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Access to housing is recognised as one of the fundamental human rights by the United Nations international bodies and national legislation in Europe. However, there is consistent evidence of discrimination against ethnic minorities in the housing market. No such study has been carried out in Ireland...
The Department of Sociology congratulates Sociology major Andreina Ruiz for being accepted into the UH Mellon Research Scholars Program.
https://www.uh.edu/honors/undergraduate-research/our-programs/mellon-scholars/2021_2022_scholar_profiles.php
Mellon Scholar Profiles
Listen for Dr. Nelson's thoughts on the sharp rise in violent crime in Houston in 2020 on Houston Public Media feature interview that aired during The Texas Standard program on March 17.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2021/03/16/393606/houston-leaders-grapple-with-continued-rise-in-violent-crime/
Murder and other violent crime went up significantly last year. Now Houston-area leaders are looking for answers as to why.
Gender & Society book review describes Under the Knife by UH Profs. Kwan and Graves as offering an "excellent" discussion of cosmetic surgery and boundary work. Furthermore, “…this book is a good addition to the literature on the topic, and is well written, easily followed, and a good example of research on these types of topics.”
Prof. Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill joins the incoming cohort of the Health Equity Scholar program, supported by the Scholars Strategy Network and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
https://www.uh.edu/class/sociology/faculty/zelma-oyarvide-tuthill/
Bio Page for Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill
The Sociology Department Congratulates Nicole Hart for being a 2020 Mellon Scholar!
https://www.uh.edu/honors/undergraduate-research/our-programs/mellon-scholars/2020_2021_scholar_profiles.php
Mellon Scholar Profiles
Congratulations to Dr. Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill on receiving funding from The Joseph Sidney Werlin Sociology Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural Understanding for her interdisciplinary Black. Migration. Houston collaborative project that highlights the experiences of Black migrants
https://blackmigrationhouston.squarespace.com/team
Our TEAM Black. Migration. Houston. is a working group, a community, a collaborative project. It is made possible through the work of a coalition of scholars and community leaders including Rachel Afi Quinn, Soledad Álvarez Velasco, Lea Hellmueller, Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill, Gabriela Baeza Ventura, ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/obituaries/leo-a-goodman-dead-coronavirus.html
He developed tools for researchers to analyze categorical data, revolutionizing the study of poverty, income inequality and social mobility. He died of Covid-19.
Just a reminder that our graduate school information session is tomorrow at 1pm. We'll answer all of your questions about graduate school. RSVP for the Zoom link to join!
https://forms.gle/AgNK3iCw8krpXCUFA
Graduate webinar presented by the Sociology Students Association Please fill out this form so we can get a better understanding of what the students at the University of Houston would like to know about graduate school! Date: February 10th, Wednesday at 1 pm (cst) * Must provide an answer We look fo...
Thinking about graduate school? The Sociology Students Association, in conjunction with the Department of Sociology, will host a virtual informational session on graduate school for all interested undergraduate students at the University of Houston. The session will include a faculty panel who will describe graduate school, the application process, and will answer any questions that you have about our graduate program, as well as the graduate school experience more broadly. The event will be held on Wednesday, February 10th at 1pm via Zoom. Please RSVP using the below link, and a Zoom link will be sent to you before the event.
https://forms.gle/AgNK3iCw8krpXCUFA
An amazing sociologist poet....What will you do with your degree?
https://www.vox.com/culture/22240863/amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration-hill-we-climb-us-youth-poet-laureate?fbclid=IwAR2eMLWgpRe3SMfMX6EEAhPMiXKMieJcstBHN1p3Um3OQqSNpwb8Ol_QHCA
The 22-year-old, who was the US’s first youth poet laureate, wrote "The Hill We Climb" the night of the Capitol riot.
Sociology in Action (SIA) Lecture Series will be hosting a talk by Dr. Rashawn Ray on Tuesday, February 16, 3-4pm (CST). Registration required at http://I Houston.imodules.com/sociology021621 . Funding provided by the Department of Sociology and the UH Center for Public History Lecture Series.
Earn an M.A. in Sociology and prepare yourself for success in an information-oriented and global society!
Now accepting applications for the Fall 2021 semester.
All majors welcome. No GRE required. Financial assistance available. Deadline to apply is May 1st.
Prof. Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill 's collaborative project launches website. Black Migration Houston Project (BMP-HOU) is an ongoing collaborative project that promotes research, writing and teaching tools that center the concerns of LGBTQ+ Black Migrants.
https://www.teachingblmphouston.net/
A resource page for and about Black LGBTQIA+ migrants.
UH Sociology identified by Washington Monthly as place that offers black students opportunities that lead to higher paying jobs!
https://universitybusiness.com/report-these-colleges-do-best-in-popular-black-majors/
Washington Monthly's study highlights colleges and universities that provide students with opportunities that lead to well-paying jobs.
Prof. Savage and his colleagues explore how identities and networks combine to affect the likelihood of people using punishments to get what they want.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0049089X20300879
In this study, we examine the effects of the structure of a network, the dominance identity of the actors, and the actors' ability to reward or punish…
DEADLINE EXTENDED to DEC 1 for domestic applicants interested in applying to the UH Soc MA program.
Department of Sociology at the University of Houston invites you to apply to our graduate MA program. Deadline for Spring 2021 is Dec 1 and deadline for Fall 2021 is May 1. For more info see flyer or contact Prof. Anderson at [email protected] or Prof. Grigorian at [email protected] ... great program, great students and great faculty!!!
