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Check out new publication by Professor Yang and Graduate Student Jiayin Hu.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Check out new publication by Professor Yang and Graduate Student Jiayin Hu.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Shape the future at Purdue! 🌟
We’re hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor specializing in Health, Aging, and Society. We’re seeking someone dedicated to exploring health, aging, and social systems. Click the link below to apply today!
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We’re hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor specializing in Health, Aging, and Society. We’re seeking someone dedicated to exploring health, aging, and social systems. Click the link below to apply today!
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October 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Shape the future at Purdue! 🌟
We’re hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor specializing in Health, Aging, and Society. We’re seeking someone dedicated to exploring health, aging, and social systems. Click the link below to apply today!
careers.purdue.edu/job/Assistan...
We’re hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor specializing in Health, Aging, and Society. We’re seeking someone dedicated to exploring health, aging, and social systems. Click the link below to apply today!
careers.purdue.edu/job/Assistan...
📚‼️New Book Release‼️📚
We’re thrilled to celebrate Professor Rachel Einwohner as co-editor of the brand new Handbook of Gender and Activism. Click the link below to place your order today!
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We’re thrilled to celebrate Professor Rachel Einwohner as co-editor of the brand new Handbook of Gender and Activism. Click the link below to place your order today!
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September 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
📚‼️New Book Release‼️📚
We’re thrilled to celebrate Professor Rachel Einwohner as co-editor of the brand new Handbook of Gender and Activism. Click the link below to place your order today!
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We’re thrilled to celebrate Professor Rachel Einwohner as co-editor of the brand new Handbook of Gender and Activism. Click the link below to place your order today!
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Congratulations, Mallory Bell, on her solo-authored paper being accepted at Social Science & Medicine! Her paper, “Neighborhood affluence and cognitive decline: Moderation by race?”, examines how neighborhood affluence is linked to cognitive health in later life.
Learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
September 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Congratulations, Mallory Bell, on her solo-authored paper being accepted at Social Science & Medicine! Her paper, “Neighborhood affluence and cognitive decline: Moderation by race?”, examines how neighborhood affluence is linked to cognitive health in later life.
Learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
📣🚂All Hail Our Own Purdue! It's time, Boilermakers #PurdueDayOfGiving is here! Support the Department of Sociology and make a lasting impact at dayofgiving.purdue.edu! 📣🚂
April 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📣🚂All Hail Our Own Purdue! It's time, Boilermakers #PurdueDayOfGiving is here! Support the Department of Sociology and make a lasting impact at dayofgiving.purdue.edu! 📣🚂
📚New Book Release: The Unbuilt Bench: Experimental Psychology on the Verge of Science by David Peterson. In his book, Peterson takes us inside experimental labs to examine why this field doesn’t always follow the same playbook as the natural sciences. 📚
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April 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
📚New Book Release: The Unbuilt Bench: Experimental Psychology on the Verge of Science by David Peterson. In his book, Peterson takes us inside experimental labs to examine why this field doesn’t always follow the same playbook as the natural sciences. 📚
#sociology #purdue
Amazon: a.co/d/hHCW2xj
#sociology #purdue
Amazon: a.co/d/hHCW2xj
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Thrilled to be on campus today @purduesociology.bsky.social to deliver the Davidson Lecture. If you're in town or around, I'd love to meet you at the talk.
April 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Thrilled to be on campus today @purduesociology.bsky.social to deliver the Davidson Lecture. If you're in town or around, I'd love to meet you at the talk.
🌍🎉New Study 🌍🎉
Dr. Josh Doyle and Dr. Feng Hao have released their compelling new study, “Environmental Pessimism Diminishes Social Trust and Concern in Predicting Willingness to Sacrifice for Environmental Protections.” Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Dr. Josh Doyle and Dr. Feng Hao have released their compelling new study, “Environmental Pessimism Diminishes Social Trust and Concern in Predicting Willingness to Sacrifice for Environmental Protections.” Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🌍🎉New Study 🌍🎉
Dr. Josh Doyle and Dr. Feng Hao have released their compelling new study, “Environmental Pessimism Diminishes Social Trust and Concern in Predicting Willingness to Sacrifice for Environmental Protections.” Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Dr. Josh Doyle and Dr. Feng Hao have released their compelling new study, “Environmental Pessimism Diminishes Social Trust and Concern in Predicting Willingness to Sacrifice for Environmental Protections.” Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Exciting News! Sociology has risen 7 spots and is now ranked in the Top 47 Graduate Programs by US News & World Report! This achievement reflects the hard work and dedication of our talented graduate students and faculty. At Purdue, we continue to push boundaries and elevate the field of sociology.
