Welcome to UB's Department of Sociology
Recent Department News
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Professor Robert Wagmiller's article, "Parental Health and Children's Economic Well-Being," has been published in the March issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
- On
November 4, 2007 in recognition of his dedication to teaching and service to students,
Professor Sampson Lee Blair was bestowed as an honorary faculty
member of the UB chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society.
- On October 1, 2007 an interview with Professor Brenda Moore on the role of women
in combat was aired on NPR, "All Things Considered." For
more.....
- Professor
Debra Street and Professor Brenda Moore will present "Gender
and Deployment: Experiences of Stateside Families" at a Maxwell Center
Policy Research Symposium, Syracuse University, October 5-6, 2007. The conference,
Military Service, Social (Dis)Advantage, and the Life Course has
received funding from the University of Wisconsin Center for Demography of
Health and Aging and the National Institute on Aging (NIA Grant# 1RO1AG028480-01).
- Principal
Investigator Debra Street and Co-Investigator Paulette
Niewczyk (PhD, UB 2007) were notified (June 2007) that the National
Science Foundation, SES Division, Sociology Program award panel recommended
funding their Doctoral Dissertation Research grant proposal entitled "Health
Care Disparities: Causes and Contributing Factors."
- Professor
Elaine Howard Ecklund received a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation
for a project entitled "Religion and the Changing Face of American Civic
Life." She was interviewed on this topic for Chicago Public Radio
on June 26, 2007. To hear the interview, go to http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/848
- Professor
Peter St. Jean's forthcoming book is titled, Pockets of Crime:
Broken Windows, Collective Efficacy, and the Criminal Point of View.
Read
more...
- Professor
Robert Wagmiller's
article, "Race and the Spatial Segregation of Jobless Men in Urban America,"
has been published in the August issue of Demography. Read
more...
Faculty
Recruitment
The Department
of Sociology invites applicants for one tenure track position, at the Assistant
or advanced Assistant Professor rank, to begin fall, 2008, contingent on final
budgetary approval. Candidates for the position must have expertise in
Urban
and Community. We are especially interested in applicants whose research
interests intersect with law and society, public policy, or urban social order
and control. Usual teaching responsibilities include one graduate and three
undergraduate courses per year. Successful applicants will be expected to seek
external funding for research. Candidates are expected to have a PhD by August
31, 2008 . The department specializes in urban/community, law and society, race
and ethnicity, and family and the life course and houses a survey research lab
as well as two research institutes: 1) Law and Urban Justice, and 2) Ethnicity
and the Life Course. The department is a major contributor to the UB strategic
strength in Civic Engagement and Public Policy. The department collaborates
closely with the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy and the UB Law School.
UB, the most comprehensive research university in SUNY, has a full array of
professional schools, and sponsors competition for funds to collaborate with
faculty in Law, Architecture and Planning, Education, Health Sciences, Social
Work, Research Institute on Addictions, and other departments in the university.
The State University of New York at Buffalo is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative
Action Employer/Recruiter. Applicants must submit
ONLINE at
hr.buffalo.edu: application; a short statement/cover letter
describing their research and teaching interests along with the significance
of their published work; cv. All applicants
MUST SEND: samples
of written work; evidence of teaching effectiveness; and three letters of recommendation.
All materials should be addressed to: Robert Granfield, Chair; Department of
Sociology; 430 Park Hall, Box 604140; Buffalo, New York 14260-4140. Screening
of applicants begins October 1, 2007, and will continue until the position is
filled.