News from the Department of Sociology
One of our Emeritus faculty, Dr. Koo, gave a book talk about his recently published book: Privilege and Anxiety.
Dr. Steger recently hosted a lecture on globalization for the Manoa International Education Week. Check it out at: https://t.co/pN3pUtzXfx
The Department of Sociology is sponsoring the Hawai‘i Sociological Association (HSA)
43rd Annual Conference. Visit their website for more info and to register: https://t.co/PLnMenPwbq
Our undergrad and graduate students are getting involved in the Environmental Justice Club; a new RIO on campus! Please join them at their first meeting tomorrow.
Dr. Wei Zhang published a collaborative work with our alumnae Sizhe Liu & Keqing Zhang "The Association between Intergenerational Support and Self-Rated Health among Chinese Older Adults: Do Resilience and Gender Matter?" in Journal of Applied Gerontology https://t.co/5XiW3md87V
Congratulations to Dr. David Takeuchi, who is our UH Sociology alumnus, for receiving the 2022 Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contributions to Mental Health Services !!🎉
Dr. Wei Zhang recently published an article on Demographic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among U.S. adults in Vaccine https://t.co/ydfNyehAyj
Jake Atienza will be speaking at the Department of Political Science's Graduate Panel Colloquium on Friday, November 4, 2022, 2:30–4:00pm. He will share his current research along with graduate students from POLS.
Professor Sharma will be speaking at the lecture on “The Postcolonial World Order: National Sovereignty and the Co-optation of Anti-colonialism,” for the Center for Latin American Studies of Inclusive Education, Santiago, Chile, on November 7, 2022 https://t.co/qB1UKcQlcs
Dr. Le Lin's new book, The Fruits of Opportunism: Noncompliance and the Evolution of China's Supplemental Education Industry, has recently been published by the University of Chicago Press.https://t.co/ViPuW6TfVr
Professor Aya H. Kimura will be speaking at today's CJS Thursday Lecture Series : Tsukemono (Japanese Pickles) and Fermentation: Conversations on Bioeconomy and Sustainability. https://t.co/pK3892K9ie
The 2023 Hawai‘i Sociological Association 43rd Annual Conference "Breaking Borders: Interdisciplinary Dialogues" will be held February 24–25, 2023 in Honolulu. Register now: https://t.co/kidOyu7Lq5
Dr. Ellen Meiser, our alumna, was welcomed to the UH Hilo's Sociology Department this fall as Assistant Professor. She is looking forward to teaching Principles Of Sociology, Criminology, and Food & Society in Spring 23. Congratulations, Ellen!🎉🎉 @UHHilo @socbreakdown
New edited volume published by Dr. Aya H. Kimura about citizenship and the Fukushima nuclear accident.
https://t.co/C5HhBtDQuX
Take a study-break with UHM’s Sociology Department!
To RSVP: https://t.co/83lRX95wDT
Please join us for our first colloquium of the semester!
Thursday, October 20th, 2022 at 3:00pm HST with our alumnus, Dr. Yuki Asahina. Please register to attend: https://t.co/sbB5GbXFmi
Interested in majoring in Sociology? Come to our pizza event for more info! Register here: https://t.co/ATpO8RgbKs
WEDNESDAY, 9/28 12:00-1:30 pm HST
The Center for Chinese Studies, co-sponsored with
@UHM_Sociology, hosts Conversations on The Wuhan Lockdown with Guobin Yang @SociologyatPenn & Wei Zhang
Register for this webinar: https://t.co/H6gVoeoHyI
Dr. Mossakowski's research has been funded by an extramural grant ($430,386) from the National Institutes of Health via the National Institute on Aging: “Older Adult Dementia Risk and Offspring Education in the United States.” She is Co-Investigator, with PI Dr. Jenjira Yahirun.
Check out Dr. Irwin's article "Punishment and Racial Segregation of Schools: Against Racial Threat and Toward a Racial Control Perspective" https://t.co/g2oG26l8G4 #schoolsnotprisons
Dr. Ashley Rubin and Dr. David Johnson will be participating in the upcoming 8th Annual Criminal Justice Symposium hosted by and WSRSL PALS. Register: https://t.co/mwj4kLYFLI @WSRLPALS @UHMLawSchool