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Dr. Mark Paterson features in cover interview, talking about his book How We Became Sensorimotor
The online academic magazine Rorotoko features an interview with faculty member Dr. Mark Paterson on its cover for April 12, 2023. Dr. Paterson explains the...
Dr. Fernando Tormos-Aponte Quoted in Science.org Story
Dr. Joshua Bloom Awarded Pitt Momentum Priming Grant

2023 Undergraduate Summer Research Projects through Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation
2023 Undergraduate Summer Research Projects through Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation
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Visiting Assistant Professor Nick Rogers co-writes article on analysis of Twitter data for the Washington Post
In their story 'Have we passed peak MAGA?' in the 'Money Cage' section of The Washington Post, Nick Rogers (Sociology, Pitt) and Jason J. Jones (Computational Science, Stony Brook)...

Prof. Staggenborg to talk about new book Grassroots Environmentalism
The Humanities Center features Prof Staggenborg and her recent book Grassroots Environmentalism for the next book duet, as well as Kathy George and her book The Blues Walked In...
Sociology undergraduate, Yali Beit-Arie, receives an inaugural Voyager scholarships through the Obama Foundation

New issue of student-edited Pitt Sociology Review for Spring 2022
The latest issue of The Pitt Sociology Review, published by the Sociology Student Association, has been published and is available as a PDF...
Professor Mike Epitropoulos has been elected as Chair to the Senate Athletics and Recreation Committee
Professor Fernando Tormos-Aponte Co-authored a Report with the Union of Concerned Scientists on Achieving Multiracial Democracy in the US
Professor Tormos-Aponte contributed content on minority mobilization and coalition-building. He and his colleague...
2021-22 Avery Award Winners
Congratulations to the Department of Sociology’s Avery Award winner for 2021-2022, Elizabeth Timple as well as to our two runners up Amy Modi and Bianca Gonzales.

Dr. Mark Paterson in Humanities Center book discussion event with Dr. Randall Halle
Sociology Associate Professor Mark Paterson will be discussing his most recent book, How We Became Sensorimotor: Movement, Measurement, Sensation (University of Minnesota Press) in a '...
Doctoral student Seda Baykal has won a research grant from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Doctoral student Seda Baykal has won a research grant from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion for her project "Faith and Reason in Higher Education: Ankara University School of...
PhD student Chie Togami presents "Community Voices: Pittsburgh, the United States Steel Corporation, and 120 years of extraction."
Join World History Center Graduate Student Assistant in Public History, Chie Togami, for a presentation and conversation about her three-part podcast series, "Extraction." The project and podcast...