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We are excited to announce that we are hiring an ASC Alumni Associate Professor or Professor of Social Stratification. More information on the role, how to apply, and the due date below.
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We are excited to announce that we are hiring an Assistant Professor of Technology and Social Change. More information on the role, how to apply, and the due date below.
Vincent Roscigno, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor in the Department of Sociology, is a recipient of the 2026 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award from the…
June 16, 2026
Vinnie Roscigno won the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award from the American Sociological Association. This is a momentous honor, and we are so proud…
Weekly News, May 1, 2026
Congratulations to Chris Browning for being awarded the University's Distinguished Scholar Award! We got to surprise Chris with the award and a visit from…
Weekly News, April 3, 2026
Rachel Dwyer has been awarded the 2026 Harlan Hatcher Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award, which recognizes a full professor who has a truly…
Weekly News, March 6, 2026
Nima Dahir has been selected to receive the 2026 Alma H. Young Emerging Scholar Award from the Urban Affairs Association. Congratulations, Nima!
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Weekly News, February 6, 2026 Anneliese Ward will begin as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Kentucky in Fall 2026. Congratulations Anneliese…
Weekly News, May 23, 2025 We are thrilled to announce that Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira has been promoted to Full Professor. Congratulations on this momentous milestone, Hollie!
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Weekly News, March 28, 2025 Anna Church will be beginning the Frank H.T. Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Cornell Population Center at Cornell University in the Fall of 2025…
Weekly News, February 21, 2025 Eva Warren has been admitted to the Primary Care Track at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Following her spring graduation, she’ll begin…
Weekly News, February 14, 2025 Young Choi has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Congrats Young! PhD Candidate Eva Warren…
Weekly News, November 15, 2024 Anna Church's article, ""Don't Push!" Experiences of Obstetric Violence in U.S. Hospital Settings," has been published in Social Science & Medicine…
Weekly News, October 14, 2024
Associate Professor of Teaching Kim Lopez won a Champion of Hope Award for given by Lifeline of Ohio at their annual gala on Saturday, October 6…
Weekly News, September 23, 2024 Former department member Dr. Lauren Valentino and current graduate student Eva Warren had their paper entitled “Cultural Heterogeneity in Americans’…
Ohio State Sociology Hiring
Associate Professor or Professor - Demography
The Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University invites…
Ohio State Sociology Hiring
Assistant Professor - Medical Sociology
The Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University invites…
Summer News, August 9, 2024 Congratulations to Andrea Constant, who was awarded a 2024 CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Research Fellowship! Marquianna Griffin published a paper in …
Friday News, May 3, 2024 Townsand Price Spratlen was awarded the Community Engaged Scholar Award for making significant contributions to Ohio State's culture of engagement, further…
Friday News, March 8, 2024 PhD Candidate Yao Man recently accepted a tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Denison University in Granville,…
Friday News, February 23, 2024 Laura Dugan was interviewed for this story by News 5 Cleveland on what makes Ohio candidates invoke January 6th conspiracy theories. https://www…
Form Huber Colloquium Series with speaker Dr. Adia Wingfield
February 16th from 12:30pm-1:45pm in Townshend Hall Room 248…
Friday News, September 1, 2023 Yousuf Munir, a rising 3rd year sociology major and activist for climate justice, has been awarded a prestigious Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for…
Form Huber Colloquium Series “Harmonious Creativity in Country Music Songwriting” With Dr. Rachel Skaggs Friday, September 29th from 12:30pm-1:45pm in Room 248 Townshend Hall
Dr. Rachel…
Ohio State Sociology Hiring
The Department of Sociology is hiring for three faculty positions. Check out the positions and find out how to apply through the links below.
Assistant…
Friday News, July 21, 2023 Dr. Korie Little Edwards and her co-author, Michelle Oyakawa (who received her PhD in Sociology at OSU), won the 2023 Distinguished Book Award from the…
Friday News, June 20, 2023 Congrats to Ashley Wright for accepting the position as Statistician for Columbus City Schools. Nico Pinchak received the Ruth D. Peterson and Lauren J…
Friday News, April 21, 2023 Professor Korie Edwards was surprised today at a meeting in my office with a visit from Dean King, Peter Mohler (Vice President for Research) and Cynthia…
Friday News, April 14, 2023 Ohio State alum Corey Moss-Pech has accepted a tenure track position in the sociology department at Florida State University starting in January 2024.
