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Campos-Castillo Receives Honors

Celeste Campos-Castillo‘s published paper in JAMIA last year wins a Best Paper of the Year Award by the International Association of Medical Informatics. The paper was one of 3,600 submissions and is entitled: “The Double-Edged Sword of Electronic Health Records: Implications for Patient Disclosure.”

Bartholomay’s Drag Queen Crush in Gender & Society Blog

Daniel Bartholomay, Doctoral Student and Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, has recently written for Gender & Society blog (G&S) is a peer-reviewed journal, focused on the study of gender in society across global and transnational spaces. It is the official journal of

Photo illustration, Gender & Society

Dr. Aneesh interviewed on “the boom” podcast

51ÁÔÆæ Sociology Professor A. Aneesh is interviewed on Jim O’Connell’s new audio podcast “the boom.” The boom’s second episode, called Phone Work, explores the world of call center work and the humans on the other end of the line who are there to help. It also touches upon the future of customer service. The interview with Dr. A. Aneesh begins at approximately five minutes into the podcast.

Gordon Gauchat on the Politics of Science Funding

In the OUPblog interview, entitled , 51ÁÔÆæ Department of Sociology’s Gordan Gauchat addresses the issue of science funding and shares his thoughts on the importance of public perceptions of science, climate science, and social science.

Arne L. Kalleberg (UNC at Chapel Hill) based his interview with Assistant Professor Gordon Gauchat on Gauchat’s recent Social Forces article, Oxford University Press.

Stephanie Baran article published

51ÁÔÆæ Department of Sociology PhD student Stephanie Baran’s article PETA, Patriarchy and the Body was published on

Baran writes: “Social justice organizations, one would think, would be the last place one might find racism, sexism and ableism to mention a few, but we would be remiss if we did not give some critical attention to these organizations – most notably PETA. Sure, using the mantra of ‘sex sells’ will get the message out, on the news and in people’s faces, but at what cost? Is the goal of using women in positions of suffering in the place of animals really accomplishing the end?”