Congratulations Professor DeLuca

Stefanie DeLuca, James Coleman Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, won the Publicly Engaged Scholar Award from the ASA Community and Urban Sociology Section. This award recognizes community and urban […]


Robert Slavin (1950-2021)

Robert Slavin, global authority on education research and evidence-based school reform, dies at 70.


Melvin L. Kohn (1928-2021)

It is with great sadness that I share the news about the passing of Professor Melvin L. Kohn in his home on March 19, 2021. Mel is an Emeritus Professor […]


Joel Andreas’ book awarded the Joseph Levenson Book Prize by the Association for Asian Studies

Joel Andreas’ book, Disenfranchised: The Rise and Fall of Industrial Citizenship in China (Oxford 2019), has been awarded the Joseph Levenson Book Prize by the Association for Asian Studies. he prize is awarded each year to two books, one whose main focus is on China before 1900 and the other for works on post-1900 China.


Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy

Christy Thornton’s new book, Revolution in Development, should be of interest to scholars of development and international finance, international organizations and multilateralism, US foreign relations, and Latin American studies broadly.


Graduate Student, Alvin Camba, in Nikkei Asia

Philippines bets on online casinos, e-cockfights as Chinese Flee. Regulator opens up virtual betting, sparking concerns over money laundering.


Why Did So Many Urban Working-Class Whites Support President Trump?

Andrew Cherlin, Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Public Policy, in Contexts.


Poor Families Must Move Often, But Rarely Escape Concentrated Poverty

Stefanie DeLuca, James Coleman Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, in The Hub.


What Trump Really Means When He Tweets “LAW & ORDER!!!”

Vesla Weaver, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, in The Marshall Project


Racial Authoritarianism in U.S. Democracy

Vesla Weaver, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, in Science Magazine.