Month: April 2020

Richard Alba Elected to National Academy of Sciences in Recognition of Work on Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration

Distinguished Professor Richard Alba (Credit: Princeton University Press)

 

Distinguished Professor Richard Alba (Sociology) was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors in academia, in recognition of his vast body of work on race, ethnicity, immigration, and the sweeping demographic changes in the United States.

“I cannot imagine anything more gratifying than to be recognized in this way for the research that one has devoted a lifetime to,” Alba said.

Alba is part of the Center for Urban Research at The Graduate Center, and previously served as its acting director. He has served as president of the Eastern Sociological Society and as vice president of the American Sociological Association.

A prolific scholar and author, Alba has also written articles for the general public. In his 2015 op-ed for The New York Times, “The Myth of a White Minority,” he emphasized the need “to measure and redress inequalities.” He is frequently cited in the press as an expert on demographic categories, such as those used by the Census Bureau.

His forthcoming book, The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream, explores why the number of young Americans with ethno-racially mixed backgrounds is rising and the pivotal role they will play in the country’s future.

Alba’s recent books include The Next Generation: Immigrant Youth in a Comparative Perspective (co-edited with Mary Waters) and Blurring the Color Line: The New Chance for a More Integrated America.

 

Source: Richard Alba Elected to National Academy of Sciences in Recognition of Work on Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration

Appointments, Election Results & Awards in April 2020

Robert C. Smith (Faculty)
Elected as the Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) President for 2021-2022

Anna Gjika
Has accepted a tenure track Assistant Professor position in the Sociology Department at SUNY New Paltz starting in Fall 2020.

Siqi Tu
Has accepted a postdoctoral research fellow offer for next fall at the Ethics, Law and Politics department at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethics Diversity in Göttingen, Germany.

Joseph Van Der Naald
has been invited to attend the National Science Foundation-sponsored Problem Solving Sociology Dissertation Proposal Development Workshop put on by Monica Prasad at Northwestern University in May 2020. This has subsequently been moved online.

Thomas DeGloma and Max Papadantonakis – The Thematic Lens: A Formal and Cultural Framework for Comparative Ethnographic Analysis

Thomas DeGloma and Max Papadantonakis (co-authored faculty and student) published “The Thematic Lens: A Formal and Cultural Framework for Comparative Ethnographic Analysis,” book chapter in Beyond the Case: The Logics and Practices of Comparative Ethnography, Corey M. Abramson and Neil Gong, eds. (Oxford University
Press, 2020)