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“Understanding Genocide”
Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira
Associate Professor of Sociology
More than 40 genocides have taken place since the Holocaust, resulting in the…
FORM HUBER Lecture with Dr. Greta Krippner
Please join us to hear from Dr. Greta Krippner from the University of Michigan on September 30th from 12:30 to 2:00pm. This event will…
THEN AND NOW: 100 Years of the Departments of Economics, Geography and Sociology
Please join the Departments of Economics, Geography and Sociology in celebrating our 100th…
Richard Hamilton, Professor Emeriti Obituary
The Mershon Center for International Security Studies mourns the passing of longstanding research associate Richard F. Hamilton (January 18, 1930-June…
Ohio State Sociology Hiring
The Department of Sociology is hiring for three faculty positions. Check out the positions and find out how to apply through the links below.
Computational…
Ohio State Sociology In the News
Associate Professor Marianna Klochko has made many media appearances discussing the war in Ukraine. Marianna’s family lives in Kharkiv, one of the…
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Dr. Chris Knoester had his research and observations on parental leave integrated into an "expert voices" tips on returning from paternity leave…
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Dr. Chris Knoester appeared on “All Sides with Ann Fisher”, Central Ohio's main public media talk show, to talk about his "Patriotism, Competition…
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Rin Reczek, Lawrence Stacey, and Chloe Dunston published an article titled "Friend, foe, or forget ‘em?: The quality of LGBTQ…
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Dr. Kammi Schmeer, Associate Professor of Sociology, has been appointed as Associate Director Of IPR. Kammi received her PhD in sociology from the…
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Dr. Lauren Valentino was awarded a seed grant from OSU’s Institute of Population Research for my project, “Measuring Cultural Logics of Racism &…
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Drs. Paul Bellair, Vinnie Roscigno, McNulty (University of Georgia), and Lei (University of…
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Some generous undergraduate research awards were recently announced that were supported by Dr. Chris Knoester's undergraduate research mentoring. Emily Nothnagle…
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Dr. Chris Knoester achieved a 2021 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Research Fellow award. He was also extensively quoted and had…
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Lecturer Terrance Hinton’s most recent article was accepted by the American Correctional Association and was published as a featured article in…
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Research on the family implications of paternity leave by former OSU grad students Dr. Richard Petts and Dr. Daniel Carlson, in collaboration with Dr.
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Professor John Casterline was quoted in a 10/25/21 Columbus Dispatch article entitled, “Ohio deaths surpass births in 2020-The reversal is a first…
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Dr. Laura Dugan, gave the keynote lecture called, “Examining Government Responses to Terrorism and their Effectiveness,” at the Many Faces of War…
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Alumni News:
Two of our PhD alumni were included in the first article in the below NY Times news email – Dr. Dan Carlson…
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Dr. Chris Knoester and PhD candidate James Tompsett paired with Education scholar Kirsten Hextrum (Oklahoma), author of the new…
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Dr. Kristi Williams and Dr. Hui Zheng are consultants for a recently funded NIA R03 proposal “Union…
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Dr. Doug Downey’s book, How Schools Really Matter, won the Pierre Bourdieu Award for the Best Book in…
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Dr. Reanne Frank’s research on the disproportionate death rates of Hispanics during COVID-19 was covered by ABC News…
The Department of Sociology hosted our yearly award ceremony on Friday, April 23rd, 2021.
Each year, a variety of awards are given to faculty, staff, and students by the department and our…
Ohio State Sociology In the News
Dr. Chris Knoester’s research on paid maternity leave was covered by OSU Research.
