Joyce Kim has a new publication that is forthcoming in Social Problems and received a graduate student paper award* from ASA: Kim, Joyce J. “A Moral Dilemma of ‘Selling Out’: Race, Class, and Career Considerations Among Elite College Students.” Social… Continue Reading
Xiuqi Yang has a new publication: Yang, Xiuqi. “Early Childhood Growth Trajectories and Adolescent Cognitive Achievement: The Role of Catch-up.” in Chinese Sociological Review. (Accepted)
Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva had an internship with the USDA Economic Research Service working on AIAN tribal land data and labor force/industry opportunity and lack of opportunity extending to the AIAN living on the tribal lands.
Workshop on Migration and Child Development in China The Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania and the Center for Applied Social and Economic Research at NYU Shanghai will co-host a virtual workshop on migration and child… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Demography and Sociology doctoral student Kai Feng! His paper, “Unequal Duties and Unequal Retirement: Decomposing the Women’s Labor Force Decline in Post-Reform China,” won the 2022 ASA Section on Aging and the Life Course Graduate Student Paper Award,… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Ellen Bryer, Ph.D. Student in Sociology, who has published a paper in Sociological Forum: “My Debt? Our Debt? Ambiguity and Advantage in Family Financial Assistance for Graduate School?” Full citation: Bryer, E. (2022), My Debt? Our Debt? Ambiguity and… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Penn GSE and Penn Sociology joint student Joyce Kim! She has been designated a 2022 WISE Emerging Leader and a 2022-2024 Provost’s Graduate Academic Engagement Fellow at the Netter Center.
Congratulations to sociology doctoral student Elena van Stee! Her paper, “Parenting young adults across social class: A review and synthesis,” has been published in Sociology Compass! Full citation: van Stee, E. G. (2022). Parenting young adults across social class: A review and… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Olivia Hu and Alex Adames, who have been awarded a grant from the Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration for their project, “The Causal Effect of Educational Attainment and Prestige on Romantic and Sexual Desirability… Continue Reading