Archived News

• Jalata Publishes Article The Conversation on US-African Relations
• Tigray has resisted Ethiopia’s far greater military might for two years – here’s why neither side is giving in
• New Applied MA in Sociology as of Fall 2022
• Jalata Published in The Conversation
• Brown Selected for Visiting Fellow in Glasgow
• Williams Named W. T. Grant Scholar
• Lomax Honored at MLK Awards Luncheon
• Ergas Publishes Surviving Collapse: Building Community Toward Radical Sustainability
• Derek Chauvin trial begins in George Floyd murder case: 5 essential reads on police violence against Black men
• Bohon, Brown Honored for Diversity Leadership and Scholarship
• What lies behind the war in Tigray?
• Soaking up the Sun
• When police stop Black men, the effects reach into their homes and families
• Professor Stephanie Bohan writes Op-Ed about how deporting international students would be a blow to UT
• Fulbright Global Scholar Continues Energy Research Despite Pandemic
• Statement and resources on racial justice and police violence by the department of sociology at the University of Tennessee
• Sociology Department Responds to Recent Clery notification
• 2019 Sociology newsletter now available
• Shefner Receives Outstanding Service Award
• Destine Publishes Article on Black Women and Femme Actors
• Seamster contributes research and analysis to Senator Warren's student debt forgiveness policy proposal
• Alumnus and Fulbright scholar Colleen Ryan talks about her studies in China
• Sociology Statement on Racism and Hate on Campus
• In Memoriam: R. Scott Frey
• Louise Seamster’s research on predatory inclusion is quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer
• Louise Seamster’s research on predatory inclusion is quoted in CNBC/Yahoo News
• Check out the 2018 Sociology annual newsletter
• Face 2 Face Knox Video
• Victor Ray publishes perspective in Washington Post on race relations
• Shefner Discusses Protests in the Vietnam Era and Beyond
• Fulbright Awarded for Graduate Research in Colombia
• Kasey Henricks, assistant professor of sociology, received a grant from the American Sociological Association
• Michelle Christian quoted in Univision story about the rise of hate incidents at Walmart
• Victor Ray in the Washington Post with article about race and racism
• UT Sociology's Statement on the Traditionalist Worker Party
• Dialogue: Systemic Racism
• Alum Organizes Book Club in DC Elementary School
• A Strong Commitment to Civic Engagement
• Dr. Lois Presser publishes new book, "Inside Story: How Narratives Drive Mass Harm" (University of California Press, 2018).
• UT Sociology Department One of Twenty-Two Institutions that Integrate Civic Responsibility by Design in Majors
• Sociology newsletter “movement” is now available
• Scott Frey, Paul Gellert, and Harry Dahms guest editors in latest issue of Journal of World-System Research
• Read UT distinguished alumnus and ex-president of SWS Wanda Rushing's article in Gender & Society
• Enkeshi Thom wins prestigious NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant for research focused on African American experiences in Appalachia
• Sociology faculty and graduate students shine at Chancellor's Honor's Banquet
• Ray publishes opinion piece in Newsweek
• Christian receives grant for work in Uganda
• Colleen Ryan, student of Michelle Brown, awarded Fulbright to the University of York
• Thomas Hood, Dwight Van de Vate share ‘The Goffman Lectures’
• Brown, Christian Honored at Annual Faculty Awards Banquet
• Michelle Brown recognized as the 2016 Critical Criminologist of the Year
• The Department of Sociology Stands With the Pride Center
• Erica Davis' paper published in "Pursuit: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at the University of Tennessee"
• Asafa Jalata releases new book
• Incoming doctoral student Ruben Ortiz received a Diversity Fellowship from the Graduate School for his first year of studies
• Doctoral student Enkeshi Thom was awarded the Thomas Fellowship
• Summer 2016 Courses
• Sociology faculty join with others to support diversity
• Sherry Cable's research into environmental harms and community responses to those harms appears in UT's Quest magazine
• Robert Durán and Lois Presser weigh in on "Blue Lives Matter" in Chattanooga
• New Directions in Critical Criminology Conference, May 6-7, 2016
• Lo Presser won the Mid-career Excellence in Research Award from the College of A & S
• WATCH: Interview with Wilma Dunaway conducted by Rhiannon Leebrick and Andrew Gunnoe (April 11, 2015)
• Interview with Victor Ray airs on new national radio program on "post-racial America."
• Victor Ray has letter to The New York Times published
• Distinguished Alumna Wilma Dunaway speaks on "My Journey: Appalachia, Civil Rights Activism and Revisionist Scholarship" (April 13, 2015)
• Michelle Brown wins the Theoretical Criminology Best Article Prize for 2014 for her article "Visual criminology and carceral studies: Counter-images in the carceral age"
• Lois Presser's book "Why We Harm" named a 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
• Michelle Brown has assumed the North American editorship for Crime, Media, Culture, criminology's leading journal on media
• Asafa Jalata has received a Fulbright grant for the 2014-2015 academic year
• Professor Robert Durán's book, Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider's Journey, awarded an Honorable Mention by the Association for Humanist Sociology
• Andrew Gunnoe, lecturer, published " The Political Economy of Institutional Landownership: Neorentier Society and the Financialization of Land" in Rural Sociology
• Doctoral candidate Shannon William's recent paper is now available in a more "public sociology" format
• Baker Scholar Attends UK Conference
• WUOT Interview with Dr. Lois Presser on her newest book, "Why We Harm"
• WATCH: Daniel Lai, Sociology doctoral student, featured in Tennessee Crossroads.
• Alumni Wins Eastern Kentucky University's Highest Honor
• Elizabeth Conner won the Arts & Sciences Extraordinary Academic Achievement Award for 2013-2014
• Valerie King won UT’s College of Arts & Sciences Extraordinary Professional Promise Award for 2013-2014
• Stephanie Bohon won the Southern Sociology Society's 2014 Martin L. Levin Distinguished Service Award
• Eric Dixon won UT's 2014 Torchbearer Award, the highest award for an undergraduate student
• Valerie King, receives the Division of Student Life's Courage to Climb Award for April 2014
• Jon Shefner won the Southern Sociology Society's 2014 Distinguished Lecturer Award
• Lo Presser won UT's 2014 Excellence in Teaching Award
• Sociology Graduate student Sylvia Duluc-Silva to speak about Food Justice
• Welcome new faculty members Fall 2014
• Carolina De La Torre Ugarte received the Division of Student Life's Courage to Climb Award for January 2014
• The UT Sociology graduate program ranked #10 in the nation in 2014
• Erica Davis accepted to the Virginia Tech StREAM Lab program
• Jenna Lamphere chosen to participate in the Science, Technology and Society summer research-training program
• Shefner and Stewart win ASA PEWS section Best Article Award, 2013
• New PhD Stoner wins Marxist Sociology section Best Paper Award, 2013