Dr. Steven Lopez…
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Dr. Chris Knoester and former OSU Soc grad student and now Ball State University professor Dr. Richard Petts observed…
Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences Honoring Excellence ceremony recognizes a distinguished few of our more than 210,000 living alumni. Their accomplishments are tangible evidence of the…
The College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Sociology are delighted to share the news that Dr. Kristi Williams has agreed to serve a four-year term as Chair of the…
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Undergraduate student and an advisee of Dr. Kami Schmeer and graduate student Paola Echave, Sandhya…
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Dr. Douglas Downey’s research on inequality in education was covered by OSU News. Comparing the achievement gaps of…
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Dr. Hui Zheng’s and graduate student Paola Echave’s research on life-long body mass index trajectories and…
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Dr. Charlie LoFaso, lecturer and OSU Soc PhD graduate 2020 spoke to Erin Heffernan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for an article…
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Dr. Sam Clark, has been selected as one of this year’s Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellows! Each colleague chosen as a Huber Fellow…
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Dr. Chris Knoester and Rachel Allison (Mississippi State University) published a public sociology write-up of the broader…
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Dr. Chris Knoester’s recent National Sports and Society Survey research, co-authored with Rachel Allison and published in…
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Professor Kristi Williams was quoted by MSN News in an article describing work with PhD candidate Lawrence Stacey…
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Dr. Cindy Colen recently spoke with The Chronicle to discuss her research and its implications for how higher education might…
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Dr. Sarah Hayford spoke to WVXU Cincinnati Public Radio recently to discuss how COVID-19 has influenced birthrates and…
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Professor Cindy Colen’s research on attendance at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and the lower risk of…
The Department of Sociology endorses President Johnson's statement about the importance of combating racism and injustice.
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In-person support is available for the Criminal Justice Research Center, the Institute for Population Research, the Department of International Studies, and the Department of Sociology in…
June 19, 2020
The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the deaths of too many other African…
Dear Members of the Sociology Community,
I’d like to take this opportunity to endorse and follow up on President Drake’s message that condemns the horrific killing of…
Sociology staff member Jill Morris, is the recipient of a 2020 Distinguished Staff Award. The Distinguished Staff Award is the university’s highest staff recognition. Given…
Professor Mike Vuolo received a National Science Foundation supplemental award for his grant, “Criminal Record Questions on Job Applications as a Self-Selection Mechanism for…
Professor Angela Bryant was quoted in a recent edition of OSU Outreach and Engagement, discussing the Inside Out program. Dr. Bryant has served as Ohio State's…
The Department of Sociology is one of four departments under the College of Arts and Sciences to earn a top-10 ranking in this year's Shanghai Rankings of Academic Subjects. The department is also…
Professor Hollie Nyseth Brehm was recently elected to the Advisory Board for the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), her term runs from 2019-2021.
IAGS is a global,…
In May, undergraduate double major (International Studies and Sociology) Jamie Wise traveled to Germany to attend the 2nd World Congress on Undergraduate Research. Jamie was…
Beginning autumn 2019, the Department of Sociology will offer a Bachelor of Science in sociology. We are proud to be the only program in Ohio, and one of only five Big Ten universities offering…
Assistant Professor Natasha Quadlin's work was cited in a recent New York Times article "Why Woman, but Not Men, Are Judged for a Messy House"; which discusses house work volume, gender division,…
Dr. Mike Vuolo and Graduate Student Laura Frizzell received the Donald W. Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology. The award is given…
Twenty-five years ago this month, Rwanda crumbled as violence swept across the country. Professor Hollie Nyseth Brehm and graduate student Laura Frizzell's OP-Ed…
The Office of the President announced the 150 outstanding students who will participate in a special leadership program as part of our 150th anniversary next academic year.
The department of…
Warmest congratulations to all Sociology faculty and students for a terrific PAA - especially graduate students Paola Echave, Jake Tarrence, and Jasmine…
Associate Professors David Melamed and Mike Vuolo have been named co-Editors of Sociological Methodology. SM is the only American Sociological Association journal dedicated to research methodology…
Two faculty from Sociology and IPR have received a three-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for research on demographic change in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The $1.6M grant to John…
PhD graduate and Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina, Jill Yavorsky, recently appeared on MSNBC regarding her article in the American Sociological Review. Dr. Yavorsky…
Congratulations to Holly Heffer, a senior majoring in Sociology and Psychology, for presenting work from her senior research thesis at the 2019 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum! Holly was…
Graduate student Ashley Wright received a summer fellowship from The Columbus Foundation. She will be conducting research with The Siemer Foundation, which funds education-based non-profits…
Fifteen Arts and Sciences faculty members were chosen as mentors for the University Institute for Teaching and Learning's New Faculty Program. Faculty mentors were chosen through a selective…
Congratulations to Administrative Manager Nikki Betts on her ASC Staff Excellence Award - it is truly deserved! The Arts and Sciences Staff Excellence Award provides a means of recognizing staff…
Congratulations to Professor Mike Vuolo, and PhD Candidate Eric LaPlant for their grant awards from Ohio State's Drug Enforcement and Policy Center (DEPC). The DEPC grant program focuses on…
Please join us in congratulating Professor John Casterline, Robert Lazarus Professor in Population Studies, director of the Institute for Population Research, and professor of sociology on his…
Assistant Professor Dr. Hollie Nyseth Brehm recently received the Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award at the American Society of Criminology annual conference held in Atlanta, Georgia from…
Graduate student Sadé Lindsay was named one of two recipients of the Ruth D. Peterson Fellowship for Racial and Ethnic Diversity at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting in Atlanta,…
Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Hollie Nyseth Brehm was recently featured in the Autumn 2018 edition of Ascent Magazine, a publication by Ohio State University displaying news in its College…
On October 23, 2018, Dr. Sarah Hayford was mentioned in a Phys.org article titled, "Women Most Likely to Leave Labor Force After First Child, Not Later Births," view the article here.
