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Bernice PescosolidoBernice Pescosolido will chair an international Advisory Council for Bring Change 2 Mind, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to confronting the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness.

Read the full press release here. And a more recent release here.

Stephen BenardCongratulations to Stephen Benard. His recent work on gender pay equity and merit pay is now also the focus of a Harvard Business Review article.


Fabio RojasFabio Rojas was chosen as one of the expert sources for IU's Decision 2012 website, a media guide to IU election resources.

Fabio Rojas was a guest on At Issue with Ben Merens on Wisconsin Public Radio. Listen to the broadcast here (4:00 p.m. edition for 2/27/2012).

Kathleen Oberlin and Oren Pizmony-Levy are featured in IU News Room coverage of their study of free health care services. Their full report is available here (PDF).

Fabio Rojas is featured in an article on TheINDYChannel.com regarding the Occupy Wall Street movement.

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published a piece by two Sociology graduate students, Shiri Noy and Kathleen Oberlin on handling Q&A at http://chronicle.com/article/On-the-Spot-Tips-for/128859/.  This piece developed from one of Sociology's "Preparing Future Faculty" workshops.  Shiri and Kathleen collaborated with the PFF program to organize a faculty panel on "Q&A on Q&A." The feedback was so positive to the panel that they decided to write up the advice and submitted to the Chronicle.  


Yougjoo ChaYoungjoo Cha's study on gender gaps in overwork is featured on IU Home Pages.

Dr. Rashawn Ray (who received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Indiana University) has written an article about racial differences in spanking entitled, "Peer Pressure, and Support" featured in the New York Times.

IU researchers discuss wage gap, violence, public assistance and more at ASA meeting. See IU News Room article.

Dr. Rashawn Ray (who received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Indiana University) has written an article about racial differences in spanking entitled, "Peer Pressure, and Support" featured in the New York Times.

Bernice Pescosolido

Bernice Pescosolido along with IU grads Janice McCabe, Emily Fairchild and Liz Grauerholz are getting media coverage for their recent Gender & Society article on gender in children's literature.  For the press release, see
 
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/sfwi-iaj050311.php

For additional coverage in several different outlets, see

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383533/The-sexist-tales-Peter-Rabbit-Fantastic-Mr-Fox.html

http://jezebel.com/#!5798565/boys-rule-the-animal-kingdom-too

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/06/gender-imbalance-children-s-literature

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/06/study-suggests-winnie-pooh-isnt-gender-equal-does-matter/

http://radio.foxnews.com/2011/05/06/is-winnie-the-pooh-sexist/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383533/The-sexist-tales-Peter-Rabbit-Fantastic-Mr-Fox.html


Fabio RojasFabio Rojas's antiwar research has recently received wide coverage in the media, including Fox News, Washington Times, The Atlantic Magazine, Antiwar Radio, KPFA Radio, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, ABC News, Inside Higher Education, and The American Sociological Association's Contexts Magazine (Winter, 2011).


Brian PowellBrian Powell has written an op-ed piece on Proposition 8 in California in Sunday's LA Times

Brian's work, from his recent book Counted Out that includes several of our former grad students as coauthors, and is based on SRP data, has been heavily featured in the press this fall (see below for more). 

Ho-fung HungHo-fung Hung was once again featured in a recent article on China in The Guardian (UK).

 


Brian PowellBrian Powell's research from his book Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans' Definitions of Family is currently being heavily featured in the news media, including ABC News, NPR, the New York Times and MSNBC.

Bernice PescosolidoBernice Pescosolido's research on stigma is in the public spotlight. See the press release here.

Professor Pesocoslido is also featured in the IU Home Pages for the honors seminar she is co-teaching with Professor of Music Glenn Gaas (and rock star Todd Rundgren)!

Oren Pizmony-LevyOren Pizmony-Levy's sustainability study is featured on the IU News Room site.


Ho-fung HungHo-fung Hung was interviewed and quoted by The Guardian (UK) on Feb 17, 2010 on China’s selling of US Treasuries.

Ho-fung Hung was featured in New York Times “Room for Debate” section on Dec 13, discussing issues related to racism and minorities in China.

Ho-fung Hung's recent article in New Left Review has been featured in U.S. Public Radio and several international news outlets:

-- interviewed in Suzi Weissman’s Beneath the Surface show at KPFK (audio here)

-- interviewed by Brazil’s largest national newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.

-- the NLR article was featured in the business page of South China Morning Post on Dec 1.

-- interviewed by Expresso, one of the largest newspaper in Portugal on Dec 12.

-- featured in The Economic Observer, a leading economic newspaper in China on Jan 11, 2010.

 

Stephen BenardStephen Benard's NSF/Department of Defense grant award featured in IU News Room article.

Timothy HallettTimothy Hallett, Donna Eder, and Brent Harger's research on gossip in the workplace covered by the IU News Room.

 

Timothy Hallett also did a feature interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC) Radio about how power functions in the workplace. It can be heard here, under Part Two.

Brian PowellBrian Powell quoted in AP article: "Eastern Indiana County Tops Nation in Divorce Rate."

 

 

 

 

IU Research at the American Sociological Annual Meeting