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Official account for the PhD Program in Sociology at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Follow us to get updates about what's happening in our program. gc.cuny.edu/sociology

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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 2h
Happening next Tuesday, Oct. 20th!
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 2h
Join us for our next colloquium talk on Friday, Nov. 6, from 2-3:30 pm, featuring Prof. Sean Drake. He will discuss his ongoing book project, "Onward and Upward: Race and Refugee Youth in a Rust Belt City" Learn more here: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/socio...
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M.A. Program in International Migration Studies at CUNY @gc-migration.bsky.social · 6h
📺 Watch IMS Distinguished Professor Emerita Nancy Foner on PBS NewsHour! 🥳 Prof. Foner discusses how immigration policies have shaped the U.S. throughout its history. 🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjvZ... 📰 Read more: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... @cunygcsociology.bsky.social
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How immigration policies shaped America and evolved throughout its history
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join us this Friday, Oct. 2nd, from 2-3:30 pm for our October Colloquium featuring Prof. Josh Seim, who will discuss his latest book, "The Welfare Assembly Line: Public Servants in the Suffering City" www.gc.cuny.edu/events/socio...
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M.A. Program in International Migration Studies at CUNY @gc-migration.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📚 Join IMS Distinguished Professor Emerita Nancy Foner for a conversation with Suketu Mehta on her new book, Immigration: How the Past Shapes the Present. 📅 Oct. 1 | 6 PM 📍 Roosevelt House at Hunter College RSVP: bit.ly/4ykSow0 @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @huntercollege.bsky.social
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M.A. Program in International Migration Studies at CUNY @gc-migration.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🔥 Join us Tuesday 9/29 6:30PM for a talk with Prof. Talja Blokland (NYU&Humboldt University Berlin) on "Fear, Withdrawal, and the Imagination of Crime in the Post-Migration City: Reflections from Berlin" 🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/TaljaBlokland0929 @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Interested in a PhD in Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center? Join our info session on October 20th from 5:30-7:00 pm, in person and online. More info here: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/phd-p...
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are pleased to announce our Fall 2026 Colloquium speaker lineup. We are thrilled to have such an amazing lineup of speakers this semester and hope to see you there. First up: Prof. Josh Seim, on October 2nd from 2-3:30 pm. Learn more about his talk here: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/socio...
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Please join us for the Fall 2026 Sociology Faculty Research Symposium, featuring "flash talks” from our consortial faculty. TOMORROW, Friday, September 18, from 2-3:30. www.gc.cuny.edu/events/facul...
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
At #ASA2026 in NYC? Need something to do 8-9:30am Monday? Studying socio-economic poverty or inequality? Want to learn about the LIS/LWS microdata? Please do join us for some or all of the session. @lisdata.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The GC-CUNY Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality had the pleasure of co-hosting today's meeting of the International Chinese Sociological Association. Two keynotes, 20 panels, and a ton of impressive research. @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Manuel Schechtl and I have finished a 1st version of our paper on wealth poverty - an interesting, consequential, and yet understudied facet of #wealth #inequality. We look forward to further learning and exchanges as we continue this work. @schechtlm.eurosky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social 👇👇
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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Happy to announce I've been promoted to full Professor of Sociology effective this fall @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Blessed beyond measure and thankful to everyone who helped me reach this stage!! 🥰🥳
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CUNY Graduate Center Office of Fellowships and Financial Aid @gcfinanicalaid.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Friendly reminder: GC students, you should register as full-time and accept your fellowship by 7/31 in order to receive your fellowship at the beginning of the semester. International students should also update their Sprintax TDS records. Questions? Contact us at financialaid@gc.cuny.edu
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ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Register for the IM section mini-conference, Migration + Crisis, on Friday, August 7th at CUNY Graduate Center:
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Prof. Jean Halley explains the economic forces behind this trend www.thepersistent.com/professional...
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Professional Women in Their 30s Are Secretly Turning to Sugar Dating
More women are turning to explicitly transactional relationships with wealthy men — sugar daddies — to provide the kind of financial stability this economy just can’t.
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CUNY Institute for Demographic Research @cunydemography.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New in @readdemography.bsky.social: CIDR researchers @frankheiland.bsky.social, et al. make novel use of Hart Island burial data in NYC to examine extreme temps and mortality. Key findings include a 3x increase in likelihood of unclaimed death under extreme heat.  read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
Multi-line plot showing predicted daily death counts (with 95% CIs) by maximum temperature based on the 7-day maximum temperature marginal effects shown in Table 2 (see article table), New York City.Forest plot showing estimated effects of a 1°F (0.556°C) increase in (extreme) temperature (with 95% CIs) on the unclaimed death count of decedents buried on Hart Island, New York (1977‒2022).
