Vesla Weaver & David Knight published in the Annual Review of Criminology (2025), “Black Political Mobilization and the US Carceral State: How Tracing Community Struggles for Safety Changes the Policing […]
Most & Least Diverse States in America
Professor Michael Bader featured in WalletHub’s recent article about Most & Least Diverse States in America.
Sociologist publishes The Paradox of Islamic Finance: How Shariah Scholars Reconcile Religion and Capitalism
In his latest book, director of the Program in Islamic Studies and assistant professor Ryan Calder examines the Islamic finance boom, arguing that shariah scholars—experts in Islamic law who certify financial […]
What happens when a so-called climate solution risks your community’s safety?
Associate Professor Michael Levien quoted in Vox.
ASA Distinguished Teaching Award
Professor Beverly Silver won the Distinguished Teaching Award from the ASA Political Economy of the World-System Section at this year’s ASA, in recognition of her outstanding graduate advising and her […]
Costly climate ‘solutions’ look like more pollution in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Associate Professor Michael Levien quoted in The Guardian.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
As part of a strategic investment for a transformative expansion of the faculty of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University is […]
Assistant Professor of Sociology: Race & Ethnicity
As part of a strategic investment for a transformative expansion of the faculty of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University is […]
Professor Beverly Silver Receives AI-Informed Discovery and Inquiry Seed Grant
Inaugural Recipients of the AI-Informed Discovery and Inquiry Seed Grants announced. AI Tools for the Study of World-Historical Patterns of Social ProtestPrincipal Investigator: Beverly Silver, Professor in the Department of […]
AAS 2024 Book Award Winners Announced
Ho-fung Hung, Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy, received the Joseph Levenson Prize (China, post-1900) for his book City on the Edge: Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule (Cambridge […]