Congratulations to Ashley Harrell for winning the department's Student Publication Award, for her sole-authored paper: “Do Religious Cognitions Promote Prosociality?,” published in Rationality & Society.
Ashley was also selected as one of this year’s Distinguished Graduate Scholars, a...
Congratulations to Colby who has received a tenure-track offer from Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. Bridgewater is the largest university in the state system outside UMass and is centrally located between Boston, Providence and Cape Cod. Go Colby!
Congratulations to Alison McLetchie who has accepted a tenure-track position at Claflin University. Claflin is a highly ranked liberal arts university and HBCU in nearby Orangeburg SC.
Professor Brent Simpson has received the highest research honor the University of South Carolina bestows, the USC Educational Foundation Research Award for 2013. The award is given for innovative research or creative achievement and represents a lifetime research contribution at the University....
A University of South Carolina scholar has been elected to the prestigious Sociological Research Association (SRA). Barry Markovsky, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, joins a select group of sociologists worldwide to be honored by his peers through election to the SRA, an honor...
The Sociology Department has some new faces this year.
Douglas Anderton, from the University of Massachusetts, joined us this past January as Distinguished Professor and Chair of Sociology.
David Melamed, from the University of Arizona joined us as Assistant Professor this...
Department of Sociology Professor Patrick Nolan decided to test the notion that public fascination with celebrities has grown during the 20th century while interest in achievers or producers such as scientists, inventors or industrialists and religious figures had waned. Check out what people...
Lala Steelman and her co-authors of the book, Counted Out (Russell Sage 2010), received the William J. Goode award of the ASA, the Distinguished Book Award of the Midwest Sociological Society, and the Distinguished Book Award of the North Central Sociological Society.
Shane Thye received the Outstanding Recent Contribution to the Literature Award, Sociology of Emotions Section of the American Sociological Association, for Social Structure and Emotion (edited by Jody Clay-Warner and Dawn Robinson); the 2010 Coleman Award for Best Book, Rationality and Society...
USC Sociology's graduate training in Social Psychology was once again ranked #4 among America's top elite programs in U.S. News & World Report's latest edition of America's Best Graduate Schools.
Graduate student Michelle Deming won the Social Science Award from the Women's Health Research Forum, USC School of Medicine, 2011, for her submission: Deming ME, Covan EK, Swan SC and Billings DL., "Exploring Rape Myths, Gendered Norms, Group Processing and the Social Context of Rape among College...
Graduate student Ashley Harrell won the best student paper award from the Rationality & Society section of the American Sociological Association for her sole-authored paper: “Do Religious Cognitions Promote Prosociality?”, 2010.
Graduate student Alison McLetchie won the Priestley Social Justice...
The 2013 Bruce Mayhew Lecture entitled 'Understanding the Autism Epidemic' will be delivered by Dr. Peter Bearman. Dr. Bearman is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theories and Empirics (INCITE), the Cole Professor of Social Science, and Co-Director of the Health &...