April 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Exciting News! Sociology has risen 7 spots and is now ranked in the Top 47 Graduate Programs by US News & World Report! This achievement reflects the hard work and dedication of our talented graduate students and faculty. At Purdue, we continue to push boundaries and elevate the field of sociology.
✨Exciting News✨
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Jacqui Frost, Christopher Scheitle and Elaine Howard Ecklund, paper, is the Top 10 Most-Cited Papers of 2023 in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion! Click the link below to read more!
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We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Jacqui Frost, Christopher Scheitle and Elaine Howard Ecklund, paper, is the Top 10 Most-Cited Papers of 2023 in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion! Click the link below to read more!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
April 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
✨Exciting News✨
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Jacqui Frost, Christopher Scheitle and Elaine Howard Ecklund, paper, is the Top 10 Most-Cited Papers of 2023 in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion! Click the link below to read more!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Jacqui Frost, Christopher Scheitle and Elaine Howard Ecklund, paper, is the Top 10 Most-Cited Papers of 2023 in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion! Click the link below to read more!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Check out Purdue Today's story featuring Assistant Prof. David Peterson and his latest project, The Unbuilt Bench. Dive into his innovative work and vision for the future of design. Read more here:
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April 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Check out Purdue Today's story featuring Assistant Prof. David Peterson and his latest project, The Unbuilt Bench. Dive into his innovative work and vision for the future of design. Read more here:
www.cla.purdue.edu/news/college...
www.cla.purdue.edu/news/college...
Professor Joshua Doyle and Alex Richardson reveals how post-materialism influences the relationship between income and red meat consumption across different cultures, using cross-national data to uncover cultural shifts that impact our dietary habits. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Professor Joshua Doyle and Alex Richardson reveals how post-materialism influences the relationship between income and red meat consumption across different cultures, using cross-national data to uncover cultural shifts that impact our dietary habits. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🎉Congratulations to Professor Fenggang Yang! His paper, "Measuring Religiosity of East Asians: Multiple Religious Belonging, Believing, and Practicing", published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, has been recognized as one of the top 10 most-cited papers of 2023!
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March 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🎉Congratulations to Professor Fenggang Yang! His paper, "Measuring Religiosity of East Asians: Multiple Religious Belonging, Believing, and Practicing", published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, has been recognized as one of the top 10 most-cited papers of 2023!
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The work of Associate Professor Christie Sennott and Professor B. Kelly (IU) are featured in Sociological Methodology with their paper, “Event-Centered Interviewing” (2025)! Proud to say it’s the lead article and highlighted by the American Sociological Association. Check it out doi/10.1177/0081...
March 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The work of Associate Professor Christie Sennott and Professor B. Kelly (IU) are featured in Sociological Methodology with their paper, “Event-Centered Interviewing” (2025)! Proud to say it’s the lead article and highlighted by the American Sociological Association. Check it out doi/10.1177/0081...
