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Tami Mildner Completes DOF Financial Reporting Certification Program

Congratulations to the Department of Sociology's Academic Department Manager, Tami Mildner, on successfully completing the DOF Financial Reporting Certification Program here at Brown.

Lisa Di Carlo Selected as ELI Fellow

Congratulations to Lisa Di Carlo for being selected to be an Equitable Learning Inquiry (ELI) Fellow through the Sheridan Center for 2024-25.

Lisa Di Carlo Receives President's Award for Excellence in Faculty Governance

Congratulations to Lisa Di Carlo for being selected as one of five recipients of the President's Award for Excellence in Faculty Governance for 2023-24.

Dr. López Portillo Alcocer Successfully Defends

Congratulations to María Fernanda López Portillo Alcocer for successfully defending her dissertation entitled, “The Bureaucratic Politics of Indigeneity in Mexico.”

Dr. Natividad Successfully Defends

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

Kevin Mwenda Recognized with National Science Foundation Award

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."

Dr. Wan Successfully Defends

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

Ananda Martin-Caughey Receives Dean's Outstanding Dissertation Award from NYU

Congratulations to Ananda Martin-Caughey for receiving a 2024 Dean's Outstanding Dissertation Award from New York University for her dissertation entitled "Three Essays on Similarity and Segregation Within Occupations."

Laura López-Sanders Presenting at CSREA Book Talk

Sociology faculty member Laura López-Sanders will present at CSREA's Spring Book Talk Series on her recently published book, The Manufacturing of Job Displacement: How Racial Capitalism Drives Immigrant and Gender Inequality in the Labor Market.

Laura López-Sanders Publishes New Book

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). 

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