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AAAS Fellows

Two Sociology faculty elected as AAAS Fellows

Ron Simons is being honored for distinguished contributions to sociology, criminology, and health, particularly for life-course explanations for racial disparities and for understanding how soci

Sarah Shannon panel presentation

CJSP Director Dr. Sarah Shannon presented today at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium's 22nd Annual Conference held at UGA

The panel was titled, "Breaking Ground: Grassroots Engagement Connecting the University and Incarcerated Communities" and featured three educational initiatives working within the UGA community and inside Georgia jails and prisons. Also on the panel were Dr.

Dr. Gonlin award

Dr. Vanessa Gonlin received the UGA NAACP 2022 Mary McLeod Bethune Educator Award

Dr.

Pablo Lapegna

Dr. Pablo Lapegna, Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, will spend the Fall semester at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University

Dr. Pablo Lapegna, Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, will spend the Fall semester at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.

Geometrical Justice

Dr. Mark Cooney recently co-authored a book with a former student

Dr. Mark Cooney recently published a book co-authored with his former student Scott Phillips:  Geometrical Justice: The Death Penalty in America by Scott Phillips and Mark Cooney. Routledge (2022).