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March 8 is #Womensday
@arielazar.bsky.social explores how women’s mental health is affected by both work-family life trajectories, such as employment and caregiving roles, and defamilialization policies: bit.ly/496nVG4
Brief report: bit.ly/4fLFcXE
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@arielazar.bsky.social explores how women’s mental health is affected by both work-family life trajectories, such as employment and caregiving roles, and defamilialization policies: bit.ly/496nVG4
Brief report: bit.ly/4fLFcXE
@purduesociology.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
March 8 is #Womensday
@arielazar.bsky.social explores how women’s mental health is affected by both work-family life trajectories, such as employment and caregiving roles, and defamilialization policies: bit.ly/496nVG4
Brief report: bit.ly/4fLFcXE
@purduesociology.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social
@arielazar.bsky.social explores how women’s mental health is affected by both work-family life trajectories, such as employment and caregiving roles, and defamilialization policies: bit.ly/496nVG4
Brief report: bit.ly/4fLFcXE
@purduesociology.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social
Exciting update! 🎉 Associate Professor @fctropf.bsky.social, along with co-authors have just published a paper in Nature Human Behaviour! No evidence of positive causal effects of maternal and paternal age at first birth on children’s test scores at age 10.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Exciting update! 🎉 Associate Professor @fctropf.bsky.social, along with co-authors have just published a paper in Nature Human Behaviour! No evidence of positive causal effects of maternal and paternal age at first birth on children’s test scores at age 10.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Assistant Professor Joshua Doyle has recently published two insightful articles "How does Social Trust Shape the Politicization of America’s Climate Change Perception?", and
"When ‘no point’ becomes a turning point: The role of culture, economy, and climate impacts on environmental sacrifice"
"When ‘no point’ becomes a turning point: The role of culture, economy, and climate impacts on environmental sacrifice"
March 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Assistant Professor Joshua Doyle has recently published two insightful articles "How does Social Trust Shape the Politicization of America’s Climate Change Perception?", and
"When ‘no point’ becomes a turning point: The role of culture, economy, and climate impacts on environmental sacrifice"
"When ‘no point’ becomes a turning point: The role of culture, economy, and climate impacts on environmental sacrifice"
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Thank you @robertoge.bsky.social for hosting me, and thanks to @renzullil.bsky.social for organizing my conversation with @purduesociology.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Thank you @robertoge.bsky.social for hosting me, and thanks to @renzullil.bsky.social for organizing my conversation with @purduesociology.bsky.social
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Delighted to speak today at the Community Engagement Summit at Purdue University! Community impact scholarship can showcase the value of universities to our states and communities.
March 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Delighted to speak today at the Community Engagement Summit at Purdue University! Community impact scholarship can showcase the value of universities to our states and communities.
Great news! Associate Professor @fctropf.bsky.social , with co-authors Laura Silva and Tobias Wolfram, has a new article out in the European Sociological Review. Titled 'Mind the Gap: The Interplay Between Genes and Neighbourhood Context on Educational Achievement'.
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February 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Great news! Associate Professor @fctropf.bsky.social , with co-authors Laura Silva and Tobias Wolfram, has a new article out in the European Sociological Review. Titled 'Mind the Gap: The Interplay Between Genes and Neighbourhood Context on Educational Achievement'.
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Shape the future at Purdue! 🌟 We’re seeking a dynamic lecturer to inspire the next generation in Criminology, Law & Society, and beyond! Enjoy competitive pay, great benefits, and the opportunity to shape future leaders. Apply by using the link below! 🔍
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February 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Shape the future at Purdue! 🌟 We’re seeking a dynamic lecturer to inspire the next generation in Criminology, Law & Society, and beyond! Enjoy competitive pay, great benefits, and the opportunity to shape future leaders. Apply by using the link below! 🔍
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Please help us give a warm welcome to Likun Cao, our newest faculty member in the Department of Sociology! 🎉 We are beyond excited to have someone so passionate join the team and can’t wait to see all the incredible things she will bring to our department. #Welcome #PurdueSociology #NewFaculty
February 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Please help us give a warm welcome to Likun Cao, our newest faculty member in the Department of Sociology! 🎉 We are beyond excited to have someone so passionate join the team and can’t wait to see all the incredible things she will bring to our department. #Welcome #PurdueSociology #NewFaculty
Shape the future at Purdue! 🌟 We’re seeking a dynamic lecturer to inspire the next generation in Criminology, Law & Society, and beyond! Enjoy competitive pay, great benefits, and the opportunity to shape future leaders. Apply by using the link below! 🔍
careers.purdue.edu/job/Lecturer...
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February 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Shape the future at Purdue! 🌟 We’re seeking a dynamic lecturer to inspire the next generation in Criminology, Law & Society, and beyond! Enjoy competitive pay, great benefits, and the opportunity to shape future leaders. Apply by using the link below! 🔍
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Check out our colloquium schedule for the spring semester! We hope to see many of you at these events!
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January 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Check out our colloquium schedule for the spring semester! We hope to see many of you at these events!
#colloquium #springsemester #purdue #sociology
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Congrats to graduate student Mingui Johnny Gao for his master thesis on "Religious Attendance and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Church-Based Social Ties". Great job Johnny!
#purdue #sociology #masterthesis
#purdue #sociology #masterthesis
December 13, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Congrats to graduate student Mingui Johnny Gao for his master thesis on "Religious Attendance and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Church-Based Social Ties". Great job Johnny!
#purdue #sociology #masterthesis
#purdue #sociology #masterthesis