Emily Pyle and Rebecca Heslin Successfully Defend their Honors Theses
This week, anthropology and sociology majors Emily Pyle and Becca Heslin successfully defended their honors theses. Emily spent the year exploring the criminal justice response to domestic violence through a comprehensive review of the research literature and interviews with advocates, lawyers, and police officers. For her thesis, Becca examined “hyper-reality,” also through a comprehensive literature [...]
A&S Majors Win Awards
Congratulations to our majors who recently received accolades! Paul Bernon Memorial Prize in Sociology: Rebecca Heslin ’12 (anthropology and sociology), Hellertown, Pa. (EXCEL Scholar) and Juliet Lodi ’12 (government & law/anthropology & sociology), Park City, Utah Foreign Languages and Literatures Culture/Literature Studies Award: Meagan Betke ’13 (anthropology and sociology), Commack, N.Y. Minerva & Emil V. [...]
Welcome our New Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Neha Vora!
Please join us in welcoming Neha Vora, our new assistant professor of anthropology! Professor Vora received her Ph.D. in Anthropology (with Graduate Feminist Emphasis) from the University of California, Irvine. Her previous research centers on the forms of belonging, exclusion, and citizenship among Indian migrants in Dubai. Currently, she is exploring the influx of American [...]
Sociologist Wendy Espeland to Give Presentation 4/26/12
Professor Espeland will be speaking about her research on institutional responses to the US News and World Report Rankings. Title of presentation: “Rankled by the Rankings: Law School and Other Organizational Responses to the US News and World Report Rankings” When: Thursday, April 26, 2012 – 2:30pm to 4:00pm Where: Hugel 100 Presenter: Professor Wendy Espeland, Northwestern University [...]
Anthropology and Sociology Alumni Dinner Panel
On Tuesday, March 6th, the Emile Durkheim Society and the Career Services office teamed up for an A&S Alumni Dinner Panel. Anthropology and sociology majors and faculty dined with department alumni in the Faculty Dining Room to meet alums and find out what they have done with their degrees after Lafayette. Students got a chance [...]
Students Present Research at Eastern Sociological Society Meeting in New York City
Prof. Rebecca Kissane’s “Grand Challenges” student Emily Melvin and Prof. Caroline Lee’s AMS thesis student JJ Houldin presented their independent research at the undergraduate student poster session at the Eastern Sociological Society Meeting in New York City on Friday, February 24th.
New A&S course for spring 2012 semester
A&S will be offering several new courses for the spring 2012 semester. These include “Global Colonialism” taught by Andrea Smith, associate professor of anthropology. A&S 353 Global colonialism: Colonial conquests have occurred throughout human history. This course will identify two forms, extractive and settler colonialism, as we consider their myriad effects on subject populations. What [...]
Civic engagement expert Peter Levine features Prof. Caroline Lee’s research on his blog
Discussing Professor Caroline Lee’s recent article entitled “Five Assumptions Academics Make About Public Deliberation, And Why They Deserve Rethinking” in the Journal of Public Deliberation, Levine says the article “sets a hugely valuable agenda for research aimed not at understanding how deliberation affects participants or communities, but what it is as a field of practice.” [...]
Occupy Brown Bag, 11/10/11
An in-depth look at the social and political issues behind the Occupy Wall Street movement. Presenters will include Caroline Lee, assistant professor of sociology; Michael Feola, assistant professor of Government & Law; a student who attended Occupy Wall Street; and a facilitator at Occupy Philly. The panel will be followed by a question and answer [...]
The Economics of Food Stamps Brownbag, 11/16/11
Come learn more about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as “food stamps”) with this Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week presentation. Presenters include Susan Averett, Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics, Rebecca Kissane, Associate Professor of Sociology, and Emily Zangla, Class of 2014. Food is provided. When: November 16, 2011 from noon to 1pm [...]
