Current News
Liberal Arts Junior Wins Prestigious Summer Research Fellowship from the American Bar Foundation
Posted: May 15, 2013
Ayesha Akbar, a junior majoring in government, psychology and Arabic language and culture, has received a 2013 Montgomery Summer Research Fellowship in Law and Social Science from the American Bar Foundation.
Sociology Bids Farewell to Work-Study Students Jasmine Vu and Tom Guerra
Posted: May 14, 2013
The Sociology Department bids farewell to work-study students Jasmine Vu and Tom Guerra.
Dr. Nestor Rodriguez Receives ASA Latina/o Section Distinguished Career Award
Posted: May 10, 2013
Dr. Nestor Rodriguez has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 American Sociological Association Latina/o Section Distinguished Career Award.
Graduate Student Wins Lora Romero Award
Posted: May 9, 2013
Graduate student Brandon Robinson received the 2013 Lora Romero Memorial Award for Interdisciplinary Research in Race, Ethnicity and Gender.
Graduate Student Receives Harry and Bernice Moore Fellowship
Posted: May 9, 2013
Congratulations to David Glisch-Sanchez, who was awarded the Harry E. and Bernice M. Moore Fellowship for Doctoral Research by the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.
Dr. David Kirk on Restore Runberg Project
Posted: May 2, 2013
Watch a video of Dr. David Kirk discussing his involvement in the Restore Rundberg project.
The Austin Summit on LGBT Families
Posted: Apr 24, 2013
The Austin Summit on LGBT Families takes place at The University of Texas at Austin on Friday, April 26.
Dr. Mark Warr on Discrepancy Between Decreasing Crime Rate and Public Perception
Posted: Apr 15, 2013
In an Associated Press article Dr. Mark Warr weighs in on the issue of self-defense in the ongoing gun debate.
Dr. Javier Auyero Receives Raymond Dickson Centennial Teaching Fellowship
Posted: Apr 12, 2013
Dr. Javier Auyero has been selected by the College of Liberal Arts to receive a Raymond Dickson Centennial Teaching Fellowship for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Dr. Sheldon Ekland-Olson Wins 2013 Friar Teaching Award
Posted: Apr 11, 2013
Dr. Sheldon Ekland-Olson has been selected as the winner of the 2013 Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship Award.
Graduate Student Jessica Dunning-Lozano Wins ASA MFP Pre-doctoral Fellowship
Posted: Apr 11, 2013
The American Sociological Association’s (ASA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) has recommended Jessica Dunning-Lozano for an MFP pre-doctoral fellowship for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Graduate Student Mieke Thomeer Receives 2013 Norval Glenn Prize
Posted: Apr 10, 2013
Graduate student Mieke Thomeer is the 2013 winner of the Norval Glenn Prize for her paper "Marital Processes around Depression: A Gendered Perspective."
Graduate Student Anima Adjepong Receives Three-Year Ford Foundation Fellowship
Posted: Apr 4, 2013
Graduate student Anima Adjepong has been awarded a three-year Predoctoral Fellowship sponsored by the Ford Foundation.
Graduate Student Carmen Gutierrez Awarded Three-Year NSF Fellowship
Posted: Apr 4, 2013
Graduate Student Carmen Gutierrez has won a three-year National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Sociology Graduate Students to Present at IUSSP Conference in South Korea
Posted: Apr 2, 2013
This August six Sociology graduate students will present their research in Busan, South Korea, in the 2013 International Union for the Scientific Study of Population Conference.
Graduate Student Wins Paper Competition
Posted: Apr 1, 2013
Ph.D. candidate Esther Sullivan is the 2013 winner of Law & Social Inquiry's Graduate Student Paper Competition.
APD to Implement Solutions Based on Project Rundberg in 2014
Posted: Mar 25, 2013
Austin Police Department will begin working next year with Dr. David Kirk's team to implement research-based solutions to reduce crime rate in city's Rundberg area.
Dr. Swearingen Receives Course Development Award
Posted: Mar 7, 2013
Partnering with the Center for Core Curriculum, the Office of Sustainability awarded Dr. William Scott Swearingen, lecturer in Sociology, a $6,000 Course Development Award.
Dr. Sheldon Ekland-Olson Is 2013 Outstanding Graduate Adviser
Posted: Feb 28, 2013
Dr. Sheldon Ekland-Olson received the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Adviser Award.
