Greetings from Bloomington!
For those of you who plan to attend the upcoming meetings of the American Sociological Association in Los Angeles, save Saturday August 6 6:30-8:30 for our Department Alumni gathering. More information will be forthcoming when we secure a venue – preferably outdoors!
Alumni Rashawn Ray (M.A. '05, Ph.D. '10) and Alyasah Sewell (M.A. '08, Ph.D. '13) recently spoke at the university's Public Sociology Forum, which offers an inclusive environment in which group members discuss ideas about best practices, challenges, and rewards of making sociology more immediately relevant, applicable, and visible to non-sociological audiences.
Natasha Quadlin, Assistant Professor of Sociology at UCLA and a 2017 IU Sociology Ph.D. alumnus, and Brian Powell saw the release of their book in January, 2022. Who Should Pay? Higher Education, Responsibility, and The Public explores Americans' changing opinions on how higher education should be funded and why.
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Department of Sociology
Chair: Patricia McManus
Editorial Assistant: Virginia Faith Thomas
College of Arts and Sciences
Executive Dean: Rick Van Kooten
Executive Director of Advancement: Travis Paulin
Director of Alumni Relations: Vanessa Cloe
Director of Advancement Communications: Raymond Fleischmann
Associate Director of Advancement Communications: Sarah Johnson LaBarbera
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