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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.

Joseph Hermanowicz

Joe Hermanowicz was recently elected to the Sociological Research Association

Joe Hermanowicz was recently elected to the Sociological Research Association. This highly selective society of sociological scholars was founded in 1936.

Dr. William Alex Pridemore

Department head, William Alex Pridemore, Ph.D., is the 2023 recipient of lifetime achievement award from ASA’s section on Crime, Law, and Deviance

Dr. Pridemore was selected to receive the 2023 Albert J Reiss Distinguished Scholar award.

Dr. Patricia Richards

Dr. Patricia Richards named co-editor of Gender & Society, the official journal of Sociologists for Women in Society

 

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