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Dr. Ellen Lamont Publishes Article in The Atlantic, Interviewed for The New York Times
Feb 17, 2020

Dr. Ellen Lamont was invited to write an article for The Atlantic on the findings of her new book, The Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We Dat...

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Dr. Cameron Lippard Co-authors Book on Affirmative Action and College Admissions
Feb 14, 2020

In collaboration with Dr. J. Scott Carter at the University of Central Florida, Dr. Cameron Lippard recent reserach monograph, The Death of Affirmativ...

Dr. Joe Jakubek Presentation on W.E.B. Du Bois
Feb 3, 2020

W.E.B. Du Bois is often described as a lot of different things; scholar, activist, early founding figure in urban and community sociology, but what he...

Sociology Students Graduate With Honors
Jan 30, 2020

Congratulations to Callie Koeval and Ashlyn Stone, who graduated with departmental honors in December. Callie completed a thesis investigating the imp...

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Dr. Ellen Lamont Publishes Book on Her Latest Research Focused on Dating
Jan 16, 2020

Recently, Dr. Ellen Lamont's, The Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We Date, was published and released by the University of California Pr...

Katelin Smith Presents at the 15th Annual State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium
Dec 5, 2019

On Saturday, November 23, Katelin Smith, a Junior at Appalachian State University majoring in Sociology with a concentration in Social Inequalities, g...

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Dr. Cameron Lippard Talks with the American Sociological Association about Latino Immigrants in Western North Carolina
Nov 19, 2019

Dr. Cameron Lippard was recently featured in a public information video created by the American Sociological Association (ASA). This video highlights ...

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Sociology Major Anna Biache Presents Research at Conference in El Paso, Texas
Nov 5, 2019

Appalachian State University sociology major and senior Anna Biache traveled to El Paso, Texas to present her research at the annual conference of the...

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Dr. Ellen Lamont Receives the College of Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year Award
Oct 28, 2019

Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences selects a member from the Academy of Outstanding Teachers for the Teacher of the Year title. In order to m...

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Dr. Ed Rosenberg Appointed to the Governor's Advisory Council on Aging
Oct 24, 2019

Dr. Ed Rosenberg, professor of Sociology and former director of the graduate programs in Gerontology and Sociology at Appalachian State University, ha...