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Nehal Elmeligy accepting her award at ASAGraduate student, Nehal Elmeligy, received an Honorable Mention from the Sociology of Sexualities section for the Distinguished Article Award for her article, "Airing Egypt's Dirty Laundry: BuSSy's Storytelling as Feminist Social Change" published in Gender & Society at this years American Sociologist Association conference.
Quinesha Bentley presenting at ASAGraduate student, Quinesha Bentley, presenting at American Sociological Association 2023 conference in Philadelphia.
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Publication Spotlight: Mahbubeh Moqadam: "Ali Shariati and Crafting a Collective Revolutionary Islamic Identity for Women: A Socio-Historical Perspective" in the Journal of Asian and African Studies.
The literature on Ali Shariati, “the ideologue’’ of ‘‘the Iranian revolution,” and his arguments about women presents varied views, including rejection, criticism, and confirmation. While this literature is instructive, it primarily interprets Shariati’s texts from today’s socio-political...
Alumni Spotlight: Recent Grad Brian O'Neill accepts a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship.
Brian O'Neill, who received his PhD is December 2022 has accepted a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington, which starts in October. Additionally, he was invited to be a visiting scholar at the École des...
More Department News
- The Sociology, Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies Convocation took place on May 13th, in the historic Virginia Theater in Champaign. Check out the video!
- Dr. Ghassan Moussawi was elected to serve as Chair-Elect of the ASA Race, Gender, and Class Section.Dr. Ghassan Moussawi was elected to serve as Chair-Elect (3-year term begins in 2023) of the American Sociological Association section Race, Gender, and Class Section. Congratulations!
- Dr. Kevin Leicht is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Dr. Kevin Leicht, Dr. Chang Xiang Zhai, and Dr. Mary Stapel received a $100,000 grant from Jump ARCHES endowment for their proposal "Developing An Easy-To-Use Application For...
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Faculty Spotlight: Jose Atiles Osoria - COVID-19, Corruption and Social Inequality in Puerto Rico - Corruption Talks! Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
In this episode we talk to Prof. José Atiles Osoria from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Prof. Atiles Osoria presents a nuanced analysis of corruption and anti-corruption policies in Puerto Rico amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. He argues that these policies, rather than mitigating...
Publication Spotlight: Mahbubeh Moqadam: "Ali Shariati and Crafting a Collective Revolutionary Islamic Identity for Women: A Socio-Historical Perspective" in the Journal of Asian and African Studies.
The literature on Ali Shariati, “the ideologue’’ of ‘‘the Iranian revolution,” and his arguments about women presents varied views, including rejection, criticism, and confirmation. While this literature is instructive, it primarily interprets Shariati’s texts from today’s socio-political...