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Featured Courses - Fall 2019 SOCY-1006: Social Construct of Sexuality Discusses the social determinants of sexuality. Analyzes the economic, psychological, and cultural influences on human sexuality. Interactional perspective of human sexuality is presented. Same as WGST 1006 . SOCY-2031 : Social Problems Examines various social problems in the U.S. through a traditional sociological framework focused on race, class, and gender. Considers such problems as economic, racial, and gender inequality as manifestations of broader structural dynamics rooted in unequal relations of power. Addresses topics such as mass incarceration, poverty, segregation, drug use, immigration, and war and terrorism. SOCY-4014 : Criminology Examines the scientific study of types of criminal behavior and explanations for criminal behavior, with special attention to social factors affecting criminal behavior. SOCY-1016 : Sex, Gender and Society Examines status and power differences between the sexes at individual and societal levels. Emphasizes the historical context of gender roles and status, reviews major theories of gender stratification. News & Announcements The Matthew C. Brown Scholarship Fund will support Sociology graduate students with demonstrated commitment to making a positive social impact through teaching and who have faced unusual adversity and/or are from backgrounds that are historically underrepresented in Sociology. Follow us on Social Media! Facebook Instagram Twitter Please join us for our Spring 2020 Colloquium Series CU Boulder Sociology Newsletter 2/14/20 Leslie Irvine was interviewed on NPR's podcast "The Pulse," by WHYY in Philadelphia. The February 7 episode entitled "How Movies Move Us" features Leslie in the segment, "Can dogs really act or is it all an illusion?" You can listen to it in full anywhere you get your podcasts, or here . If you want to just listen to/read the dog acting segment you can do that here . A revised and edited version of Mathieu Desan’s 2013 Sociological Theory article was translated into Italian and published in Bourdieu e Marx . Pratiche della critica (Mimesis Edizioni). 1/24/20 Congratulations to David Pyrooz for a great book talk at Boulder Bookstore on Tuesday. Amidst the public audience were several faculty and graduate students -- David did a great job of presenting his work and then fielded intriguing questions about methods, findings, and implications. Congrats David! Amanda Stevenson’s recent paper on judges vetoing teens’ abortion decisions was covered by a number of news outlets – including traditional ones. But most exciting to her former-nerd self was coverage by Gizmodo. Also this week Amanda was an invited expert as Florida’s state senate deliberated changing its parental involvement law for abortion. Her public testimony is available here . Congrats Amanda! 1/17/20 Ryan Masters and Eric Reither (Utah State University) have a new paper in Population Health Metrics, "Accounting for biases in survey-based estimates of population attributable fractions." The paper is Open Access here Congratulations to Sociology doctoral student, Candace Evans , and faculty member Lori Peek . Candace and Lori (along with Rachel Adams , who is a postdoctoral researcher at the Natural Hazards Center) have recently developed and released two new online training modules. The first is focused on the topic of Social Vulnerability to Disasters, while the second focuses on Disaster Mental Health. These resources are being developed as part of Peek’s NSF-funded CONVERGE grant. Info Candace, Lori, and Rachel will be leading a webinar on January 17, where they will provide a brief demonstration of the newest training module. Find out more here , and please tune in if you can! In 2019, Sociology graduate students Simone Domingue and Lisa McDevitt both published independent book reviews in the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. Simone and Lisa originally wrote their reviews for Lori Peek’s graduate seminar on the Sociology of Disasters, which they then revised and submitted for publication. Congratulations Simone and Lisa! Aubrey Limburg and Stefanie Mollborn have a new article published from their collaboration with SOCY alum Bethany Everett : Everett, Bethany G., Stefanie Mollborn, Virginia Jenkins , Aubrey Limburg , and Lisa M. Diamond. Published online ahead of print. “Racial/Ethnic Differences in Unwanted Births: Moderation by Sexual Orientation.” Journal of Marriage and Family . Bertha Bermudez Tapia has been invited by the Nuevo León Council to participate as an immigration expert consultant in the revision of the Strategic Plan for the Mexican state of Nuevo León, 2015-2030. Bertha has also been invited to participate as a panelist at the Author Meets Critics session of the American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, to discuss the book: Deported to Death: How Drug Violence is Changing Migration on the US-Mexico Border by Dr. Jeremy Slack. Amanda Stevenson has a paper with CU nursing professor Kate Coleman-Minehan and Texas attorney Susan Hays out this week documenting for the first time that abortion restrictions requiring parental involvement before minors can get care allows judges to deny teenagers’ abortion decisions. “ Denials of Judicial Bypass Petitions for Abortion in Texas Before and After the 2016 Bypass Process Change: 2001–2018” Check out the paper on CU Boulder Today! 12/5/19 Congrats to four of our undergraduate Honors students will be presenting their research at the Pacific Sociological Association meetings in May 2020. They have received funding from the Hanson Fund in Sociology designated to support undergraduate research, and also the Professional & Academic Conference Endowment Fund which supports undergraduate travel to professional meetings. Spencer Bajcar, “The Kachin Refugee Crisis and Its Influence on Gender Norms” Kieran Haffey, “County-Level Indicators of Suicide Rates Moderated by Level of Urbanization” Katy Halverson, “Experiences of Religious Change: Latter-Day Saint Womens’ Perceptions of Church Policy Shifts” Abby McConnell, “Challenges and Soluti...