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RECENT PH.D.'S IN SOCIOLOGY

TEAM AWARD...

Professor Jualynne Dodson, Sociology faculty and Director of the African Atlantic Research Team, received a Sustained Effort Toward Excellence in Diversity award.

The team's mission is to ensure African American students, other racial ethnic students and those engaged in studies of people of African descent will have the needed specialized mentoring, advising and career information to become strong graduate students in programs that lead to achieving a doctorate.

The team, a mentoring collective and research group made up of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and community members, strives to help increase the number of American Indians, Chicanos and Latinos, African Americans and Asian Americans who have successful academic careers.

NEW SOCIOLOGY MINOR EFFECTIVE FALL 2008 - Next Fall 2008 the department will launch a new academic minor in Sociology.

The Academic Minor, which is administered by the Department of Sociology, provides a fundamental understanding of the linkages between agency and structure in society. Students obtain knowledge of the principles of sociology, sociological inquiry, diversity in society, and, the ways in which global forces are transforming modern society.

This academic minor is available as an elective to students who are enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs at Michigan State University other than the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology.

With the approval of the department and college that administer the student’s degree program, the courses that are used to satisfy the minor may also be used to satisfy the requirements for the bachelor’s degree.

News Archive

HONORS/AWARDS BANQUET...to be held on Wednesday, April 23rd, from 4-6 p.m., Lake Superior Room, Union Building. The banquet recognizes the accomplishments of fellow professors, students and staff of the Department of Sociology.

Fall Picnic 2007

SAVE THE DATES...SOC AND THE CITY, Boston, August 1-4, 2008!

The special reception, SOC and the City, was held last August in New York City during the American Sociological Assn.
annual meeting. Alumni, faculty and students came together to reconnect, share experiences, and hear about the future of the
Dept. About 50 people attended ranging from recent graduates to alumni from the late 1950s who are still active in sociology.

The Department will hold the second annual SOC and the City during the ASA annual meeting in Boston this coming August.

Events Archive

Faculty/Staff Recognized for Excellence at Sociology Honors/Awards Banquet...On April 23, 2008, the department held its annual Honors/Awards Program in the Lake Superior Room at the Union Bldg. on campus.

Drs. Maryhelen MacInnes and Alesia Montgomery were recipients of the Excellence in Teaching Award. Tammy Spangler and Sheryl Genawese were honored with Sociology Employee Excellence Awards.

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When it comes to large, federally funded research projects, how can lay organizations – with their myriad interests that may create conflict with the researchers who are directing the projects – peacefully coexist with the scientists? Because there are so many competing perspectives and stakeholders,
that often can be a tough call, said Sabrina McCormick, assistant professor of sociology, who has been studying lay participation
in a federal environmental
breast cancer research project.
McCormick and several other researchers addressed the issue at a special symposium – “A Crack in the Lab Door: The State of ‘Upstream Engagement’ in Science” – at the recent American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Boston.
“There is controversy in the scientific community over this issue,” said McCormick, who also is affiliated with MSU’s Environmental Science and Policy Program.


Sabrina McCormick

“It’s a question of whether advocates or nonexperts should have a say in forming the research agenda.”
The problem, she said, is that everybody has a stake in the work. (more...)

Mullan

As the recently named executive director of MSU’s academic site in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Brendan Mullan plans on developing strong undergraduate and graduate programs, research and outreach efforts.

Mullan, who was formally introduced at the Dec. 7 Board of Trustees meeting by John Hudzik, vice president for global engagement and strategic projects, said it is critical that MSU’s programs and presence at Dubai International Academic City reflect the university’s values of quality, inclusiveness and community involvement.

Mullan, a 17-year faculty member at MSU, is associate dean of academic and student affairs for the College of Social Science and associate professor of sociology. As executive director of MSU in Dubai, he will be responsible for all academic and research operations. (read on...)

HONORS AND AWARDS RECIPIENTS 2007: STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF

MSU'S FAMILY RESEARCH INITIATIVE TO FOCUS ON AGING...

Dr. Jan Bokemeier, Sociology Department Chair, is also the Director of MSU's Family Research Initiative (FRI), a university-wide effort, which will investigate a host of aging-related family topics such as health care, proper nutrition and family support.

Researchers from various colleges will be hired to study a fast-growing elderly population. (more...)

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