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As part of UC Berkeley's 150W Project, celebrating 150 years of women's contributions to UC Berkeley, the Sociology Department has published Celebrating the Women Behind UC Berkeley Sociology.  

On October 25, Prof. Stephanie Canizales received multiple awards from the International Society of Latino Authors for Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States: Best Immigration Themed Book Gold Medal The Raul Yzaguirre Best Political/Current Affairs Book Gold Medal Best First Book (Nonfiction) Honorable Mention Best Women’s Issues Book Award Honorable Mention

Professor Nancy Chodorow (1944-2025) Nancy Chodorow, an esteemed sociologist, psychoanalyst and professor emerita at UC Berkeley, passed away on Oct. 14. She was 81. Chodorow joined the Berkeley Sociology Department in 1986 after graduating from Radcliffe College in 1966 and receiving her Ph.D. in sociology from Brandeis University in 1975.

As part of the Legacy Project of the University of California Berkeley Emeriti Association, Professor Emerita Arlie Russell Hochschild discusses her life and career with Professor Emerita and Professor of the Graduate School Ann Swidler.  Website  Video 

We are thrilled to share exciting news with our community! Professor Martin Eirmann has a new book, The Limiting Principle: How Privacy Became a Public Issue

After serving nearly eight years incarcerated, Charlie Nguyen found redemption through education and the Rising Scholars program at Santiago Canyon College. Now a pre-law sociology major at UC Berkeley, Nguyen is committed to giving back and supporting justice-impacted students on their own paths to transformation.   Read more about the story here:   Charlie Nguyen News Article   Congratulations Charlie Nguyen. 

Here are the 2025 conference awards recently won by Berkeley Sociology Faculty and Students

Associate Professor Yan Long's book, Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China (Oxford University Press, 2024), has recently won the following awards:

 

"Honorable Mention: Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, University of California, Berkeley and The Hebrew Universi

A recent UC Berkeley Sociology graduate and former teen mom, Mia Magaña Kelly overcame significant challenges and now strives to be a voice for others who have experienced trauma. Driven by a deep desire to understand people more fully, she is committed to using her experiences to inspire and uplift others.   Read more about her story here. https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/teen-mom-turned-her-struggle-strength-recent-uc-berkeley-graduate

We're excited to share that Professor G. Cristina Mora recently co-wrote an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times: “Californians insist — immigrants deserve a path to citizenship”

Anna Palmer and Julio Salas, PhD students in Sociology, were awarded Mentored Research A

Caleb Scoville, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tufts University, has been named a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for his research project titled “Divided by Nature: How Environmental Politics Became Partisan and What to Do About It in a Warming World.”

UC Berkeley Sociology Ranked #1 By US News 

 

Sociology PhD student Daniel Lobo was interviewed by Accounts, the newsletter for the Economic Sociology section, about his forthcoming article in the American Political Science Review and his broader research agenda.  Please click the link below for more information.  

New books by Sociology Faculty were recently featured in the podcast and video series of the Social Science Matrix: Stephanie Canizales: Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States Yan Long: Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China

Professor Stephanie Canizales and her collaborators at UCSD, UCSB, and UCI have won a $1.6M grant from the UC 2025 Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives program for a project titled: "Reimagining Refuge: California for Just Migrant Futures."