Sociology News and Events
April
5
April 05, 2019
Dr. Laura Backstrom published her first book entitled Weighty Problems: Embodied Inequality at a Children’s Weight Loss Camp (Rutgers University Press, 2019).
March
14
March 14, 2019
Two FAU sociology faculty present their papers at the Eastern Sociological Society Conference in Boston.
March
1
March 01, 2019
The Sociology Department will award a $300 prize to the student who produces the best sociology paper during academic year Fall 2018-Spring 2019. A $100 award will go to the first runner-up.
February
20
February 20, 2019
“‘A Give Grief Kind of Guy’: Help-Seeking, Status, and the Experience of Helpers at a University IT Help Desk” by Dr. Lotus Seeley was published in Symbolic Interaction in February 2019.
February
15
February 15, 2019
Dr. Philip Lewin published “‘Coal is not just a Job; It’s a Way of Life’: The Cultural Politics of Coal Production in Central Appalachia” in the February 2019 issue of Social Problems.