UMN Sociology
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Welcome to Sociology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. We are home to 30 faculty, 70 PhD students, and over 500 undergraduates. #UMNSociologyProud.
Welcome to Sociology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. We are home to 30 faculty, 70 PhD students, and over 500 undergraduates. #UMNSociologyProud.
Associate Professor Elizabeth Wrigley-Field recently authored an article that was published on JAMA Network Open titled "Early Adult Mortality in a Cross-National Context—Reconsidering American Exceptionalism Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic."
📣Congratulations, Elizabeth!
📣Congratulations, Elizabeth!
Early Adult Mortality in a Cross-National Context
US mortality has long been considered exceptional. Since the mid-1980s, mortality in the US has been higher than in other wealthy nations, and over the last 15 years, that disadvantage has grown.1,2 M...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Associate Professor Elizabeth Wrigley-Field recently authored an article that was published on JAMA Network Open titled "Early Adult Mortality in a Cross-National Context—Reconsidering American Exceptionalism Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic."
📣Congratulations, Elizabeth!
📣Congratulations, Elizabeth!
Professor Emeritus Joachim Savelsberg recently co-authored an article for the Cambridge University Press, titled "Prosecutorial-NGO Complex: new legal opportunity structures and the role of (I)NGOs in universal jurisdiction trials on Syria."
📣Congratulations, Joachim!
📣Congratulations, Joachim!
Prosecutorial-NGO Complex: new legal opportunity structures and the role of (I)NGOs in universal jurisdiction trials on Syria | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core
Prosecutorial-NGO Complex: new legal opportunity structures and the role of (I)NGOs in universal jurisdiction trials on Syria
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October 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Professor Emeritus Joachim Savelsberg recently co-authored an article for the Cambridge University Press, titled "Prosecutorial-NGO Complex: new legal opportunity structures and the role of (I)NGOs in universal jurisdiction trials on Syria."
📣Congratulations, Joachim!
📣Congratulations, Joachim!
📣 Professor Michelle Phelps was a recent guest on the Guns Unpacked podcast, where she discussed her latest book and the real-world impact of police abolition policy.
Check it out!
Check it out!
Dr. Michelle Phelps on Lessons from Minneapolis on Policing and Community Violence Intervention | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
In today’s episode of Guns Unpacked, we welcome Dr. Michelle Phelps, an associate professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Phelps is an expert on probation, criminal justice reform, and ...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
📣 Professor Michelle Phelps was a recent guest on the Guns Unpacked podcast, where she discussed her latest book and the real-world impact of police abolition policy.
Check it out!
Check it out!
Sociology Assistant Professor Laura Garbes published an opinion article for the Minnesota Star Tribune, titled, "Public media’s ‘elitism’ is a result of funding failures."
📣Congratulations, Laura!
📣Congratulations, Laura!
Opinion | Public media’s ‘elitism’ is a result of funding failures
"Ironically, any elitism that Republicans charge public radio with is a result of their own attacks on the system," Laura Garbes writes.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sociology Assistant Professor Laura Garbes published an opinion article for the Minnesota Star Tribune, titled, "Public media’s ‘elitism’ is a result of funding failures."
📣Congratulations, Laura!
📣Congratulations, Laura!
Professor Penny Edgell and PhD Candidates Daniel Cueto-Villalobos and Laura Gilbertson published a recent article, titled, “There Wasn’t A Playbook For This”: Local Congregations and the Crises of 2020."
📣 Congratulations, Penny, Daniel, and Laura!
📣 Congratulations, Penny, Daniel, and Laura!
“There Wasn’t A Playbook For This”: Local Congregations and the Crises of 2020
Abstract. Using 18 months of immersive ethnographic fieldwork in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, this paper highlights how religious congregations made se
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October 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Professor Penny Edgell and PhD Candidates Daniel Cueto-Villalobos and Laura Gilbertson published a recent article, titled, “There Wasn’t A Playbook For This”: Local Congregations and the Crises of 2020."
📣 Congratulations, Penny, Daniel, and Laura!
📣 Congratulations, Penny, Daniel, and Laura!
Professor Michelle Phelps recently appeared on MPR for an interview about the discrepancy between the amount of crime in Minneapolis & the public's perception of crime.
Check it out!
Check it out!
Minneapolis crime is down — even if it doesn’t always feel that way
Producer Gretchen Brown talked with University of Minnesota Sociology Professor Michelle Phelps to try to make sense of the gap in crime perception versus reality.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Professor Michelle Phelps recently appeared on MPR for an interview about the discrepancy between the amount of crime in Minneapolis & the public's perception of crime.
Check it out!
Check it out!
Professor Michelle Phelps and PhD Candidate Daniel Cueto-Villalobos published a recent journal article, titled “Making racial demands: tracing the struggle over public safety in Minneapolis”.
📣 Congratulations, Michelle and Daniel!
