Eli Wilson’s new book, Handcrafted Careers: Working the Artisan Economy of Craft Beer, was released by University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/books/handcrafted-careers/paper

Graduate student Alejandra Lemus was awarded the Roger’s Research Award for Fall 2024 from UNM Graduate Studies.

 

Reuben (Jack) Thomas' research was featured in a recent article in The Atlantic, "The Dating-App Diversity Paradox"

Eli Wilson was recently on the New Books Network discussing his new book https://newbooksnetwork.com/handcrafted-careers

Wednesday, October 2, 3-4:30 pm, Travelstead Hall, UNM. Panel Discussion: Exploring the Racial and Gender Politics of Kamala Harris’ Candidacy. Co-sponsored by our Department (along with many others). 

Friday October 4th from 8:00am to 3:00pm, SUB Ballrooms, UNM. Transforming UNM’s HSI Identity and Praxis: Beyond Hispanic-Enrolling to Hispanic-Serving Symposium.  The objective of this symposium is to share promising practices for creating a Hispanic serving culture and practice at the University of New Mexico. We will be joined by renowned scholar, Dr. Gina Ann Garcia who will be walking us through a series of activities to reflect on how we can create Hispanic-Serving culture across campus. Open to all. Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzdP6ywIc8BVAEalx-o7UgFKEKFU0UvWZq7ww8-y4F5WelLw/viewform

 

Wednesday, October 16. 12-2pm MST. ASA Rose Book Series talk by Robert Courtney Smith titled Dreams Achieved and Denied: Mexican Intergenerational Mobility. Link to register for livestream: https://albany.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EvAci_RGR5KNAxuSt8G5qA?_ics=1722277393044&irclickid=~dgkafkf7cf~01SNFHIPWMDECEHxyFMPRKArqrhigf810SPMEwnkb&_gl=1*1nptz3w*_gcl_au*MjI1OTI4ODkuMTcxNTAwMDY0Nw..*_ga*MTgyMzA3NTA5Ny4xNjQzMDU0NjM2*_ga_L8TBF28DDX*MTcyMjI3NzMxMi41LjEuMTcyMjI3NzM5NS4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.122132940.653473280.1722277314-1823075097.1643054636#/registration

Friday, October 25, 1-2 pm. Department Colloquium, Department Commons Room, Eli Wilson, Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology, University of New Mexico. Presentation: Handcrafted Careers: Examining Passion and Privilege among Craft Beer Workers.