Sociology graduate student Zhe Zhang received a section award from the American Sociological Association (ASA): the Graduate Student Travel Award from the Sociology of Aging and the Life Course (SALC) Section. He will be recognized at the ASA Annual Meeting this August. Congratulations!

Sociology graduate student Alyssa Davis has been awarded Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant for the 2026 Graduate Student Teaching Awards in the College of Arts & Sciences. Congratulations Alyssa!

Congratulations to Sociology graduate student Blake Powell for winning a poster award at the 2026 PAA conference!

Huge congratulations to Sociology graduate student Zheng (Noah) Lian for being awarded Vanderbilt Provost's Pathbreaking Discovery Award!

Prof. Jenny Davis is featured in the January 2026 edition of Explorer from the Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science. Check out her video spotlight titled "Faculty experts answer your questions on AI" below! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC5w...

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Professor Alexandre Frenette won the The Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for social sciences! The award recognizes Arts and Science faculty who have excelled in teaching undergraduates. Congratulations!

Prof. Laurie Woods received The Harriet S. Gilliam Award for Excellence in Teaching in the social sciences. The award recognizes a continuing-track faculty member who has achieved excellence in teaching undergraduates.

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.

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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Check out Prof. Mariano Sana's article on Slate! slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Biggest Myth About Immigration That Even Well-Meaning Americans Believe

Can workers who lack legal status really self-deport and jump the line back in?

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Congratulations to all the 2025 grads and award recipients!

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!

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...

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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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...

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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Prof. Alexandre Frenette joins the Editorial Board of Poetics, the leading sociological journal specializing in research on culture, arts, and the media. www.sciencedirect.com/journal/poet...

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!

Sociology doctoral student Savannah C. Bastian and collaborators publish research on sexual pleasure and aging in Sociological Forum! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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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Congratulations Professor Shaul Kelner! His book “A Cold War Exodus” has won the National Jewish Book Award from the Jewish Book Council.

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Carbon offsets can help bring energy efficiency to low-income Americans − our Nashville data shows it could be a win for everyone

Insulating attics, replacing windows and adding heat pumps can save money and reduce emissions − if residents can afford the upgrades. Carbon-offset purchases by local companies could help.

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Congratulations to Sociology majors, Samuel Ellis and Solmin Kim, two of the 2024 Top Ten Outstanding Seniors. as.vanderbilt.edu/sociology/20...