Dr. Anderson's new paper explores how residential segregation affects children's health care use.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cico.12475
Research has demonstrated health care consequences of racial/ethnic residential segregation. Here, I test one possible mechanism—the distribution of community health care organizations and service pr...
Congratulations to Dr. Savage on receiving a UH Grant to Enhance Research on Racism
https://uh.edu/research/funding-opportunities/internal-awards/grants-to-enhance-research-on-racism/fy-2020-recipients/
FY20 Recipients PI Name PI College Kate Anderson College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Jason Casellas College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Jose G De Los Reyes Heredia College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Willa H Friedman College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Lorra L Garey C...
Congratulations to Dr. Anderson on receiving a UH Grant to Enhance Research on Racism
https://uh.edu/research/funding-opportunities/internal-awards/grants-to-enhance-research-on-racism/fy-2020-recipients/
FY20 Recipients PI Name PI College Kate Anderson College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Jason Casellas College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Jose G De Los Reyes Heredia College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Willa H Friedman College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Lorra L Garey C...
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Quiroz on receiving a SSRC grant to study Covid-19 effects on Latinos
https://covid19research.ssrc.org/grantee/resilient-latinos-educational-pathways-and-careers-in-the-age-of-covid-19/
Consistent with other crises, the Covid-19 pandemic portends substantial challenges to Latino college students, many of whom are first-generation college attendees and members of lower-income families. Significant increases in the percentage of Latino students enrolled in institutions of higher educ...
Department of Sociology at the University of Houston invites you to apply to our graduate MA program. Deadline for Spring 2021 is Nov 1 and deadline for Fall 2021 is May 1. For more info see flyer or contact Prof. Anderson at [email protected] or Prof. Grigorian at [email protected] ... great program, great students and great faculty!!!
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Welcome back to classes for our Sociology undergraduate and graduate students! We hope that this will be a time of engaging learning, regardless of the course format, and that you will have a safe and rewarding semester. For the latest news on the Department and our programs, please check out our website.
** We welcome Dr. Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill as a new Assistant Professor, specializing in gender, sexuality, and health.
** We also are launching our two new undergraduate concentration options in health and medicine and workplace diversity. Plan your courses now if you wish to add a concentration to your degree!
** We are proud that our UH Undergraduate Sociology was recognized as 18th in the nation in earning potential for sociology graduates!
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UH Sociology degree ranked in the top 25 nationally for earning potential. Check out the lastest in the CLASS newsletter, page 21.
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Fact-checking a claim about immigrants and California’s 'extra' House seats
Department Chair and Professor of Sociology Amanda Baumle recently shared her insights with PolitiFact in the article "Fact-checking a claim about immigrants and California’s 'extra' House seats." Dr. Baumle, a demography expert, says the claim of six appears to be based on apportionment analyses based on only U.S. citizens being counted, and not lawful permanent residents or other non-citizens with legal status. Immigrants without legal status, she estimates, account for three California seats..
Read entire article here: https://bit.ly/2F5SvWJ
Stephen Klineberg, our sociology colleague at Rice University, on the occasion of the release of his new book about Houston, "The Prophetic City". https://www.facebook.com/instituteforurbanresearch/?__tn__=HHH-R
We're highlighting innovation happening in cities nationwide.
American Sociological Association condemns systemic racism.
https://www.asanet.org/news-events/asa-news/asa-condemns-systemic-racism-criminal-justice-system
Congratulations to our 2020 Sociology graduates!
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An interdisciplinary (sociology, anthropology and epidemiology) approach to understanding social distancing - community dynamics, networks of people and the spread of disease. https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/04/13/just-one-friend-covid-19/?fbclid=IwAR1goUhtJsfBMFcXmRta_iP11qIIxycFssgbuGMf8pLOR4yBkTu-wbS8oW0
After weeks of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, people of all ages may be asking: What could be the harm of visiting just one friend?
Watch UH Sociology MA alumni Carlton Ahrens and Ford Gunter’s “Art Car: The Movie,” a feature-length documentary to air this weekend on Houston’s public access channel, HTV, http://www.houstontx.gov/htv/
Saturday & Sunday at 4.30p
Comcast (Ch. 16)
Phonoscope (Ch. 73 & 99)
Suddenlink (Ch. 14)
AT&T U-verse (Ch. 99)
https://youtu.be/gSJgZbYbxEE
Follow Rebecca Bass and her high school class as they prepare to enter the 2010 Houston Art Car Parade- the largest of it's kind, attracting more than 300,00...
If you want to stop just asking questions and start solving them, we invite you to join our team as a graduate student. Solving problems is what we do. Using innovative research methods, our sociologists offer new solutions to age-old and ongoing social issues. Fall 2020 application deadline is May 1. Contact Dr. Scott Savage or Dr. Stella Grigorian for info.
Note from the Sociology MA Graduate Program: Hope Everyone is staying safe and healthy. Be aware that the graduate application deadline is May 1 for domestic students. Also, note that Drs. Grigorian and Savage are ready, willing and available to answer any questions that you may have. They are just an email away!
First release from the new UH Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality, focusing on Houston-area inequalities on a variety of key issues of interest to sociologists:
Women 50% More Likely to Live in Poverty than Men, More Likely to Be Raising the Next Generation Alone
Thank you to Dr. Michael Gibson-Light for his illuminating talk on prison labor at Tuesday's Sociology in Action Lecture. Missed the talk in person? You can watch it at the following link:
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