Dr. Stephanie Nawyn, Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Gender in Global Context, has published an article in The Conversation on religion and refugee status within the context of the recent shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The following is Dr. Stephanie Nawyn's work.

Dr. Aaron M. McCright has been appointed to Chair of the Department of Sociology by College of Social Science Dean Rachel Croson, effective August 1, 2018.