Kazimierz M. Slomczynski, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, has been inducted as a member of the Academia Europaea (known also as Academy of Europe, AE), an organization of eminent…
Department of Sociology Professor, Dr. Hollie Nyseth Brehm, was featured recently on The Ohio State University front page for her excellence in teaching. Professor Nyseth Brehm has worked to…
Unlike most high school students, LeRoy Ricksy Jr. (Criminology and Criminal justice, 2018) knew before he came to Ohio State that the Department of Sociology was his destination…
Paola Echave was recently awarded an Honorable Mention by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in the 2018 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship…
Sadé Lindsay was recently awarded an Honorable Mention by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in the 2018 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship…
Davon Norris was recently awarded a Honorable Mention in the highly competitive National Science…
Melissa Alcaraz was recently awarded a Honorable Mention in the highly competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF)…
In 2014, sociology alumna Shelley Zimmerman (criminology and criminal justice, 1981) made history when she was named San Diego’s first female chief of police. On March 1, 2018,…
Dr. Michelle Oyakawa a 2017 PhD alumna of the Sociology Department at The Ohio State University, and current Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Santa Barbara; will…
Two recent OSU sociology PhD alumni have articles in the most recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family, the leading journal for social science research on family.
The Criminal Justice Research Center’s Director, Dr. Dana Haynie, and co-investigator Scott Duxbury, presented as featured exhibitors for 2018 Annual Coalition for…
Recently, Hollie Nyseth Brehm, assistant professor of sociology, won the 2018 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology. The award recognizes outstanding…
On April 4, 2018, Associate Professor of Sociology Dr. Cynthia Colen was mentioned in the Washington Post in an article titled, "Three Steps Parents can Take to Address the Racism that…
At the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum on Tuesday, April 3 2018, second-year sociology student Jamie Wise received a first place award in the Behavioral and Social Sciences category for her…
Recently, Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Hollie Nyseth Brehm co-authored a study examining the social factors that influenced the Hutu population who rescued the persecuted Tutsi population…
Recently, Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Natasha Quadlin was featured in an Ohio State University Press Release about her forthcoming studyin the American Sociological Review…
Hui Zheng's work on medical expansion and population health is highlighted on the ASA homepage (http://www.asanet.org/).
On February 10 2018, Professor and Vice Chair of the Sociology Department Dr. Kristi Williams was quoted in a New York Times article titled, "For a Better Marriage, Act Like a Single Person." Read…
In Memoriam
Archibald O. Haller Jr. (1926-2018)
Archibald O. Haller Jr. (1926-2018) died on Jan. 24, 2018, at the age of 92 in Tucson, Arizona…
The following story features (in photo, left to right) Professors Sam Clark, Sarah Hayford and John Casterline, who are at the forefront of research on a broad range of population and health…
Call for Postdoc Position at The Ohio State University, Department of Sociology, Columbus, Ohio USA
Date Available: Fall 2018
Application Deadline: March 4, 2018
Cindy Colen's study on racial disparity in health outcomes for black Americans is cited in this new article from Pacific Standard.
Recently, assistant professor of sociology Dr. David Melamed was interviewed for an Ohio State News feature about his study on human cooperation. Read the OSU News story below:
Want…
On January 10, 2018, associate professor of sociology Dr. Sarah Hayford was interviewed by Reuters titled, "Mom's age at birth linked to daughter's later childlessness." Dr. Hayford studies family…
On November 27, 2017, Sociology Professor and Department Chair Claudia Buchmann was featured in an article published by The Atlantic titled, "Poor Girls Are Leaving Their Brothers Behind"…
The following excerpt is from an article outlining Ohio State Sociology Graduate Student Amelia Li's recent accomplishment at an IAPHS Conference in October.