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CUNY Institute for Demographic Research @cunydemography.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Using Hart Island burial records to help understand deep disadvantage: CIDR researchers show that COVID-19 magnified inequality in NYC, with unclaimed deaths surging 20x above expected at the pandemic's peak among the city's most vulnerable. #vulnerablepopulations www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Deep disadvantage in mortality on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Deep disadvantage in mortality on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic
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John Mollenkopf @jomoko.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
For those interested in my thoughts on NYC politics... (11:00 AM EST) triangle.ens-lyon.fr/spip.php?art...
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John H. Mollenkopf : "Forming and Operating a Governing Coalition in the (…) - Triangle - UMR 5206
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The June 2026 GC CUNY Stone Center on Socio-Economic #Inequality newsletter is out! Please check it out and - if you're not subscribed - we hope that you'll sign up. You'll receive our latest news 6 times per year. @stone-lis.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social mailchi.mp/480dc65ab025...
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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality Newsletter
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
“There are so many people who for one reason or another are forced to go through major life transitions and need to fight like hell to live an authentic life that reflects who they truly are, and my book celebrates all such brave people” -Prof. Schneur Zalman Newfield
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Looking Back on Leaving Lubavitch
Professor Schneur Zalman Newfield’s memoir, “Brooklyn Odyssey,” tells a personal story of faith, family, education, and the search for a new life.
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Congratulations to our Soc Graduates of 2026 (Left to right): Ivana Mellers, Nic Rios, Talya Wolf, Siobhan Pokorney, Angela LaScala-Gruenewald Not Pictured: Kristen Miller, Yue (Juliette) Zhu, and Brittany Suh
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
ASA is pleased to announce the 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant recipients. These 25 exceptional research projects by a talented group of advanced graduate students were chosen for their intellectual merit and potential broader impacts. bit.ly/ASA26DDRIG
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Prof. Jean Beaman (@jean23bean.bsky.social) is helping reshape migration studies with a new book that puts intersectionality at the center of the conversation
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How Migration Looks Different When You Change the Lens
Professor Jean Beaman co-edited “The Oxford Handbook of Intersectional Approaches to Migration, Gender, and Sexuality,” a new volume that examines migration through gender, sexuality, race, class,…
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Amy Adamczyk @amyadamczyk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Thrilled to announce that Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion won the 2025 Ronald F. Inglehart Best Book Award from the World Values Survey Association! 🏆 Award lecture September 29 at 10 AM EST— all are welcome! www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSNewsShow....
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Congrats to our recent grad Ivana Mellers 👩‍🎓🥳👏
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
At Commencement, our graduates paraded across the stage for hoods, handshakes, and even hugs to the cheers of friends and families. See more photos of the joyous day here www.gc.cuny.edu/news/graduat...
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Graduate Center Commencement Celebrates Purpose, Success, and 471 Degrees
The Class of 2026 took the stage at Lincoln Center at a joyous 60th Commencement.
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joey van der naald @jvandernaald.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
New article in RSF! How much progress has been made on single-mother poverty since welfare reform? Sarah K. Bruch, @janetgornick.bsky.social, and I document both real improvements and enduring racial disparities. www.rsfjournal.org/content/12/1...
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Poverty Disparities and the Reconfiguration of Social Provisioning: White, Black, and Latino Single-Mother Families, 1996–2018
Changes in US social provisioning from 1996 to 2018 profoundly affected the well-being of single-mother families, with notable consequences for racial inequalities in poverty alleviation. Using an ins...
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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
So excited to see @darializaforny.bsky.social Been following her campaign since I heard about it since she is part of the #lehmansociology network!
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Proud to see our article in print! "Poverty Disparities and the Reconfiguration of Social Provisioning: White, Black, and Latino Single-Mother Families, 1996–2018". Coauthored with @jvandernaald.bsky.social & Sarah Bruch. Check out fabulous 2-part special issue: www.rsfjournal.org/content/12/1
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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: 12 (1)
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Implicit Religion @implicitreligion.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Our second speaker is @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social PhD student Parisa who is speaking on "Islamic Prescriptions for Economic Behaviour as Forms of Lived and Embodied Knowledge."
A Scottish loch surrounded by mountains and autumnal trees, a purple overwash is over the image. At the top is a purple banner with the conference theme written on it: Knowingness, Agency & Authority. Underneath the banner is the title of the talk: “Islamic Prescriptions for Economic Behaviour as Forms of Lived and Embodied Knowledge.” and the name of the speaker: Parisa Osmanovic. In the bottom right-hand corner is information about when the talk will take place: 16th May 2026, Online, BST. In the bottom left-hand corner is the Implicit Religion logo.
