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Celebrating Excellence: Noah received the Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization Interdisciplinary Paper Award at the annual Gerontological Society of America meeting!
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Celebrating Excellence: Noah received the Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization Interdisciplinary Paper Award at the annual Gerontological Society of America meeting!
Prof. Alexandre Frenette was awarded an inaugural Vanderbilt-Liverpool Joint Research Seed Grant.
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Prof. Alexandre Frenette was awarded an inaugural Vanderbilt-Liverpool Joint Research Seed Grant.
Congratulations, Professor Rachel Donnelly, on being awarded the prestigious Seeding Success Grant—an incredible recognition that supports innovative research by emerging faculty. A well-deserved achievement!
Seeding Success supports budding faculty research projects
Five Vanderbilt researchers have received Seeding Success grants for early-stage projects that have strong potential for external funding. The program, managed by Research Development and Support, ref...
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August 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Congratulations, Professor Rachel Donnelly, on being awarded the prestigious Seeding Success Grant—an incredible recognition that supports innovative research by emerging faculty. A well-deserved achievement!
Congratulations to all the 2025 grads and award recipients!
May 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Congratulations to all the 2025 grads and award recipients!
Savannah Bastian won the A&S award for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant. Congrats Savannah!
May 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Savannah Bastian won the A&S award for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant. Congrats Savannah!
Huge Congratulations to Sociology graduate students Alyssa Davis and Adam Schoenbachler who have each been awarded Vanderbilt Provost’s Pathbreaking Discovery Awards!
May 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Huge Congratulations to Sociology graduate students Alyssa Davis and Adam Schoenbachler who have each been awarded Vanderbilt Provost’s Pathbreaking Discovery Awards!
Check out Prof. Zdravka Tzankova's new piece that points to a ray of private environmental governance hope amid the gathering public policy storm.
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Companies will still face pressure to manage for climate change, even as government rolls back US climate policy
Corporate decisions made in boardrooms and through initiatives with nonprofits have created an important kind of private climate governance.
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April 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Check out Prof. Zdravka Tzankova's new piece that points to a ray of private environmental governance hope amid the gathering public policy storm.
theconversation.com/companies-wi...
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Check out Prof. Zdravka Tzankova's recent article. It highlights the opportunities to mobilize carbon offsets and the voluntary carbon market as a tool for funding energy efficiency upgrades in low-income housing (in TN and beyond)!
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Low-income households struggle to afford a home in TN. Carbon credits can help. | Opinion
Carbon credits, a tool used to help companies reduce their climate impact, could help low-income residents afford proper home heating and cooling.
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April 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Check out Prof. Zdravka Tzankova's recent article. It highlights the opportunities to mobilize carbon offsets and the voluntary carbon market as a tool for funding energy efficiency upgrades in low-income housing (in TN and beyond)!
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
Prof. Alexandre Frenette joins the Editorial Board of Poetics, the leading sociological journal specializing in research on culture, arts, and the media.
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March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Prof. Alexandre Frenette joins the Editorial Board of Poetics, the leading sociological journal specializing in research on culture, arts, and the media.
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Read about Professors Rachel Donnelly, Lijun Song, and Holly McCammon meeting with UK and US health policy leaders to discuss health disparities and interventions in the US and UK: as.vanderbilt.edu/sociology/20...
March 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Read about Professors Rachel Donnelly, Lijun Song, and Holly McCammon meeting with UK and US health policy leaders to discuss health disparities and interventions in the US and UK: as.vanderbilt.edu/sociology/20...
Vice Provost and Professor Sociology Christie-Mizell received the 2025 Diamond Award Diamond Award for Lifetime Achievement in Higher Education Leadership, Philanthropy, Humanitarianism, Civic & Community Engagement.
Congratulations Dr. Christie-Mizell!
Congratulations Dr. Christie-Mizell!
March 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Vice Provost and Professor Sociology Christie-Mizell received the 2025 Diamond Award Diamond Award for Lifetime Achievement in Higher Education Leadership, Philanthropy, Humanitarianism, Civic & Community Engagement.
Congratulations Dr. Christie-Mizell!
Congratulations Dr. Christie-Mizell!
Sociology doctoral student Savannah C. Bastian and collaborators publish research on sexual pleasure and aging in Sociological Forum!
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Heterosexual women's pleasure trajectories: How aging helps undo gendered sexual scripts
Heterosexual women are less likely than heterosexual men to experience pleasure in partnered encounters. However, because most research on women's sexual pleasure focuses on adolescents and young adu...
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February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Sociology doctoral student Savannah C. Bastian and collaborators publish research on sexual pleasure and aging in Sociological Forum!
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Congratulations Professor Shaul Kelner!
His book “A Cold War Exodus” has won the National Jewish Book Award from the Jewish Book Council.
His book “A Cold War Exodus” has won the National Jewish Book Award from the Jewish Book Council.
January 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Congratulations Professor Shaul Kelner!
His book “A Cold War Exodus” has won the National Jewish Book Award from the Jewish Book Council.
His book “A Cold War Exodus” has won the National Jewish Book Award from the Jewish Book Council.
Congratulations to Sociology majors, Samuel Ellis and Solmin Kim, two of the 2024 Top Ten Outstanding Seniors.
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Two Sociology majors included in the 2024 Top Ten Outstanding Seniors
Congratulations to Sociology majors, Samuel Ellis and Solmin Kim, two of the 2024 Top Ten Outstanding Seniors! Samuel Ellis Sam is a fourth-year Honors Scholar majoring in Sociology. He is actively i...
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November 18, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Congratulations to Sociology majors, Samuel Ellis and Solmin Kim, two of the 2024 Top Ten Outstanding Seniors.
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