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Awards and Recognition

Profile of Andrew Papachristos at Robert Wood Johnson Online

May 3, 2013 A profile story of Associate Professor Andrew Papachristos, entitled, "Integrating Sociology and Public Health to Reduce Homicide and Gun Violence," appears on the RWJF website section, Health and Society Scholars Grantee Stories. Read here >>

Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award to Chris Wildeman

April 30, 2013 Professor Chris Wildeman has received this year's Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award. The award recognizes outstanding scholarly contributions to the discipline of criminology by someone who has received the Ph.D., MD, LL.D. or analogous graduate degree no more than five years beforehand. Congratulations, Chris!

Deborah Davis Awarded Lex Hixon '63 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Social Sciences

April 29, 2013 Professor Deborah Davis is this year's winner of Yale's coveted Lex Hixon '63 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Social Sciences. Congratulations, Debbie! Read more in the Yale News >>

Rene Almeling's Research Featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education

February 19, 2013 Professor Rene Almeling's research on egg and sperm donation is featured in an article published today in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Titled “The Student Body, for Sale,” the article examines how college students sell various bodily goods and services in order to pay tuition. Here's the link: (http://chronicle.com/article/The-Student-Body-for-Sale/137361/)

Christopher Wildeman's Research Featured in The New York Times

February 18, 2013 Professor Chris Wildeman's research on children of the American prison boom prompts a New York Times mention in John Tierney's “Prison and the Poverty Trap,” Read more here >> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/long-prison-terms-eyed-as-contributing-to-poverty.html?pagewanted=all.

ASA Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award Recognizes Professor Elijah Anderson

January 29, 2013 Elijah Anderson, William K. Lanman Professor of Sociology, has received the prestigious Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award from the American Sociological Association. The award recognizes work in the tradition of African-American scholars W.E.B. DuBois, Oliver Cromwell Cox, Charles S. Johnson, and E. Franklin Frazier, who put “their scholarship in service to social justice, with an eye toward advancing the status of disadvantaged populations,” notes the award committee. The award will be formally presented at the ASA's August 2013 meeting in New York City. For more news, see the Yale News >>

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