"Five Win Poster Awards at October…
Read the following Ohio State University News Release about one of our Assistant Professors, Dr. Cynthia Colen! More money, education only makes discrimination worse for minorities …
Dr. Nyseth Brehm was featured on local NPR affiliate WOSU for her research focused on the Rwanda genocide that started in 1994. Her interview can be streamed, and the the transcript is also…
Cynthia Colen, Associate Professor of Sociology, was recently appointed as Treasurer of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science, serving from 2018-2020. Detailing Professor…
Lindsey Joyce Chamberlain has been appointed assistant dean and directir of ASC Honors, effective September 1, 2017. Chamberlain currently serves as assistant…
Claudia Buchmann, professor and chair of the Sociology Department, was elected to the Sociological Research Association (SRA), an honors society of sociology scholars…
Christopher Browning, professor of sociology, is lead author of the first study to use smartphone data to track a large, diverse sample of young people to determine where they spend their time…
On July 25, 2017, Professor Emertus Kent Schwirian was interviewed by Laura Bourchers on WBNS 10 TV about his research on vaccination resistance, "Vaccination and the Anti-vaxxers".
Dr. Nyseth Brehm has been awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation for her new study, "Reentry and Reintegration of Convicted Genocide Perpetrators." This research project…
Dr. Zheng has been awarded a two-year grant from NIH for the project, "Population Heterogeneity in the Effects of Obesity on Mortality over the Life Course." This project will study life-long…
Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Senior Research Scientist, Mershon Center for International Security Studies Craig Jenkins; along with Maciek Slomczynski, Professor Emeritus; and Irina Tomescu…
Ryan King, professor of sociology is co-author with Brian Johnson of a new study, "Facial Profiling: Race, physical appearance and punishment," published in the journal Criminology.The…
Third year criminology student LeRoy Ricksy was recently selected for the Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award for exceeding expectations in demonstrating the university's values. LeRoy has…
On Friday, April 21st, the Sociology 4000S (Social Science Business Collaborative) class continued its curriculum of learning through community service when its students volunteered a Waterman…
On Wednesday, March 29th 2017, the 22nd annual Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum was held in the RPAC. The Denman gives undergraduate students an opportunity to showcase…
The Social Science Business Collaborative Class engages student in Columbus’s local food economy, primarily through community gardens. With the support and dedication of Doug Brownfield of Lowes,…
Hollie Nyseth Brehm, assistant professor of sociology, has been selected by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) for its 2017 Emerging Scholar Prize. The prize is awarded to…
The Department of Sociology had another successful year in the…
On March 3, 2017, Kim Lopez was awarded the 2017 Provost's Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer. The Provost's Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer annually recognizes a…
On March 3, 2017, Rachel Dwyer was surprised during a Sociology Faculty meeting and awarded the 2017 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. This annual award recognizes a maximum of ten faculty…
Professor Kristi Williams has been selected as a Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellow for 2017. The fellowship explicitly recognizes excellence in scholarship. The Huber Fellow program is an honor of our…
The current alumni newsletter features the spotlight on Chris Knoester's research, teaching, and service, as part of the Sports and Society Initiative.
Hui Zheng was recently interviewed for health advices for people in their 20s in the New York Times.
Professor Korie Edwards has been elected President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
SSSR is a leading international organization that fosters interdisciplinary dialogue…
Dirlam and Zheng's study on job satisfaction and health presented at ASA has received massive media coverage. There are more than 200 stories listed on Google News alone.
Here are…
https://twitter.com/osusoc/status/767816486563958785
We are excited to cheer on The Ohio State University Department of Sociology major Mona Shaito at the Olympics! ASC Facebook
Dr. Zheng has been awarded an R03 grant from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the CDC to develop a new method to mitigate the lagged selection bias in trend studies. This award…
You can access our 2016 Newsletter on the site. Read on for information about the exciting events and news highlights within the department this year.
Dr. Melamed has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant runs from August 2016 until July 2018, and supports research on how various network structures shape prosocial…
Congratulations to Laurel Richardson for her new bestseller "Seven Minutes from Home: An American Daughter's Story" at Amazon.com in the Education Research section!
Ryan King was recently interviewed for a story on the disparage between actual crime levels and perceived concern by Time Magazine.
