Big congratulations to grad students Matthew Coetzee and Maura R. Kraemer, who have both been awarded our department's 2025 John J. Kane Memorial Award for most outstanding graduate students in sociology. Cheers!
@maurarkraemer.bsky.social @mcoetzee.bsky.social

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Graduate students Maura R. Kraemer and Suzanne Wood have been awarded our department's 2025 David L. Dodge Teaching Award for excellence in teaching! Congrats to them both!
@maurarkraemer.bsky.social @thesuzannewood.bsky.social

Read about the Dodge Award here: sociology.nd.edu/graduate-pro...

Check out grad student @maurarkraemer.bsky.social's new publication, which uses field theory to explore how high school students’ academic outcomes and educational experiences are related to their engagement in racialized cultural capital-generating activities!

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Congrats to graduate student @maurarkraemer.bsky.social, whose article "Race, Parents, and Schools: Understanding How Parental Racial Socialization Operates Within Schools as Racialized Organizations" (SSR 2025) received honorable mention for the ASA Soc of Education Best Grad Student Paper Award!

It's rare to get one's MA thesis published -- proud of the work Maura did to see this through to publication!

Graduate student Maura Kraemer's recent article uncovers how parental racial socialization operates within schools as racialized organizations. Until February 15th, you can use this link for free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kL6A,17Ro...