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AAAS Fellows

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Two Sociology faculty elected as AAAS Fellows

Ron Simons is being honored for distinguished contributions to sociology, criminology, and health, particularly for life-course explanations for racial disparities and for understanding how social an


Monday, January 9, 2023

Four doctoral students in the Department of Sociology have been selected to receive 2023-24 seed grants from RED

Four doctoral students in the Department of Sociology have been selected to receive 2023-24 seed grants from The Center for Research and Engagement in

Sarah Shannon panel presentation

Friday, September 23, 2022

CJSP Director Dr. Sarah Shannon presented today at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium's 22nd Annual Conference held at UGA

The panel was titled, "Breaking Ground: Grassroots Engagement Connecting the University and Incarcerated Communities" and featured three educational initiatives working within the UGA community and inside Georgia jails and prisons. Also on the panel were Dr.

Dr. Gonlin award

Friday, September 9, 2022

Dr. Vanessa Gonlin received the UGA NAACP 2022 Mary McLeod Bethune Educator Award

Dr.

Kylie Smith

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Kylie Smith was awarded the 2022 American Sociological Association’s Section on Social Psychology Graduate Student Investigator Award

Kylie Smith, a 4th year graduate student here at the University of Georgia, is the recipient of the 2022 American Sociological Association’s Section on Social Psychology Graduate Student Investigator Award for her project, The award com