Research from Dr. Claudia Buchmann's 2013 book The Rise of Woman was quoted this week in the New York Times article Teaching Men to be Emotionally Honest.
Sociology alumnus André Christie-Mizell, Phd (1997) will lead undergraduate education Arts and Sciences at Vanderbilt University beginning later this year. Congratulation André!
Hollie Nyseth Brehm was quoted in the Christina Science Monitor on Thursday in Harry Bruinius's story Cruz wants to patrol Muslim neighborhoods. What happened when N.Y. tried it?
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The department is proud to congratulate Ms. Gertz on her 2nd place finish in the Edward F. Hayes' Graduate Research Forum hosted by the Council of Graduate Students. Her research focused on how…
On Monday, February 23rd Kristi Williams appeared on BYU's Matt Townsend Show discussing her research on first birth timing, marriage, and women's health: Listen to the story online
In The breastfeeding story is more complicated than you think Carolyn Y. Johnson at the The Washington Post cites recent research by Dr. Colen.
Hollie Nyseth Brehm is one of 10 recipients university wide of the Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award this year!
Priced Out: Stuyvesant Town and the Loss of Middle Class Neighborhoods, a new volume by Rachel A. Woldoff, Lisa M. Morrison and Michael R. Glass is now available from NYU Press.…
Undergraduate student Jonathan Sun is now featured on the ASC Homepage (scroll down about halfway) and there is a feature article describing what Sociology means for him and the opportunities…
Ryan King, Associate Professor of Sociology at Ohio State was recently quoted in the Columbus Dispatch. View here: Columbus Dispatch website
The department is pleased to announce that the highly regarded Journal of Marriage and Family will be coming to The Ohio State University under the editorship of Professor Kristi Williams! The…
Published in Columbus Dispatch, Kristi Williams' article on the OSU Campus Climater Survey on Sexual Assault. View here: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2015/10/11/1-sound-data…
Kammi Schmeer, Associate Professor of Sociology, was recently awarded a $659,000 K01 Career Development Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Development for her project titled
Tim Bartley, Associate Professor of Sociology, is the author of a new book, Looking Behind the Label: Global Industries and the Conscientious Consumer , co-authored with Sebastian Koos, Hiram…
Matt Moffitt received recognition for his valuable work in the Department of Sociology. Dean David Manderscheid and the Arts and Sciences Staff Advisory Council (SAC) surprised Matt yesterday with…
The Department of Sociology mourns the recent passing of our colleague, Randy Hodson, on February 26th. He will be sorely missed. We hope that Randy’s many exemplary intellectual contributions to…
Jill Yavorsky has been selected as the winner of the 2015 Graduate Student Paper Award on the Study of Gender by the Sociologists for Women in Society-South (SWS-South). Jill's paper is entitled …
Corinne Reczek, Assistant Professor of Sociology was awarded an NICHD grant to study the relationship between same-sex family structure and child health. She will use the National Health Interview…
Williams Brustein, Vice Provost, Office of Academic Affairs and Louisa Roberts, Sociology graduate student are equal authors of the forthcoming book, The Socialism of Fools? The Leftist Origins of…
The department warmly welcomes Sherry Turkle for her presentation "The Flight from Conversation", co-sponsored with the Humanities Institute in November as part of the Provost's Discovery Themes…
The Department of Sociology welcomes applications for 3 faculty positions in Data Analytics in the areas of Health, Population and Environment, and Social Networks. Applications are due by…
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2014/09/22/is-the-college-admissions-bubble-about-to-burst
Job Opening, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University
Position: Globalization and…
3 PhD students received NSF grants in support of their dissertation research. Congratulations to Lindsey Ibanez, Matt Stearmer and Jill Yavorsky for their fine work!!!
We are very pleased to…
You can view the article from the Pacific Standard here:
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/politics-and-law/demographics-genocide-participates-mass-murder-87698/
Read the full discussion at http://thesocietypages.org/roundtables/racial-wealth-gap/, Rachel Dwyer's contribution is included below:
Rachel Dwyer: The current dynamics in…
Kristi Williams is quoted in a Miami Herald Politifact review of Marco Rubio's claim about fatherhood.
