The GC Immigration Working Group is a graduate student-run group where we exchange, discuss, and collaborate on ideas and research related to immigration. Please come and join us! Light refreshments will be served. Isabel Gil Everaert (CUNY Sociology): Central American Migration in Mexico Karen Okigbo (CUNY Sociology) Adam Brooks (Columbia Social Work): Refugees and mental... Read more »
Title: Decolonizing Classical Theory: A 'Contrapuntal' Reading of Auguste Comte Speaker: Zine Magubane, Boston College Description: At first glance, the writings of Auguste Comte (the 'father' of positivism) would seem to offer very little of value for postcolonial sociology. Indeed, in the standard ways that Comte appears in disciplinary histories, this would appear at first... Read more »
"Class Identities and Attitudes Towards Immigration and Race among Working-Class Whites" Speaker: Monica McDermott Associate Professor of Sociology, T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, and Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation
Student paper discussion: Anna (dissertation work) Reading: Small, Mario. 2019. "The Role of Space in the Formation of Social Ties." Annual Review of Sociology. Vol. 45:111-132. Contact: gcurbanstudiesworkshop@gmail.com
The Sociology PhD Program at the Graduate Center, CUNY is hosting an open house informational event for prospective students. Come and meet the Graduate Center sociology faculty and students! We look forward to meeting and chatting with you! Don't forget to bring questions!! Click to RSVP
This workshop of faculty and graduate students meets about once a month to discuss a wide range of issues related to the study of criminology, law, deviance and policy. We read one or two papers per month in these areas, sometimes from students and sometimes from faculty, and we also usually host one guest speaker... Read more »
Please join us for our Professional Preparation Sociology Series (PPSS) on “Tips on Writing and Obtaining Fellowships for Sociology Graduate Students” in the sociology lounge. Speakers: Rachel Sponzo, Associate Director of Fellowships at the Graduate Center Philip Kasinitz, Presidential Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY (Former Executive Officer) Edwin Grimsley, Sociology PhD Student... Read more »
The GC Immigration Working Group is a graduate student-run group where we exchange, discuss, and collaborate on ideas and research related to immigration. Please come and join us! Light refreshments will be served. Sejung Sage Yim(CUNY Sociology): Transnationalism and Diaspora Engagement Policies Siqi Tu (CUNY Sociology) Nga Than (CUNY Sociology): Attitudes toward Refugees: A Qualitative... Read more »
Title: When Does Neighborhood Poverty Matter? Using Large-Scale Data to Understand Heterogeneity Speaker: Mario Small, Harvard University Description: Research across the social sciences has demonstrated repeatedly that neighborhoods matter. At this juncture, the question is how---a question that requires examining where, when, for whom, and under what conditions neighborhoods matter. I show that these questions... Read more »
This workshop of faculty and graduate students meets about once a month to discuss a wide range of issues related to the study of criminology, law, deviance and policy. We read one or two papers per month in these areas, sometimes from students and sometimes from faculty, and we also usually host one guest speaker... Read more »
