PROF. BENJAMIN CO-HOSTS ‘EDUCATION UNDER FIRE’ FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION ON BU’S HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM
On Nov.15th Prof. Ruha Benjamin addressed over 450 students about BU’s history of human rights activism as part of the “Education Under Fire” film screening and panel discussion with human rights activist and actor Rainn Wilson, Amnesty International’s Northeast Regional Director, Josh Rubenstein, film director Jeff Kaufman, and adjunct professor of social work, Mojdeh Rohani. […]
PROF. RUHA BENJAMIN INVITED SPEAKER AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN AMSTERDAM
Professor Ruha Benjamin has been invited to speak at the International Conference on Contemporary Constructions of Race/Whiteness in a Comparative Perspective on Dec.19th, 2011 at the University of Amsterdam. Registration for this event is now closed.
SLATE.COM DUBS PROF. MEARS ‘NEXT TOP SOCIOLOGIST’
Responding to the release of Prof. Ashley Mears’ new book, “Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model”, Slate.com (http://www.slate.com/id/2303242/) places her work in the long line of important sociological work based on researchers “embedding” themselves in an industry. Her participant observation and interviewing in the modeling industry provides dozens of important insights.
“PRICING BEAUTY: THE MAKING OF A FASHION MODEL.” BY PROFESSOR ASHLEY MEARS
Prof. Mears’ pathbreaking study of the fashion modeling industry has just been published by University of California Press. The book builds on Mears’ ethnographic observations and interviews to examine the economics and politics, as well as the racial and gender boundaries of the glamour industry.
PETER BERGER ON THE MAKING OF A SOCIOLOGIST
BU Today’s interview with Emeritus Professor Peter Berger features highlights from his career in Sociology and forthcoming memoir Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist: How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore (Prometheus, 2011).
BU SOCIOLOGISTS WIN ASA ELECTION
Prof. Laurel Smith-Doerr has been elected as a Member-at-Large on the national council of the American Sociological Association (ASA), and Prof. Cati Connell will serve on the Sex and Gender Section’s Sally Hacker Award Committee. Already announced is Prof. Julian Go’s election to chair the Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of ASA. Congratulations to all […]
PROFESSOR JULIAN GO ELECTED TO ASA SECTION POST
Professor Go has been elected to chair the Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association for 2011-12. ASA Sections are the mechanisms through which people in Sociology’s many areas of interest can promote communication, relationships, and intellectual progress. Professor Go’s leadership in this section is a significant honor granted by his closest […]
PROFESSOR KIBRIA HEADLINES BU TODAY WITH INSIGHTFUL ARTICLE ON HER NEW BOOK
Associate Professor Nazli Kibria headlines BU Today with a story about her recently published book, “Muslims In Motion”. Her Book examines the Bangladeshi diaspora, telling the stories of challenges faced by Bangladeshis in the United States and around the world.
PROF. YEAGER INVITED TO ADDRESS NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Prof. Peter Yeager will address the Committee on Law and Justice of the NRC June 10 in Washington, D.C., on the state of research on white-collar crime. The Committee is seeking guidance with which to advise the National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice on major research issues and controversies in this […]
PROFESSOR RUHA BENJAMIN TO HOLD TALK ON ETHNORACIAL DIVERISTY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Boston University Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, will be holding a talk today, May 11th 2011 entitled, “From Lab to Village: Mapping & Marketing Ethnoracial Diversity to Personalize Public Health.” The lecture will take place at the Crosstown Center Building on the Boston University Medical Campus, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, […]