Sociology’s @kelsyburke along with @wgthomas3 & @_JoyCastro, facilitated a writing retreat earlier this month for graduate students across @unlcas. Sociology graduate students Eli Ornelas, Eliza Thor, and Sethe Zackman were among this year’s participants. https://t.co/sCsBZfGP5N
Congratulations to Kim Tyler, Sociology faculty member and Co-director of the Longitudinal Networks Core at the @RDARCenter, on being awarded the university-wide George Holmes Professorship. Dr. Tyler was recognized yesterday at the @unlcas awards ceremony.
UNL’s @kelsyburke has an essay in @washingtonpost today combining @prripoll survey data w/ historical evidence to reflect on the relationship between feminism & trans equality https://t.co/dGThgdynPe
Congrats to Grace Kelly on defending her dissertation, “A Case for Friendship: A Mixed Methods Investigation of Close Friendships in Adulthood”! Committee members are Robin Gauthier & Julia McQuillan (co-chairs), Kelsy Burke, & Emily Kazyak.
Congratulations to Angelica Phillips for successfully defending her dissertation, “Coverage Error Properties Of Smartphone And Smartphone Operating System Ownership On Web Surveys,” today! Her committee was @olson_km, Jolene Smyth, Julia McQuillan, and Andre Maciel. Congrats!
New spotlight from #PRRIPublicFellow @kelsyburke: “Identity Politics” & Transgender Equality.
The Christian nationalist category has the least adherents (13%), BLM supporters and feminist have the most (46%). Fewer identified as LGBTQ+ or ally.
https://t.co/gz8dQvejM7
The Juneteenth Flag was created in 1997 by Ben Haith, the founder of the national Juneteenth Celebration Foundation & other foundation collaborators. Their vision was brought to life by Illustrator Lisa Jeanne Graf, featuring red, blue, white & the characteristic star and burst.
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19 as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the U.S and beyond. https://t.co/tID6UV6qCw
Happy Pride Month! Here's a handy guide to the various prides happening across the state this month and next month. Whether you're in the metro area or way out in the panhandle, there's a pride for you.
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion invites you to the Juneteenth Commemorative Celebration at the UNL Nebraska Union Plaza on June 19 from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Campus, families and Lincoln community is welcome! Learn more at ›› https://t.co/ckoZ3VFpxr
How does news coverage of a major crisis, such as a pandemic, affect coverage of the go-to topic of crime?
Focusing on Twitter, researcher Lisa Kort-Butler investigated. 👉 https://t.co/HrkBguYQQT
@UNLSOC@UNLresearch@EmeraldGlobal
Research from Prof Kort-Butler - Tweeting about Crime in Pandemic Times - is featured @NebToday. "By and large, the images that were packaged with [tweets] fed into that sort of unease, insecurity and fear." https://t.co/bR8g7I3X5K
Drs. Behrendt & Kichler were hooded in @UNLincoln Spring Commencement last Friday. These are two sociologists with bright futures ahead. Congratulations Maia and Roz!
"As you set out into the world, I encourage you to dream big, to imagine the impossible and to never give up on your goals and aspirations." —Chancellor @RonnieDGreen
https://t.co/I2JAsqcNjU #Nebraska#UNL#LNK#GoBigGrad