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Yale Department of Sociology News from the Department of Sociology at Yale University Sociology – the systematic study of social life and social transformation – is thriving at Yale.

In 1875, Yale professor William Graham Sumner (1840-1910) offered the first American course titled “Sociology.” Today’s department spans a wide array of areas and specialties, balanced with an emphasis on the core concepts, theory and methods of the discipline. Much is new since Sumner’s day, but the Yale department still offers an overarching vision of the field, its future, and its relationship to knowledge of our changing world.

09/03/2021

Department NewsSeptember 3, 2021Alka Menon, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was awarded the Best Publication Prize by the Body and Embodiment section of the American Sociological Association for her paper titled, “Cultural gatekeeping in cosmetic surgery: Transnational beauty ideals in multicult...

08/24/2021

Department NewsAugust 24, 2021Prof. Erikson’s book investigates how companies & politics reshaped economic thought in the 17th century to privilege national prosperity. Read more here.

08/23/2021

Department NewsAugust 23, 2021Julia Adams has been appointment the Margaret H. Marshall Professor of Sociology. The Margaret H. Marshall Professorship recognizes both her field-changing scholarship and exceptional faculty service to the university. Read more here.

08/04/2021

August 4, 2021Elijah Anderson, Yale Sterling Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, receives the 2021 Robert and Helen Lynd Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Sociological Association.

Congratulations to Anne Taylor for her publication in Cultural Sociology, "Audience Agency in Social Performance."
07/30/2021

Congratulations to Anne Taylor for her publication in Cultural Sociology, "Audience Agency in Social Performance."

Cultural pragmatics is a fruitful analytic tradition in sociology. However, theoretical use of this six-element model has largely focused on actors. Despite fus...

07/08/2021

Department NewsStudent Awards and RecognitionJuly 8, 2021Dana Hayward will join the Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning at Brown University as an Assessment Fellow. In this fellowship, Dana will contribute to assessment and evaluation practices that promote inclusive and evidence-ba...

06/30/2021

Department NewsFaculty Awards and RecognitionFaculty Awards & RecognitionJune 30, 2021Rene Almeling published an opinion piece in the Washington Post outlining the main arguments from her recent book, GUYnecology: The Missing Science of Men’s Reproductive Health (University of California Press, 20...

05/25/2021

Department NewsStudent Awards and RecognitionStudent Awards & RecognitionMay 21, 2021The Sociology Department is happy to announce that Jason Contino is the 2021 Winner of the Mildred Priest Frank Award recognizing outstanding scholarship and service among graduating senior sociology majors. Jason.....

05/25/2021

Department NewsStudent Awards and RecognitionStudent Awards & RecognitionMay 21, 2021The 2021 Marvin B. Sussman Best Dissertation Award in the Department of Sociology has been awarded to Dr. Thomas Lyttelton. The title of his dissertation is Work, Sociability, And Inequality. In a quantitative analy...

05/25/2021

Department NewsStudent Awards and RecognitionStudent Awards & RecognitionMay 21, 2021The 2021 21st Century Dissertation Prize in the Department of Sociology has been awarded to Dr. Tony Cheng. His dissertation is titled “Policing and the Illusion of Public Input.” The award is given to a sociolo...

05/23/2021

Congratulations to our PhD graduates! We are so so proud of all of you!!! You guys killed it on the job market too!
Sorry I forgot to take a screenshot of our zoom toast! We will celebrate your great achievements in person next May!!!

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