Social Sciences Faculty Features Archive
Can You Dig It? Winter 2005.
Turning
the Page
Dean Sam Preston Prepares the Next Chapter of His Academic Life. Fall 2004.
One
Nation
Political Scientist Advises Kurdistan’s Negotiators in Iraq. Fall
2004.
Voices
from the Inside
SAS Professors, Pollsters, and Pundits Weigh In on the 2004 Election. Fall
2004.
Feeding the Hungry. May 6, 2004. The Economist, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics Jere R. Behrman's research on hunger and malnutrition
Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary Online Q&A with Dr. Jerome Maddox at washingtonpost.com. April 27, 2004
Arraigning Terror. April 26, 2004. Rogers Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences Rogers Smith’s article in Dissent Magazine.
Putin’s Big Win. April 14, 2004. Associate Professor of Political Science Rudra Sil’s op-ed in the Washington Times,
A Transitional Law Worth Fighting For. April 12, 2004. Lauder Professor of Political Science Brendan O’Leary’s op-ed in the Financial Times.
Generation Gap Explains Decline in Feminist Ranks, Almanac. March 2, 2004. Findings by Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences Jason Schnittker
Kurds’ Soft Sell for a Hard-Won Autonomy. January 11, 2004. Lauder Professor of Political Science Brendan O’Leary’s piece in the Los Angeles Times,
Conning the Blues. Winter 2004. Sociologist Explodes the Myth of the Authentic Hole-in-the Wall
Bird’s-Eye View of the Amazon: Airborne Archaeologist Challenges the Myth of a Pristine Wilderness. Winter 2004. The research of associate professor of anthropology Clark Erickson.
Anti- “Feminists” for Feminism, Penn Arts and Sciences. Winter 2004. The research of Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences Jason Schnittker.
Criminology Center to Test UK Restorative Justice Program. March 25, 2004. The British goverment has awarded the Jerry Lee Center of Government $1.6 million to lead a project testing the United Kingdom's practice of diverting serious offenders from prosecution to "justice without court."
Soldo Named AAAS Fellow. March 23, 2004. Sociology professor Beth Soldo, a renowned expert in social gerontology, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Possehl Wins Prize for Book on Indus Civilization. March 23, 2004. Professor of anthropology Gregory Possehl has received the 2003 Outstanding Academic Book Award from Choice magazine for Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective.
Former Justice Official to Direct Master’s Program in Criminology. February 10, 2004. Laurie Robinson, who has worked for the U.S. Department of Justice and the American Bar Association, will lead the new master’s program in criminology, the Ivy League’s only master of science degree in the field.
Sociologist Honored for Work to Improve Nursing Care. February 5, 2004. Dr. Linda H. Aiken, a sociology professor and the Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor at Penn Nursing, has received the 2003 Ernest A. Codman Award for her work in outcomes measurement in the nursing field. The prize is presented annually by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Jesse Jackson, Michael Eric Dyson Examine Meaning of King’s Legacy. January 16, 2004. At a symposium sponsored by the Africana Studies Center, activist Jesse Jackson and Avalon Professor of the Humanities Michael Eric Dyson challenged current conceptions of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Transition to Adulthood Delayed, Marriage and Family Postponed. January 12, 2004. A new report from sociology's Frank Furstenberg reports that becoming an adult takes longer today than in previous decades.
Generation Gap Explains Decline in Feminist Ranks. December 16, 2003. Despite gains brought about by the women's movement, young adults are far less likely than their middle-aged counterparts to call themselves feminists, according to a study conducted in part by the University of Pennsylvania.
Fels Institute, WPHT Radio Partner in Poll Watching Project, Election Coverage of Philadelphia Mayor's Race. October 30, 2003.
Ivy League First: Criminology Department at Penn. June 20, 2003. The University has become the first Ivy League institution to establish a criminology department.
Adjunct professor to lead international body of clinical and applied sociologists. May 21, 2003. Adjunct Professor of Sociology Ross Koppel has been named president of the Sociological Practice Association.
Two SAS professors named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences. May 7, 2003. Professors David Cass and Michael Klein have been named fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Membership honors intellectual achievement, leadership, and creativity.
Church-State Separation Not Breached When Faith-Based Groups Work with Government. March 6, 2003. The Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society has released a new study that finds that faith-based organizations work closely with government agencies without raising First Amendment concerns.
“Authentic Happiness” Named Best Psychology Book of 2002 March 5, 2003.
New Penn/Gallup Poll Measures “Spiritual State of the Union.” March 4, 2003. Initial findings from the Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society/Gallup Spiritual State of the Union poll indicate that the spiritual state of the union is strong.
New Study Finds Women in Philadelphia Region Still Face Significant Inequality at Work and at Home. January 16, 2003.
When Self-Image Takes a Blow, Many Turn to Television as a Distraction January 8, 2003. Psychology doctoral student Sophia Moskalenko and Steven Heine of the University of British Columbia present the results of a study on television viewing habits that suggests that people tune in to television as a means of reducing awareness of "how we are falling short of our own standards."
Penn Sociologist Receives Fulbright to Uruguay. December 19, 2002
Penn Presidential Expert Analyzes New Dynamic Between White House and Congress Since Mid-Term Elections. November 19, 2002
Penn Researchers Document Large-Scale Voter Registration Problem: More Voters Registered than Eligible to Vote. October 30, 2002.
Penn Plays Major Role in $300,000 USDA Grant Program to Help Low-Income Philadelphians Get Food Stamps. October 3, 2002.
New Center Opens, Latest Step in Expansion of Africana Studies at Penn. September 20, 2002.
Penn Museum Archaeologists Uncover 3,700-Year-Old 'Magical' Birth Brick Just Outside Abydos, Egypt. July 25, 2002.
Penn Center for Africana Studies Announces 30th Anniversary Program Series. October 23, 2002.
Faith-Based Welfare-to-Work Programs Rely Less on Government Funding Than Secular Programs. June 10, 2004.
Michael Eric Dyson Named to Faculty at Penn. May 13, 2002.
Short Teenage Boys Earn Less Than Tall Teenage Boys When They Each Grow Up. April 18, 2002.
British Judge Approves Penn Experiment in Sentencing. March 19, 2002.
US Crackdown on Illegal Immigration not Working. February 21, 2002.