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New Fall 2019 Faculty Publications
New Faculty Publications
Posted: Oct 22, 2019 - 08:00am
It's been an incredibly productive season for UNM sociology faculty. Below is a list of recent and forthcoming publications:
Md. Jahirul Islam, Lisa Broidy, Paul Mazerolle, Kathleen B
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Upcoming Publications from Sociology Grad Students
New Faculty Publications
Posted: Oct 22, 2019 - 08:00am
Three UNM Sociology Graduate Students have forthcoming publications:
Sofia Locklear recently co-authored an essay with Distinguished Professor Emeritus Howard Waitzkin. The
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Department Members Committed to Teaching Excellence
Departmental News
Posted: Oct 18, 2019 - 08:00am
Ryan Goodman and Eli Wilson (along with Alisa Rogers and Davyd Setter as their GAs) are among this year’s cohort of Teaching Fellows with UNM’s Center f
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New Article from Dr. Kristin Barker
New Faculty Publications
Posted: Oct 16, 2019 - 12:00am
Kristin Barker has a new forthcoming article entitled, “Lay Pharmacovigilance and the Dramatization of Risk: Fluoroquinolone Harm on YouTube." It will be published in the Journal
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Dr. Whooley's book selected as BookStory's August Book of the Month
Departmental News
Posted: Aug 21, 2019 - 12:00am
Dr. Whooley's recent book, On the Heels of Ignorance, was selected as the August Book of the Month by BookStory, an online book club from the podcast, Backstory. Read the interview that acc
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New Article from Dr. Jack Thomas
New Faculty Publications
Posted: Aug 21, 2019 - 12:00am
Dr. Jack Thomas has recently published a co-authored paper with Michael J. Rosenfeld and Sonia Hausen. The article, "Disintermediating Your Friends: How Online Dating in the United States Displaces O
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Dr. Owen Whooley is named UNM Regents' Lecturer
Award News
Posted: Aug 15, 2019 - 12:00pm
The University of New Mexico’s College of Arts and Sciences has named sociology professor, Owen Whooley, as a Regents’ Lecturer—a distinguishing title bestowed on selected tenu
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Alena Kuhlemeier, sociology PhD student, awarded NIH fellowship
Award News
Posted: Aug 14, 2019 - 10:00am
Alena Kuhlemeier, a sociology graduate student, has been awarded a prestigious 2-year graduate research fellowship from the NIH's National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities for her
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Dr. Jack Thomas has a new article published in Social Forces
New Faculty Publications
Posted: May 29, 2019 - 12:00pm
Dr. Jack Thomas has recently published a new article, entitled "Online Exogamy Reconsidered: Estimating the Internet’s Effects on Racial, Educational, Religious, Political and Age Assortat
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Professor Reuben (Jack) Thomas wins UNM Teaching Excellence Award
Award News
Posted: Apr 26, 2019 - 09:00am
Dr. Jack Thomashas received the 2018-2019 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award. The Award honors A&S faculty who have made outstanding contributions to the College's instructio
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New Book by Dr. Owen Whooley
New Faculty Publications
Posted: Apr 19, 2019 - 12:05pm
Dr. Owen Whooley's new book, On the Heels of Ignorance: Psychiatry and the Politics of Not Knowing, has recently been published by the University of Chicago Press.
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New Publications from Dr. Eli WIlson
New Faculty Publications
Posted: Apr 19, 2019 - 12:00pm
Dr. Eli Wilson has two new publications. He has an article out in Symbolic Interaction, entitled, "Tip Work: Examining the Relational Dynamics of Tipping Beyond the Service Counter”
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New Publication from Dr. Richard Wood
New Faculty Publications
Posted: Apr 18, 2019 - 12:00am
Dr. Rich Wood has a co-authored article (with Grace Yukich) that is forthcoming in Social Problems. The article is titled “Representative Group Styles: How Ally Immigrant Rights
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Dr. Nancy López is awarded the 2019 Frederick Douglas Award
Award News
Posted: Apr 12, 2019 - 12:00am
Dr. Nancy López won the 2019 Frederick Douglass Award. Education Champion, New Mexico Black History Organizing Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. Read more about the a
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Dr. Elizabeth Korver-Glenn awarded the 2019 Robert K. Merton Visiting Research Fellowship
Award News
Posted: Apr 12, 2019 - 12:00am
Dr. Elizabeth Korver-Glenn was awarded the 2019 Robert K. Merton Visiting Research Fellowship from the Institute for Analytical Sociology (Norrköping, Sweden). The fellowship will support b
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Professor Elizabeth Korver-Glenn receives a grant from the Swedish Research Council
Award News
Posted: Apr 12, 2019 - 12:00am
Dr. Elizabeth Korver-Glenn received a grant from the Swedish Research Council (2019-2021), SEK 2,740,428 (~$300,000), for a project entitled, "The Role of the Built Environment in Immi
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Professor Nancy López wins the 2019 Distinguished Feminist Research Lecture Award
Award News
Posted: Apr 11, 2019 - 12:00pm
Professor Nancy López won the 2019 Distinguished Feminist Research Lecture Award from the UNM Feminist Research Institute.
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Dr. Howard Waitzkin received a 2019 Fulbright Senior Fellowship
Award News
Posted: Apr 05, 2019 - 12:00am
Howard Waitzkin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, received a Fulbright Senior Fellowship for 2019 for work in Korea, mainly teaching at Seoul National University School of Public Health.
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New Article by Dr. Reuben (Jack) Tomas
New Faculty Publications
Posted: Feb 21, 2019 - 12:00pm
An article by Dr. Thomas, entitled, "Sources of Friendship and Structurally-Induced Homophily Across the Life Course" has been published in Sociological Perspectives. Read it here.
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UNM's Department of Sociology is Hiring!
Departmental News
Posted: Aug 10, 2018 - 09:30am
Apply to join our department!
The Department of Sociology at the University of New Mexico invites applications for the newly established Maxine Baca Zinn Endowed Professorship to begin in August 2019
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New Publication from Elizabeth Korver-Glenn
New Faculty Publications
Posted: Jul 09, 2018 - 11:30am
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn's article, “Compounding Inequalities: How Racial Stereotypes and Discrimination Accumulate Across the Stages of Housing Exchange,” was accepted for publication in&#
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Nancy López is awarded the William Foote Whyte Award
Award News
Posted: Jul 08, 2018 - 12:00pm
Congratulations to Nancy López, who won the William Foote Whyte Award from ASA’s section on Sociological Practice and Public Sociology. Nancy was also elected as the new Secreta
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New Publication from Brian Soller
New Faculty Publications
Posted: Jul 08, 2018 - 12:00pm
An article by Brian Soller, “Sharing’s More Fun for Everyone? Gender Attitudes, Sexual Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Frequency” (co-authored with Daniel Carlson, University of Utah
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New co-authored publication from Kimberly Huyser
New Faculty Publications
Posted: Jul 07, 2018 - 12:00pm
An article by Kimberly Huyser, Ronald J. Angel, Janette Beals, James H. Cox, Robert A. Hummer, Spero M. Manson, and the AI-SUPERPFP Team. “Reservation Lands as a Protective Social Fac
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