Archive: Sociology

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Hsu Tackles Question of Happiness in China

Professor Becky Hsu led a multi-institutional research project into happiness in China, which inspired her own book, Happiness in China: Family, Fate, and the Good Death,…

January 29, 2019

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Fields Brings Black Identity Studies to Ignatius Seminar

Professor Corey Fields, the Idol Family Term Chair in the Department of Sociology, will lead the seminar “Blackness as an Organizing Strategy: Black Participation in Post…

July 30, 2018

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2018 Graduates Share Their Research

One of Georgetown College’s biggest strengths is the opportunity to conduct meaningful and original research as an undergraduate. Meet nine members of the Class of 2018…

May 18, 2018

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Q & A: Margaret Hall

We caught up with retiring sociology professor Margaret Hall to talk about her 50-year career at Georgetown, the evolution of her discipline, and her advice for today’s…

April 4, 2018

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Olesko, Mujica, Hinkson Honored at Faculty Convocation

In his final Faculty Convocation, Georgetown College Dean Chester Gillis honored three beloved faculty members with the annual Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and…

February 3, 2017

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Life as a Refugee and Beyond

After the Taliban drove her family out of Afghanistan, Yalda Baktash (C'18) lived for years as a refugee in Iran. Now living out her dream on the Hilltop, she's determined to…

April 4, 2016

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The Good Life: Defining Happiness in China

Assistant Professor of Sociology Becky Hsu discusses her findings from a three-year research project on the concept of happiness in.…

March 7, 2016

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The End of School Desegregation?

Assistant Professor of Sociology Leslie Hinkson discusses her latest research on school desegregation in the United.…

February 8, 2016