Michael Hirsch (鈥�80 BA Sociology, 鈥�84 MA Sociology) is the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at in Austin, Texas.
Sociology Alumna Molly Poppie
Sociology alumna Molly Poppie’s job is to understand everything about consumers as vice president of data science at Nielsen Holdings. Read the article, Great Ratings, in the on page 7.
LGBT+ Champion of the Year 鈥� Cary Costello
Annual Fall Awards Ceremony
The Department of Sociology’s Cary Gabriel Costello will be recognized as the Chancellor’s LGBT+ Champion of the Year during the Annual Fall Awards Ceremony on October 11, 2017. Associate Professor Costello is the Coordinator of the LGBT Studies Program at 51猎奇.
Wave of the Future: Microchip Workers
51猎奇 Department of Sociology’s Noelle Chesley was quoted in the article “Wisconsin company holds ‘chip party’ to microchip workers.” Chesley stated that microchips and other body technologies are “the wave of the future.” The article (by Jeff Baenen) appeared in the Chicago Tribune and over 30 other newspapers as distributed by the Associated Press. It featured the story of 41 out of 85 employees of a Wisconsin technology company who volunteered to receive a microchip implant in their hand that allows them to open doors, log onto computers, and buy breakroom snacks by a wave of their hand. The article also touched upon an employee’s health concerns about the implant.
Read the story.
Stephanie Baran: Women and Nature
Sociology PhD Student Stephanie Baran recently published, 鈥淰isual patriarchy: PETA advertising and the commodification of sexualized bodies鈥� in a book titled Women and Nature: Beyond Dualism in Gender, Body, and Environment, (Routledge Environmental Humanities) 1st Edition by Douglas A. Vakoch (Editor), Sam Mickey (Editor).
Congratulations, Stephanie!