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Excited to share my new article, “Engineering Inequality: Informal Coaching, Glass Walls, and Social Closure in Silicon Valley” - out now in AJS! This one was years in the making and I’m so glad it’s finally out in the world. Read on below: doi.org/10.1086/729506

Submissions for #ASA2024 are due in about 5 weeks! Submit papers/extended abstracts, and proposals for courses, workshops, preconferences, and symposiums through the online portal by February 26. Click here for details: bit.ly/3LKaH7K.

We have some exciting panels for ASA! Submit your paper by Monday, February 26! It's just 1 month away

#UICLAS Prof. Sigrid Luhr of @uicsoc shares expert insights on desired family policies for 2024 in a recent Desert News article. go.uic.edu/sigrid-luhr-de…

Apply by February 1, 2024 for the 2024 Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Fellowship. Two students will be awarded a $15,000 fellowship with an additional $500 awarded for attendance at the SSSP 2024 Annual Meeting. Learn more and apply: sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/26…

Happy Break Everyone! Please note the admin office will be closed starting this Friday, December 15th. Our team will be working remotely, so don't hesitate to send an email if needed. A peaceful and healthy break to all 🌞 - Soc Office

The #ASA2024 online portal is open for submissions! In addition to paper/extended abstract submissions, proposals will be accepted for courses, workshops, preconferences, and symposiums. The deadline is February 26. bit.ly/3LKaH7K

Support #UIC this #GivingTuesday by donating to our Takeia Johnson Memorial Fund in honor of our friend and colleague. give.las.uic.edu/units/soc/

This Wednesday! Join IRRPP and co-sponsors a hybrid timely conversation about the work ahead to support mental health wellness and people experiencing a mental health crisis. @JaneAddamsColl @uicpublichealth @uicdme @AccessLiving @RossanaFor33 @33rdWardWorking

Our very own @bjrisman during her visiting fellowship at Science Polotique in Paris this Fall. Congrats, Barbara!

Next Wednesday, 11/15! Join us, together with @uicclj, in welcoming @UCIsociology's Kelley Fong for a talk on their book, Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services. Don't miss our second to last colloquium as the semester winds down!

Tomorrow! UIC Campus Launch: Arab Americans Beyond Erasure and Profiling @aaanmarkaz @AAFS_IL @ChicagoMIRA @SCN_Network @ArabAmCC @UICDiversity For more about the event, follow this link. arabamcc.uic.edu/events/the-uic…

The Climates of Inequality exhibition opens at Chicago Justice Gallery through May 2024, organized by the UIC Latino Cultural Center and Social Justice Initiative with Alianza Americas and Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. Learn more: communityrelations.uic.edu/news-stories/c…

There is still time to apply for the Spring 2024 Diversity Community Engagement Program internship! The DCEP is designed to expand students’ career readiness and community engagement skills! Apply by November 15! Learn more at go.uic.edu/DCEP.

Write-Edit-Revise-Repeat! Now is the time to start adding those final touches to your applications and get in to see us for review if you haven't already! Good luck! YOU GOT THIS! #Fellowships @trumanfoundation @CLSscholarship @GoldwaterSC

Tomorrow also!

Tomorrow!

Next Wednesday, Nov. 8th! Sociology's very own Jessie Miller will be running a workshop centered how to create community guidelines with your students as well as other caring classroom community strategies. Wednesday, Nov. 8th 12:30-2:00pm TEB 201 (924 South Morgan Street)

NEXT WEDNESDAY we wear pink! Help raise funds for our students and take a little break from adulting at next week's movie night: Mean Girls! Wednesday, Nov. 1st at 6pm BSB4105 of course, dm with questions!