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2021 Newsletter
2021 Newsletter
In this issue
Welcome from the Chair
I am delighted to introduce our 2021 newsletter as the Chair of the Department of Sociology. After successfully guiding us through the many challenges of 2020, Ryan King has…
Sociology Advisory Board Spotlights
In 2015, the Ohio State Department of Sociology established a Sociology Advisory Board to find new ways to connect to our large, diverse alumni community and to tap their enormous talents to help…
Faculty Spotlight
Sarah Hayford, Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies Please tell us about the main research question you are trying to answer. We want to know how children…
New Faculty Profiles
The Department of Sociology added two new assistant faculty members in 2020: Dr. Anthony Johnson, and Dr. Lauren Valentino.
Graduate Student Spotlight
Our department boasts approximately 65 graduate students. In this newsletter issue we are spotlighting two Sociology Graduate Students: Melissa Alcaraz, PhD and Luther Young, PhD Candidate.
Graduate Placements
2020 PhD Graduate Placements Laura DeMarco Department of Sociology and Anthropology North Carolina State University Assistant Professor Scott Duxbury …
Undergraduate Student Spotlight
Jacob Caponi is an Ohio State undergraduate alum and current sociology graduate student at University of Michigan. Why did…
Alumni Spotlights
Alumni of the department of sociology work in a wide variety of fields, in this issue we are spotlighting two: Dr. Yue Qian and Dr. Matt Stearmer.
Sociology Award Winners
Sadé Lindsay won the Graduate Research Fellowship and Grant from the National Institute of Justice, the Benjamin Steiner Excellence in Corrections Paper Award from American…