Kristi Williams and Debra Umberson's letter to the editor in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/04/opinion/women-in-low-wage-jobs-black-men-and-families.html?_r=0
A new study published in American Sociological Review, David Jacobs and Lindsey Myers finds that decline in union strength plays a key role in growning income inequality. http://news.osu…
The May 22, 2014 New York Times printed an opinion piece by Professor Cynthia Colen regarding the politics of breastfeeding as a class issue. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/05/22/the…
Professor Brian Soller of the University of New Mexico and a former graduate student from Sociology at Ohio State had his research discussed in a Guardian opinion piece. http://www.theguardian.com…
A recent research report that Claudia Buchmann published with the Third Way Foundation is featured in New York Times today, 4/29/14.
A Link Between Fidgety Boys and a Sputtering Economy.
Read Consumer Affairs article in which Vinnie Roscigno and Reginald Byron's study on discrimination against pregnant employees dated 2/26/14 is quoted extensively. Article title Study: Pregnant…
Read the entire article titled Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap
A paper coauthored by Professor Cynthia Colen and David Ramey and published in Social Science and Medicine entitled, “Is Breast Truly Best? Estimating the Effects of Breastfeeding on Long-term…
We are pleased to announce that Dana Haynie has been selected as one of two Social and Behavioral Sciences Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellows for 2014. The Huber Fellow program is in honor of our Joan…
Professor Hui Zheng's research is quoted in "Why marriage won't cut your medical bills."
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-marriage-wont-cut-your-medical-bills-2014-02-13
A new article highlights the research findings from Claudia Buchmann's recent book.
Cleveland Pubic Radio Ideastream: The War on Poverty: Who's winning
Also, check out her briefing report for the Council on Contemporary Families: Promoting Marriage among Single Mothers: An…
Michael Nau, graduate student in Sociology is a recipient of the Graduate School Presidential Fellowship Award. Receiving this honor when the competition is fierce speaks highly of Michael's work…
Professors Elizabeth Cooksey, Sociologist and Randy Olsen, Economist published an Op Ed today. Please read the article "Resist attacks on behavioral and social science research funding that's…
Read Wall Street Journal 9/13/13 article at
http://online.wsj.com/itp/20130912/us and
Columbus Dispatch article at
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/09/11…
The Department of Sociology at The Ohio State University seeks to fill 3 openings starting in fall of 2014. Details and instructions for applications are available online.
The annual summer newsletter is now available for download. Read the latest news related to our alumni, faculty, staff and students as well as updated information on current activities and…
Professor Williams is in today's New York Times. Please see her op piece on "Should Women Delay Motherhood?" . Great work Kristi!
Congratulations to the undergraduate students for their great achievement of obtaining grants for research and study abroad in The Ohio State Summer School in Social Sciences in Warsaw "Central…
Article written by Stephanie Coontz in the May 25, 2013 issue of the New York Times titled When Numbers Mislead. Read entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/opinion/sunday/when-numbers…
Professor Bellair was quoted in The Columbus Dispatch May 9th issue regarding the three women who were rescued from a Cleveland house and how neighbors watch out for each other. Read the entire…
Kirsten Grind's article, Mother, Can You Spare a Room? in the Weekend Investor section of the May 4/5, 2013 Wall Street Journal discussing the rise in the number of young adults returning home to…
Justin Schupp, Sociology graduate student won one of the 10 Graduate Associate Teaching Awards for 2013. Justin will be honored at the 41st annual Graduate School Spring Awards Reception on…
Three Sociology undergraduate students, Mallorey Tidd, Gregory Lavins, and Madelaine Keim received an honorable mention at the Denman for their poster, "The Green Brewing Movement: Moral…
Lora Lassus, a first year Sociology graduate student has been awarded a three year National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Supporting her application were Professors Rachel Dwyer…
See Professor Buchmann's March 18, 2013 interview in its entirety at http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-cycle/51230216#51230216
Time quoted Zheng’s recent study published in Journal of Health and Social Behavior. Co-author of this study is Patricia Thomas, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Andrew Martin, Associate Professor of Sociology has been selected as the recipient of the 2012-13 Honors Faculty Service Award. He is being recognized for excellence in honors advising, honors…
A new study revealing that student loans provide more help to women than they do for men in encouraging graduation from college appears in the February 2013 issue of Gender & Society. Co-authors…
Now available is the new book, THE RISE OF WOMEN: The Growing Gender Gap in Education and What it Means for American Schools by Thomas A. DiPrete and Claudia Buchmann. Russell Sage Foundation at…
Ohio State University faculty have been elected to the newest class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences …