News & Events
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Ursula James’ (‘11, Anthropology) award winning paper, titled “The Emergence of Hoi An: World Heritage Status and Global Tourism in Vietnam,” based on her honors thesis, is the feature article in the Southern Anthropological Society Winter 2012 SAS Newsletter (Volume 4, Issue 2).
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Drs. Maria Lowe and Reggie Byron and student collaborators, Griffin Ferry and Melissa Garcia’s paper titled “Food for Thought: The Impact of Race and Frequent Interracial Dining Experiences on Students’ Perceptions of the Racial Climate on Campus” is in the news.
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Dr. Edward L. Kain has a chapter in a new book published in August by the American Sociological Association. The book is called Peer Review of Teaching: Lessons from and for Departments of Sociology. Kain’s chapter is titled “Ways to Start the Peer Review Conversation within a Department.”
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Dr. Sandi Nenga’s paper, titled “The Age of Love: Dating and the Developmental Discourse in a Middle School Summer Camp,” is discussed in the June 26th issue of The Boston Globe.
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Toni Nietfeld (‘11, sociology) won Third Place in the 2011 Undergraduate Paper Competition at Alpha Kappa Delta (national sociolology honors society) and Honorable Mention in the 2011 Odum Award undergraduate paper competition at the Southern Sociological Society meetings for her senior capstone project titled, “‘Welcome to Hell’: The Role of Framing and Recruitment in Saving Souls.”
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Dr. Sandi Nenga won the 2011 Southwestern University teaching award.
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Four graduating seniors, Amy Crook, Ursula James, Toni Nietfeld, and Kate Roberts were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the country’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society, May 2011.