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Congratulations to our amazing Doctoral Candidate Sauda Muhammad and affiliated faculty @hebagowayed.bsky.social @dialika.bsky.social on their success at #PAA 🥳🎉
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Distinguished Prof. Emerita Nancy Foner breaks down the myths, fear, and forgotten history driving today’s immigration battles in America www.gc.cuny.edu/news/understand-imm… M.A. Program in International Migration Studies at CUNY
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To Understand Immigration Now, Start With the Past
In a new book, Distinguished Professor Emerita Nancy Foner examines the history behind immigration patterns and politics in the U.S. today.
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Congrats to all on a great Dissertation Showcase! L to R, front: Kelly Brady, Melanie Paul Austin, Siobhán O'Connor, Swapnil Landge, Maura McCreight, Rutika Patel. L to R, back: Evan Knight, Paul Odér, Julie Hecht, @joshbrumberg.bsky.social, Clare Monfredo, John Mwihaki, Ivana Mellers. Video soon!
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Tanya Domi @tanyadomi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
What a pleasure to interview Pro. Robert Smith and Manuel Castro, the former NYC Commisioner for Immigrant Affairs. www.gc.cuny.edu/news/how-imm...
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How Immigration Policy Affects New Yorkers, and What Comes Next
Professor Robert C. Smith and former Commissioner Manuel Castro join “The Thought Project” for a timely conversation about immigration reform, mixed-status families, and the limits of local protection...
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PS2 @CUNY Center for the Humanities @cunygcps2.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
TONIGHT! Celebrate the next generation of @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social superstars www.gc.cuny.edu/events/insid... @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @asrc-gc.bsky.social @complitgccuny.bsky.social @humanitiescuny.bsky.social
INSIDE THE CUNY GRADUATE CENTER: A DISSERTATION SHOWCASE. Monday, May 11, 2026 6:30 pm — 7:45 pm. Open to the Public. Graduating students present their fascinating research in three minutes each at this public showcase, a highlight of the academic year.
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PS2 @CUNY Center for the Humanities @cunygcps2.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Starting soon @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @asrc-gc.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @complitgccuny.bsky.social
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UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Do Americans accept higher rates of inequality because of our belief in the American Dream? Leslie McCall (@stone-lis.bsky.social) wasn’t convinced, so she went looking for the data. Listen to @durlauf.bsky.social & McCall discuss her pioneering research on The Inequality Podcast: bit.ly/4ndv9z2
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Come support our student Ivana Mellers!!!!
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Join us for the last colloquium of the spring semester, May 8th, from 3-5 ft. Prof. @jonwynn.bsky.social
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Tomorrow! April 24, 3pm. 👇👇👇 @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Happening tomorrow!
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
CUNY GC graduate Juan Cruz Ferre (now Assistant Prof at Rowan University) will present his innovative new book, The Political Economy of Welfare in Latin America, in the GC Sociology Lounge, April 24, 3pm. Joined by Professor Charlie Post. #CLACLS Details and RSVP here: clacls.gc.cuny.edu/welfare/
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Van C. Tran @vanctran.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
My latest #research on the impact of anti-Asian violence on mental health among low-income Chinese older adults in NYC, published in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Read the paper here: rdcu.be/fb9H9. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Our next colloquium will take place on Friday, April 17th, from 3-5. Prof @allisonpugh.bsky.social will join us to discuss her latest book, "The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World." This is a hybrid event. Learn more here: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/last-...
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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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The hushed-up history of activism by people of colour
Scientific book by VUB researchers on 'new wave' of anti-racism in Europe
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PS2 @CUNY Center for the Humanities @cunygcps2.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
TODAY ✨ join ERI/PS2 Summer Fellows Ian Williams, Jaclyn Reyes & Seon Britton as they expand on the work they completed as part of their @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social fellowship @igraywill.bsky.social @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social
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PS2 @CUNY Center for the Humanities @cunygcps2.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🎉 Congrats to our 2026 ERI/PS2 Summer Public Research Fellows @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social — excited to see them further their doctoral research 🔗 bit.ly/2026ERIPS2Fellows 🏛️ generously funded by the Provost’s Office @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @asrc-gc.bsky.social
Profile photos of 24 doctoral students at the CUNY Graduate Center who were awarded 2026 Early Research Initiative/ PS2 Summer Public Research Fellowships to advance their applied, activist, public-facing and/ or community engaged research this summer. Text reads 2026 Summer Fellows and features the logos of CUNY Center for the Humanities, PS2, and the CUNY Graduate Center
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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
so great to welcome Professor Karida Brown from Emory University to @cunygcsociology.bsky.social ! thanks for a great lecture!
Karida Brown and Jean Beaman
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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Link to print version here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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