📣 Congratulations, Michelle and Daniel!
Making racial demands: tracing the struggle over public safety in Minneapolis
Abstract. In May 2020, the world erupted in protest after officers with the Minneapolis Police Department murdered George Floyd. In response, abolitionist
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September 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Professor Michelle Phelps and PhD Candidate Daniel Cueto-Villalobos published a recent journal article, titled “Making racial demands: tracing the struggle over public safety in Minneapolis”.
📣 Congratulations, Michelle and Daniel!
📣 Congratulations, Michelle and Daniel!
📣 Snigdha Kumar: Caroline Rose Student Paper Award Recipient
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Snigdha Kumar, who was recently awarded the Caroline Rose Student Paper Award for the graduate level.
Snigdha will present their paper at the SOM Conference on October 3-4 at Macalester College.
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Snigdha Kumar, who was recently awarded the Caroline Rose Student Paper Award for the graduate level.
Snigdha will present their paper at the SOM Conference on October 3-4 at Macalester College.
September 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
📣 Snigdha Kumar: Caroline Rose Student Paper Award Recipient
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Snigdha Kumar, who was recently awarded the Caroline Rose Student Paper Award for the graduate level.
Snigdha will present their paper at the SOM Conference on October 3-4 at Macalester College.
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Snigdha Kumar, who was recently awarded the Caroline Rose Student Paper Award for the graduate level.
Snigdha will present their paper at the SOM Conference on October 3-4 at Macalester College.
📣 Anya Lindberg: Caroline Rose Student Paper Award Recipient
Congratulations to undergraduate student Anya Lindberg, who was recently awarded the Caroline Rose Student Paper Award for the undergraduate level.
Anya will present her paper at the SOM Conference on October 3-4 at Macalester College.
Congratulations to undergraduate student Anya Lindberg, who was recently awarded the Caroline Rose Student Paper Award for the undergraduate level.
Anya will present her paper at the SOM Conference on October 3-4 at Macalester College.
September 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
📣 Anya Lindberg: Caroline Rose Student Paper Award Recipient
Congratulations to undergraduate student Anya Lindberg, who was recently awarded the Caroline Rose Student Paper Award for the undergraduate level.
Anya will present her paper at the SOM Conference on October 3-4 at Macalester College.
Congratulations to undergraduate student Anya Lindberg, who was recently awarded the Caroline Rose Student Paper Award for the undergraduate level.
Anya will present her paper at the SOM Conference on October 3-4 at Macalester College.
Prof. Emer. Joachim Savelsberg was appointed a Visiting Scholar at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago. He will be advancing a book project with Jillian LaBranche, titled “Hearing Cries for Accountability: NGO-Prosecutorial Networks & Syrian Regime Crimes.”
Congratulations, Professor Savelsberg!
Congratulations, Professor Savelsberg!
Joachim Savelsberg—Visiting Scholar - ABF
Joachim Savelsberg is a Visiting Scholar at the American Bar Foundation whose research focuses on mass violence, genocide, and other topics.
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September 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Prof. Emer. Joachim Savelsberg was appointed a Visiting Scholar at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago. He will be advancing a book project with Jillian LaBranche, titled “Hearing Cries for Accountability: NGO-Prosecutorial Networks & Syrian Regime Crimes.”
Congratulations, Professor Savelsberg!
Congratulations, Professor Savelsberg!
We are excited to announce the upcoming conference of the Sociologists of Minnesota, hosted by Macalester College in St. Paul, on October 3rd and 4th, 2025.
For more information about the conference or its details, please visit the Sociologists of Minnesota | 2025 Conference website.
For more information about the conference or its details, please visit the Sociologists of Minnesota | 2025 Conference website.
Sociologists of Minnesota | 2025 Conference
A professional association whose mission is to promote and develop an understanding of sociology and sociological practice in the state of Minnesota.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We are excited to announce the upcoming conference of the Sociologists of Minnesota, hosted by Macalester College in St. Paul, on October 3rd and 4th, 2025.
For more information about the conference or its details, please visit the Sociologists of Minnesota | 2025 Conference website.
For more information about the conference or its details, please visit the Sociologists of Minnesota | 2025 Conference website.
2025 book publication!
Assistant Professor Laura Garbes authored a recent book titled "Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry."
Check it out!
Assistant Professor Laura Garbes authored a recent book titled "Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry."
Check it out!
Listeners Like Who?
How public radio has perpetuated racial inequality since its founding—and how journalists of color are challenging white dominance in the workplace and on the public airwaves
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August 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
2025 book publication!
Assistant Professor Laura Garbes authored a recent book titled "Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry."
Check it out!
Assistant Professor Laura Garbes authored a recent book titled "Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry."
Check it out!
📣 Welcome new graduate students to the Department of Sociology! We are excited to connect with you over the next few days.
August 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
📣 Welcome new graduate students to the Department of Sociology! We are excited to connect with you over the next few days.
