and their court will deliver educational programs for Albany's youth over the year, focusing on health and well-being through the Tulip Queen Literacy Program. Naishaly also aims to organize programs for survivors of power-based personal violence. Congratulations, Naishaly!

05/15/2024

We love graduation as much as our students. Check out behind the scenes photos of our faculty at graduation!

05/12/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Xuemei Cao, Dr. Beenna Han, Dr. Dan He, Dr. Han Liu, and Dr. Kaitlin Stephanie Meck Long who were hooded and recognized today! We’re so proud of you!

05/12/2024

Congratulations to our graduates!!!