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In Memoriam: Nancy Chodorow

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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.

Boutyline Wins ASA Student Paper Award

Sociology Graduate Student Andrei Boutyline has been awarded the ASA Mathematical Sociology Section's 2015 Graduate Student Paper Award for  “Detecting Shared Cultural Schemas with Correlational Class Analysis: Theory and Methodology.”  Congratulations Andrei!

Brian Powers Receives AC Innovation in Teaching Award

Dr. Brian Powers was selected as a recipient of the 2015 American Cultures Innovation in Teaching Award for his courses "Principles of Sociology," "The Sociology of Education," and "Senior Seminar in the Theory and Practice of Inclusive Schooling: Racial Diversity, English-Language Learners, and Students with Disability."   This award is given to faculty whose teaching significantly enhances students' learning in the AC classroom.

Berkeley Connect, a new and exciting opportunity for undergraduates.

Announcing a new and exciting opportunity for undergraduates -- Berkeley Connect!   Here is a list of our Fall 2014 Berkeley Connect Seminars.  For more information, check out the new Berkeley Connect in Sociology Program website!