Congrats to Assoc Prof Herbert, Assoc Prof Weaver, and undergraduates Podrabsky and Singleton on their new article in Urban Studies. Link here: doi-org.uoregon.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0042...

Please attend this important talk this Monday, Nov 17, at 6pm in the Eugene Public Library. Dr Kuttab will discuss the future of Palestine.

Talk next Thurs, Oct 23, about the legacy of Noam Chomsky. Author Nathan J Robinson will discuss Chomsky's influence on American foreign policy. Q&A follows; light catering provided. For more info please contact Michael Dreiling (mdreiling@uoregon.edu) or Jane Cramer (jkcramer@uoregon.edu).

This paper uses the concept of informal housing to better understand how people experienced the recovery and rebuilding process post-Holiday Farm Fire in 2020.

Congratulations, Haisu and Claire!

Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Read Professor Richard York's latest (with coauthor Kristina Beggen)!

Dr. Szasz defended his dissertation earlier this week and is now working as an Energy Analyst with the California Energy Commission. Best of luck Dr Szasz!

New publication from Associate Teaching Professor of Sociology Stephanie Wiley. Available here: commons.allard.ubc.ca/ubclawreview...

Congrats to Jinsun on the forthcoming publication! Jinsun will present their research next week at UO's Asian Studies Research Event, part of the Undergraduate Research Symposium, Thursday, May 22, 5:30-7:30 pm in the EMU, Cedar/Spruce Rooms. Please come!

Please join us Fri May 16 at noon in PLC 714! Brett Burkhardt, Assoc Prof of Sociology, Oregon State University, will discuss "What Do We Talk About When We Talk about Guns? Four Decades of Firearm Coverage in the New York Times." Zoom link also available: uoregon.zoom.us/j/99540371085

Read the latest from Assoc Prof Claire Herbert and Dr Michael Brown! Full cites for both their 2023 and 2025 publications in next comment.

New book by Prof Vazquez-Tokos! This research is based on interviews with people in Oregon from various racial groups, and brings their opinions together to weigh in on how race contours national belonging and affects sense of self, everyday life, and aspirations for the future.

Please come to our next colloquium, where grad student Katie Clark will discuss her research on illicit use of prescription stimulants. Zoom link: uoregon.zoom.us/j/99540371085

Event TOMORROW! Please join us.

If you are attending the PSA conference in San Francisco later this month, please come say hi!

This Thursday!

"...Equitable evaluation should prioritize substantive assessment by disciplinary experts and/or content specialists....(inappropriately applied metrics) can reinforce existing inequalities and even generate new “automated inequalities.” Read it here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...