Check out this new article by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (UMN Sociology), Andrew Stokes, and Jacob Bor highlighting the concerning death rates within the "early adult" population within the United States.
There’s Something Very Dark Happening to Millennials and Gen Z Adults
America is not a good place to be an early adult.
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August 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Check out this new article by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (UMN Sociology), Andrew Stokes, and Jacob Bor highlighting the concerning death rates within the "early adult" population within the United States.
📣 ASA Publication Award!
Professor Kathy Hull and co-author Harry Barbee (Johns Hopkins University) won the 2025 Outstanding Publication Award from the Sociological Practice and Public Sociology Section of the ASA for their report.
Congratulations, Kathy and Harry!!
Professor Kathy Hull and co-author Harry Barbee (Johns Hopkins University) won the 2025 Outstanding Publication Award from the Sociological Practice and Public Sociology Section of the ASA for their report.
Congratulations, Kathy and Harry!!
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August 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📣 ASA Publication Award!
Professor Kathy Hull and co-author Harry Barbee (Johns Hopkins University) won the 2025 Outstanding Publication Award from the Sociological Practice and Public Sociology Section of the ASA for their report.
Congratulations, Kathy and Harry!!
Professor Kathy Hull and co-author Harry Barbee (Johns Hopkins University) won the 2025 Outstanding Publication Award from the Sociological Practice and Public Sociology Section of the ASA for their report.
Congratulations, Kathy and Harry!!
📣 ASA Paper Award!
PhD candidate Christine Delp was awarded the ASA Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity (AMSS) Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award for her article in Poetics (August 2025).
Congratulations, Christine!!
PhD candidate Christine Delp was awarded the ASA Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity (AMSS) Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award for her article in Poetics (August 2025).
Congratulations, Christine!!
Cultural critics as moral reputational entrepreneurs: Controversy, metaethical discourse, and authority in the documentary field
Many cultural production fields engage with questions around the ethics of representation: how should a story be told? I argue that when covering cont…
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August 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
📣 ASA Paper Award!
PhD candidate Christine Delp was awarded the ASA Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity (AMSS) Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award for her article in Poetics (August 2025).
Congratulations, Christine!!
PhD candidate Christine Delp was awarded the ASA Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity (AMSS) Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award for her article in Poetics (August 2025).
Congratulations, Christine!!
📣 ASA Paper Award!
Professor Ed Cornelius was awarded the Best Graduate Student Paper Award for the ASA Section on Global and Transnational Sociology for his article in Law & Society Review (2023).
Congratulations, Professor Cornelius!!
Professor Ed Cornelius was awarded the Best Graduate Student Paper Award for the ASA Section on Global and Transnational Sociology for his article in Law & Society Review (2023).
Congratulations, Professor Cornelius!!
Discursive mismatch and globalization by stealth: The fight against corruption in the Brazilian legal field | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core
Discursive mismatch and globalization by stealth: The fight against corruption in the Brazilian legal field - Volume 57 Issue 3
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August 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
📣 ASA Paper Award!
Professor Ed Cornelius was awarded the Best Graduate Student Paper Award for the ASA Section on Global and Transnational Sociology for his article in Law & Society Review (2023).
Congratulations, Professor Cornelius!!
Professor Ed Cornelius was awarded the Best Graduate Student Paper Award for the ASA Section on Global and Transnational Sociology for his article in Law & Society Review (2023).
Congratulations, Professor Cornelius!!
August 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS (PM)
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS (PM)
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS (AM)
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS (AM)
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS (PM)
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this afternoon!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this afternoon!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS (PM)
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this afternoon!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this afternoon!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS (AM)
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS (AM)
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning!
#ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social
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Three days to go! Join us in Chicago for the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting, a can’t-miss gathering of sociologists that starts this Friday! You can register online or on site any day of the meeting! bit.ly/RegisterASA25
#thisweekinchicago #scientificconferences #ASA
#thisweekinchicago #scientificconferences #ASA
August 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Three days to go! Join us in Chicago for the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting, a can’t-miss gathering of sociologists that starts this Friday! You can register online or on site any day of the meeting! bit.ly/RegisterASA25
#thisweekinchicago #scientificconferences #ASA
#thisweekinchicago #scientificconferences #ASA
📢 Get ready for ASA this weekend!
Here's a sneak peek of who will be presenting during the Saturday afternoon sessions!
#ASA2025
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Here's a sneak peek of who will be presenting during the Saturday afternoon sessions!
#ASA2025
@umnsociology.bsky.social @pennye.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
📢 Get ready for ASA this weekend!
Here's a sneak peek of who will be presenting during the Saturday afternoon sessions!
#ASA2025
@umnsociology.bsky.social @pennye.bsky.social
Here's a sneak peek of who will be presenting during the Saturday afternoon sessions!
#ASA2025
@umnsociology.bsky.social @pennye.bsky.social