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At today's UM Population Studies Center brown bag, Sangeetha Madhavan UMD Sociology presents evidence from Kenya on the impacts of unions and kinship support on the mental health of mothers. Join us at U-M ISR 1430 at noon- -or on Zoom. psc.isr.umich.edu/events/madhava…


How does discrimination shape political engagement among ethnic minority adolescents in #Europe? Join us this Friday as MWWIR hosts Assistant Professor of UMD Sociology Muna Adem at the Mortara Center! RSVP at go.gwu.edu/mwwir


The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences remembers with gratitude and fondness two UMD Sociology faculty members, Dr. Joseph Lengermann and Professor John Pease, who recently passed away. Learn a bit more about Dr. Lengermann and Professor Pease at go.umd.edu/LengermannPease



A new course from UMD Sociology and UMD Police Dept. investigates: Can conversations improve police-community relations? Get a glimpse into what the newly launched course is like via Sala Levin's article in Univ. of Maryland Today: go.umd.edu/socyumpdcourse


The U-M ISR Abstract podcast spotlights this recent UM Population Studies Center brown bag talk from Sangeetha Madhavan UMD Sociology: isr.umich.edu/news-events/ne… Jon Meerdink

1/8 Great Maryland Research Celebration yesterday. UMD Research - reason I stayed at UMD for 30 years. I joined planning to move soon .. didn't even sign up for a defined benefits pension plan when I joined (what a mistake!). Let me count the ways life was great Univ. of Maryland


Congratulations to this #BSOSgrad spotlight, Solomiya Brannman, on earning a degree in UMD Sociology and family science (UMD Public Health)!




Our next #BSOSgrad spotlight highlights Joy Chigozirim Anyanwu, who will be graduating with a B.A. in UMD Sociology. Congratulations, Joy!


Honored to receive Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year Award UMD Grad School. Nothing better than to be known by one’s students. I have had the privilege of working with some amazing ones over the years. Thank you Shriyam Natasha Neerad Deshmukh Saswathi Natta Hope Xu Yan for nomination.



📜Paper alert: bit.ly/3UPAEqc Sharan Sharma Sonalde Desai Debasis Barik & Om Prakash Sharma use NCAER IHDS Corner data to understand omitted births in fertility histories—conclude they are 'non-ignorable' & non-random; estimate prevalence at 4%; & discuss its predictors.



After 30 years with UMD Sociology, Distinguished University Professor Sonalde Desai will be retiring in June—and leaving a gift that will provide SOCY students and faculty with grants supporting research focused on societies outside the U.S. Learn more at go.umd.edu/desairetirement


Please join me in thanking Sonalde Desai not only for her generous service to BSOS @ UMD/UMD Sociology these last 30 years, but also for her recent gift supporting student and faculty researchers. We are so very grateful, Sonalde, and wish you all the best that retirement has to offer!

How do the distribution of time and time use among races shape racial health disparities? New work by Dr. Cynthia Colen Kelsey J. Drotning, Liana C. Sayer & Bruce Link in the March issue of #JHSB: bit.ly/3JQ5Noc Ohio State UMD Sociology UC Riverside ASA Medical Sociology ASA_RGC


🚨University of Maryland Sociology (UMD Sociology) is hiring an Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor who studies race, health inequalities, environment, migration, or aging. ejobs.umd.edu/postings/121293