Sleep Study: Sociology's Mairead Eastin Moloney Interviewed for Live Science
A recent online article contemplated what life might look like if there were a cure for sleep, and the possible sociological impacts that would follow.
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Her Roots Run Deep: Shannon Bell's Book Continues to Earn Top Honors
Assistant Professor of Sociology Shannon Bell described her recent book, Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed: Appalachian Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice, as a project that gives voice to her subjects: women fighting against the environmental effects of coal mining in Appalachia.
New Faculty 2014: Meet Tony Love
The Department of Sociology is excited to welcome Assistant Professor Tony Love to its faculty!
New Faculty 2014: Meet Mairead Moloney
The Department of Sociology is excited to welcome Assistant Professor Mairead Moloney to its faculty!
This podcast is part of a series highlighting the new faculty members who joined the College of Arts and Sciences in the fall 2014 semester.
Scholars Speak on Chinese Capital in Africa, Female Heroin Dealers in Chinese Prisons
Chinese involvement in Africa and female drug dealers in Chinese prisons are the topics of this fall’s Distinguished Scholar Series, sponsored by the University of Kentucky Confucius Institute.
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Volunteering for a Better South Africa: Sara Compion
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Noticing a lack of literature on volunteerism in South Africa, Sociology graduate student Sara Compion decided to focus her studies on home.
Appalachian Studies Association Honors Dwight Billings
Professor Dwight Billings received the Appalachian Studies Association's Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award.
The Committee on Social Theory Presents: Dr. Cormac O'Grada
From the Social Theory Spring 2014 Lecture Series: Market Failures, April 4th, 2014.
Ana Liberato Awarded Swiss National Science Foundation Grant
Additionally, she will be a visiting fellow at the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies at the University of Neuchâtel (SFM) this summer as she works on a new book about Dominican immigrants in Switzerland.
Edward Morris' New Book Investigates Boys' Underperformance in School
One day while waiting at the dentist’s office sociology associate professor, Edward Morris, picked up a Newsweek magazine that depicted a group of elementary aged boys bleakly staring back at the camera.