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MSU Sociology grad student documents climate-driven livelihood vulnerability in coastal Bangladesh

March 3, 2026 - Karessa Weir

Water scarcity, health challenges and livelihood instability are already constant stressors for the coastal fishing communities in Bangladesh. Add in climate threats and many coastal households are at risk of losing their homes, incomes and even their lives. MSU Sociology first-year grad student Saadmaan Jubayer Khan has documented these threats in a co-authored paper that came out last month in International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management.

MSU Sociology Professor Steven Gold receives College of Social Science’s Lifetime Achievement Award

February 26, 2026 - Karessa Weir

For more than 30 years, Dr. Steven Gold has been teaching, researching and serving in the College of Social Science’s Department of Sociology. These three decades have earned him the highest recognition given by the College – the Lifetime Achievement Award for Teaching, Research and Service.

MSU Sociology PhD student attends Global Youth Science Summit in Singapore

February 5, 2026 - Aja Witt

MSU Sociology PhD student Autumn Bland represented MSU and the MSU Water Alliance at the 14th edition of the Global Youth Science Summit (GYSS) in Singapore, held Jan. 5–9.

Sociology student wins first place award in the Diversity Research Showcase

January 29, 2026 - Karessa Weir

MSU Sociology third-year student Alana Mapp took home the top prize in this year’s 9th Annual Diversity Research Showcase hosted by the MSU Honors College.

Sociology PhD candidate awarded Leadership Fellowship

January 28, 2026

Tiffany M. Williams, a PhD student in the Departments of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy. Is among the incoming cohort of the Leadership Fellows Program operated by the MSU Graduate School.

Dr. Angie Kennedy joins MSU Sociology

January 5, 2026

MSU Sociology welcomes Dr. Angie Kennedy as our newest tenure faculty member.