Sociology undergraduates and graduate students are encouraged to apply for these scholarships here as part of the CSUSA. Visit the College of Liberal Arts scholarship section for additional details and possibilities. The Sociology Alumni Scholarship Funded by Department of Sociology alumni and friends, faculty and staff. Criteria: • Be an outstanding sociology undergraduate or […]
Steamboat police partner with Mind Springs Health for 24/7 co-responder program Originally appeared in Steamboat Pilot & Today. Story by Alison Berg. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — In an effort to better serve people experiencing mental health issues in Steamboat Springs, the Steamboat Springs Police Department and Mind Springs Health have created a 24-hour co-responder program where […]
Michael Carolan published “COVID-19’s Impact on Gendered Household Food Practices: Eating and Feeding as Expressions of Competencies, Moralities, and Mobilities” in The Sociological Quarterly on January 21, 2021. ABSTRACT This article is based on research conducted in Colorado in late-2019 and again post-COVID outbreak, from April through May of 2020. In addition to (virtual) face-to-face […]
Originally appeared in CSU’s College of Liberal Arts Magazine. Story by Carmen Ruyle Hardy. Economic viability and the health of a community: tackling wicked problems begins at the kitchen table When an oil and gas boom busts, a rural community can be left in such poverty that residents are willing to consider all possibilities for […]
CSU’s virtual Fall Commencement is Friday, December 18. Department of Sociology Chair Pete Taylor congratulates graduates in this message. CSU’s Ceremonial Walk Across the Oval was held the week before Fall Break in lieu of an in-person ceremony and livestreamed. Lauren Wilkerson is pictured here in her cap & gown. Congratulations, Fall 2020 Sociology Graduates! David […]
Fifteen years ago Jason Downing’s students began stacking cans of donated food in the corner of their Front Range Community College (FRCC) classroom. He would load the items into his trunk and make a single trip to the Food Bank of Larimer County. Soon he began also teaching sociology at CSU, and cans started closing […]
Orestes (Pat) Hastings and Kassandra K. Roeser (B.A. ’18) published “Happiness in Hard Times: Does Religion Buffer the Negative Effect of Unemployment on Happiness?” in Social Forces. Dr. Hastings and Kassie wrote this paper while she was an undergrad in our Environmental Sociology concentration. She is now pursuing her master’s degree in Sociology at Stanford. […]
Ajhanai Newton (Sociology, ’15) is an instructor for CSU’s Master of Sport Management. She researches leadership, gender, and race in collegiate athletics.
Ph.D. student Emilia Ravetta and M.A. student Thai Binh Tran were accepted for CSU’s annual Graduate Student Showcase held virtually on November 18, 2020. Binh’s presented “Effects of Religion on Empowerment Rights: A Cross National Study.” Emilia presented “An Inductive Analysis of Mixed-status Families and Legal Clinic Participation.” In the Showcase’s new virtual platform, you can watch […]
Grace Costello successfully defended her M.A. thesis entitled, “Procedural Justice and Predatory Policing? Student Opinions of Interactions with Police on the St. Petersburg State University (Russia) Campus” on November 18, 2020. Grace’s research focuses on the applicability of the concept of procedural justice to a Russian campus setting where policing is carried out by a […]
