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MSU Sociology Associate Professor Sarah Prior wins MSU's 2025-2026 Donald F. Koch Award for Quality in Undergraduate Teaching.
April 9, 2026 - Karessa Weir
MSU Sociology Associate Professor Sarah Prior has been selected for the all-University Award for Undergraduate Teaching for 2025-2026.
MSU Sociology inducts new members into honor society
April 9, 2026
The latest members of Alpha Kappa Delta, the international Sociology honor society, were inducted in a ceremony lead by Undergraduate Program Director Dr. Sarah Prior Thursday night.
Sociology PhD alum Alaina Bur wins Gil-Chin Lim Award for outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Global Studies
April 8, 2026
Alaina Bur is the 2026 recipient of the Gil-Chin Lim Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Global Studies. The award recognizes one graduate student each year for their outstanding doctoral dissertation focused on global studies and completed the preceding year.
Water security, even in the Great Lakes, can be complicated
April 7, 2026 - Stephen Gasteyer
MSU Sociology Associate Professor Stephen Gasteyer wrote this article for Crain's Detroit Business outlining water security risks in Michigan and other Great Lakes states.
MSU Sociology undergraduate honored for community work
March 19, 2026 - Karessa Weir
MSU Sociology junior Roberto “Marcos” Garcia is one of only four students nationwide to earn the Student Leadership Award for his community impact.
MSU Sociology PhD student selected for fellowship addressing the impact of adversity in childhood
March 12, 2026 - Karessa Weir
MSU Sociology PhD student Stephanie Winston has been selected for the 2026 Hiram E. Fitzgerald Engaged Scholar Fellowship.
MSU Sociology faculty shares funding experience at Lansing science rally
March 11, 2026 - Karessa Weir
Dr. Stephanie Nawyn, Associate Professor of Sociology, was one of six speakers at the March 7 Stand Up for Science rally on the steps of the Michigan Capitol building.
MSU Sociology PhD student wins ESPP award for leadership, mentorship
March 5, 2026 - Karessa Weir
Tiffany Williams, a doctoral student in Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy, has been selected for the 2025-2026 ESPP Student Leadership and Mentorship Award.
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.