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Salary range: The posted UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay at appointment. See the following table for the salary scale for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2023-24/july-2023-acad-salary-scales/t15.pdf . A reasonable estimate for this position is $66,259 - $94,470.

Percent time: 17% to 100%

"From Degrees to Dimensions: Accounts of Workers’ Socioeconomic Dependence on Platforms"  
2024 Professional Development Grant for Emerging Scholars Studying Poverty and Economic Mobility among Latino Populations Click the link below for me information! https://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/emerging-scholars/2024-professional-development-grant-for-emerging-scholars-studying-poverty-and-economic-mobility-among-latino-populations/
We are excited to announce our very own faculty member Stephanie Canizales Book Event. Please click the link below for more details to register for the event happening October 17, 2024 at 1pm.  
The American Sociological Review features Emily's article titled "How Work Becomes Invisible: The Erosion of the Wage Floor for Workers with Disabilities." This piece explores the issue of subminimum wage payments to disabled workers.    The article addresses the payment of subminimum wages to disabled workers. You can access the article here: 
Jason Ferguson, Berkeley Sociology PhD (2020), will join the Berkeley Law faculty after serving four years on the faculty at UCLA. Professor Ferguson will be spending the 2024-25 academic year at the Harvard Society of Fellows. We look forward to welcoming him back to Cal in Fall 2025!
Gayl Ness (Berkeley PhD 1961) was a Sociologist of Southeast Asia who spent his entire career at the University of Michigan. His obituary can be found here. 
Assistant Professor Stephanie Canizales won the Distinguished Early Career Award from the ASA section on Children and Youth.    Congratulations Professor Canizales!
Assistant Professor Areej Sabbagh-Khoury won the award for the Best Publication by an International Scholar for her paper, "Citizenship as Accumulation by Dispossession: The Paradox of Settler Colonial Citizenship" (Sociological Theory, 2022).  
PhD student Tyler Leeds won the student paper award from the Biosociology and Evolutionary Sociology section for his paper titled, "The Bio-Habitus: Using Pain Science to Reconstruct Bourdieusian Theory," which was published in Sociological Theory earlier this year.    
Click here to learn more about Xavier Durham's Research Project. https://www.russellsage.org/awarded-project/when-policed-become-police-reentry-and-non-profit-security-california   Click here to learn more about Ángel Mendiola Ross's Research Project.
Her book titled, "A Man among Other Men: The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capi
This prestigious award recognizes ASA scholars who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to the field of sociology. Their lifetime achievements, whether theoretical, methodological, or both, have significantly advanced the discipline. The selection committee places particular emphasis on individuals whose contributions have notably reshaped the broader field of sociology or specific subfields within it.   Click Here for more info. 
Click to read the captivating article below!   https://www.kqed.org/news/11985985/the-uc-berkeley-professor-centering-the-latino-experience-on-campus
Please click links below for more information.   https://csls.berkeley.edu/opportunities/csls-frances-s-coles-summer-research-grants/2024-summer-research-grant-winners https://csls.berkeley.edu/people/%C3%A1ngel-mendiola-ross