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Sociology 102: Police Violence, #BlackLivesMatter and the Covid-19 Pandemic.
June 14, 2020

COMING FALL 2020: This course will examine the historic moment in which we are living in order to introduce students to the concept of race and discipline of sociology.

A Drop in American Gun Violence
Nov. 2, 2023

Some progress has been made on firearm violence in recent decades.

What the Best Places in America Have in Common
Aug. 5, 2023
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And what they reveal about alleviating poverty across the country

Legacy Admissions Don’t Work the Way You Think They Do
July 12, 2023

Dr. Khan is a professor of sociology and American studies at Princeton who studies culture, inequality, gender and elites.

In new book, Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond urges individuals to commit to abolishing American poverty
April 12, 2023

In the prologue to his latest book, Matthew Desmond bluntly assesses who we are in the United States, “the richest country on earth, with more poverty than any other advanced democracy.”

Arun Hendi, an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs,
Jan. 17, 2023

was recently awarded a $2.6 million grant over the next five years from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institute of Health.

Anna Kirkland appointed the Kim Lane Scheppele Collegiate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan
Aug. 29, 2022

Media Appearances:

-- PBS NewsHour examines Viktor Orbán’s attraction to the American Right:  

The Government Gave Out Bad Loans. Students Deserve a Bailout.
Aug. 24, 2022

At least 43 million Americans have student loan debt, ranging from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Until now, there’s been no hope of a…