New Faculty 2014: Meet Tony Love
The Department of Sociology is excited to welcome Assistant Professor Tony Love to its faculty!
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New Faculty 2014: Meet Mairead Moloney
The Department of Sociology is excited to welcome Assistant Professor Mairead Moloney to its faculty!
This podcast is part of a series highlighting the new faculty members who joined the College of Arts and Sciences in the fall 2014 semester.
Civic Engagement on Campus: LEXengaged with Lynn Phillips and Rosie Moosnick
In Fall of 2015, a new initiative to connect campus and community will open its doors. LEXengaged, a Living Learning Community connecting undergraduate students to the city of Lexington, will welcome its first students. Lynn Phillips and Rosie Moosnick, faculty advisors and co-directors of the program, explain LEXengaged and the inspiration behind it.
This podcast was produced by Cheyenne Hohman.
Appalachian Studies Association Honors Dwight Billings
Professor Dwight Billings received the Appalachian Studies Association's Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award.
Ana Liberato Awarded Swiss National Science Foundation Grant
Additionally, she will be a visiting fellow at the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies at the University of Neuchâtel (SFM) this summer as she works on a new book about Dominican immigrants in Switzerland.
Edward Morris' New Book Investigates Boys' Underperformance in School
One day while waiting at the dentist’s office sociology associate professor, Edward Morris, picked up a Newsweek magazine that depicted a group of elementary aged boys bleakly staring back at the camera.
Dr. Edward Morris - "Learning the Hard Way"
Recently Dr. Edward Morris was published in the online blog Gender & Society in which he discussed his latest book titled Learning the Hard Way. The book discusses the underperformance of boys in school by approaching actual students to view education from the boys' points of view.
The Evolving Definitions of Femicide: Cristina Alcalde
Earlier this year, the Catholic University of Peru selected Associate Professor Cristina Alcalde of the Department of Gender & Women's Studies to be one of six international visiting professors and scholars.
Alcalde spent her time at the university teaching a graduate seminar on femicide and violence against women.
Confucius Institute: China Short-Term Teaching Program Popular, on for Next Summer
As the conduit to UK’s China initiatives, the UK Confucius Institute works to establish college-wide and campus-wide collaborations with Chinese universities.
Succeed In Sociology
If you are taking SOC 101 this semester, you will want to participate in this discussion of how to excel in sociology by learning to see the world through a sociological lens. Like all other disciplines, sociology has a lot of specific content, but the students who do best are those who develop the ability to use sociological insights to look at the world in a different way. For that reason, courses in sociology often put considerable emphasis on the development of a "Sociological Imagination". Come meet faculty and gain insight on how to succeed in sociology courses while using them as a basis for the meaningful exploration of new ideas.
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231 Student Center