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ASA

Graduate Students receive ASA Awards

Congratulations to our amazing graduate students Tenshi Kawashima, Kiley Smith, and Yue Zhang for the awards they received at ASA back in August!

Vanessa Gonlin

New publication connects personal and perceived group level discrimination to linked fate

In a new publication, Assistant Professor of Sociology Vanessa Gonlin and Camryn Cobb, a UGA grad student in Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics connect personal and perceived group level discrimination to linked fate.

First Publics creators

Drs. Sarah Shannon and Diana Graizbord create new online community

Drs. Sarah Shannon and Diana Graizbord have launched First Publics, a space intended for critical reflection as well as a useful resource for sociology instructors across higher ed institution types and teaching roles as well as contexts outside of the US.

Sarah Shannon

Researchers provide insight into Georgia’s understudied rural jails

In the past, researchers have lacked information and statistics regarding incarceration rates in rural jails. After noticing an increase in incarceration rates in these local jails, a team of UGA researchers got together to find out causes behind the arrests.  

Dawn Robinson

Dr. Dawn Robinson selected for the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sociology of Emotions Section of the American Sociological Association

The Department of Sociology is proud to announce that Dr. Dawn Robinson received the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sociology of Emotions Section of the American Sociological Association at their annual meetings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.