Yossef Ben-Meir accepts faculty position

Spring 2009 PhD graduate, Yossef Ben-Meir, has accepted a faculty position at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. Yossef's dissertation is titled,"An Explanation of Participatory Development and Its Emergence in the Fields of Community and International Development."

Elena Windsong has article accepted to SSJ

Doctoral student Elena Windsong has had her article, "There's No Place Like Home: Complexities in Exploring Home and Place Attachment," accepted to the Social Science Journal.

Dr. Sharon Nepstad wins ASA book award

Sharon Nepstad's recent book, Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement (2008, Cambridge University Press), has just won the Outstanding Book Award for the American Sociological Association's section on Peace, War, and Social Conflict.

Dr. Rafael Hernanez-Arias and Chalane Lechuga elected to ASA

The American Sociological Association's Latino Section has just announced its election results. Dr. Rafael Hernandez-Arias (De Paul University), who will be a visiting scholar in our department and the RWJ Center for a year beginning in July 2009, is Chair Elect of the section. Sociology doctoral student Chalane Lechuga was elected as the student representative.

Dr. Yvonne Zylan Joins Sociology Faculty

The Department is pleased to announce that Dr. Yvonne Zylan will be joining our faculty in August 2009. Dr. Zylan received her Ph.D. from New York University in 1995 and her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law. Dr Zylan specializes in law & society, sexuality, gender, and social theory. Join us in welcoming Dr. Zylan to her new home in Albuquerque and the Department of Sociology!