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Lecturer Positions

The Department of Sociology at University of California at Berkeley is generating an applicant pool of qualified temporary instructors to teach a range of
courses in the department should openings arise.

The position’s duties include: undergraduate and graduate teaching. In addition to teaching responsibilities, general duties may include holding office hours, assigning grades, advising students, preparing course materials (e.g. syllabus), writing exams, and managing GSIs.

Chris Herring publishes chapter on managing homelessness across public space and city shelters.

Sociology student, Mac Hoang, creates program to support underrepresented students

https://discovery.berkeley.edu/student-discovery-stories/mac-hoang

Chris Herring presents research at San Francisco Police Commission

Chris Herring presented research from his article "Complaint-Oriented Policing: Regulating Homelessness in Public Space" forthcoming in the American Sociological Review at the San Francisco Police Commission on August 7.

Jennifer Johnson-Hanks to serve as Vice Chair of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate

Jennifer Johnson-Hanks to serve as Vice Chair of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate for the 2019-20 academic year. Professor Johnson-Hanks has served on Status of Women and Ethnic Minorities (SWEM) and the Committee on Academic Planning and Resource Allocation (CAPRA), which she chaired from 2017 to 2019.

Chris Herring publishes article on the criminalization of homelessness at Social Problems

Chris Herring receives Community Partnership Paper Award from the Society of Social Problems

Chris Herring receives Community Partnership Paper Award from the Society of Social Problems for the book chapter “Fighting Anti-Homeless Laws through Participatory Action Research: Reflections from the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness’ Criminalization Study” with Lisa Marie Alatorre, Jennifer Friedenbach, Bilal Ali, TJ Johnston, and Dilara Yarbrough. The chapter is forthcoming in S. Greenbaum and P. Zinn (eds), Collaborating for Change: A Participatory Action Research Casebook. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

If everyone in the U.S. went back to where they came from, by Irene Bloemraad

Danny Schneider's work featured in the Daily Cal

Danny Schneider's work with UCSF sociologist, Kristen Harknett, for IRLE's Shift Project examining the effects of unstable work schedules on workers in the retail and food service industries. is featured in the Daily Californian

PhD student Skyler Wang discusses politics in online dating with GQ

Danny Schneider featured on KQED's Forum

Danny Schneider featured on KQED's Forum piece: "Local Researchers Look at Psychological, Economic and Physical Toll of Shift Work."

Michaela Simmons receives a 2019 Ford Dissertation Fellowship.

Michaela Simmons has received a 2019 Ford Dissertation Fellowship.

Schneider pens WaPo Op-Ed on Psychological Toll of Erratic Work Schedules

Daniel Schneider has penned a Washington Post Op-Ed on Psychological Toll of Erratic Work Schedules

Rachel Wetts and Yueran Zhang are the co-winners of the 2019 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship for a Graduate Student Paper Award given by the ASA Political Sociology section.

Rachel Wetts and Yueran Zhang are the co-winners of the 2019 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship for a Graduate Student Paper Award given by the ASA Political Sociology section. Rachel Wetts, “Models and Morals: Elite-Oriented and Value-Neutral Discourse Dominates American Organizations' Framings of Climate Change.” Social Forces (forthcoming)

Caleb Scoville publishes article with coauthor Razvan Amironesei in Theory, Culture & Society.

Berkeley Alumni Book Awards

Recent Berkeley alumni book awards:

Andy Scott Chang receives honorable mention for the Aristide Zolberg Distinguished Student Scholar in the ASA Section on International Migration

Andy Scott Chang received an honorable mention for the Aristide Zolberg Distinguished Student Scholar in the ASA Section on International Migration for his “Producing the Self-Regulating Subject: Liberal Protection in Indonesia’s Migration Infrastructure.” Pacific Affairs 91(4):695-716.