{"id":1224,"date":"2021-05-10T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/csh\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2022-08-30T14:33:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T18:33:22","slug":"good-news-sociology-celebrations-2020-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/csh\/2021\/05\/10\/good-news-sociology-celebrations-2020-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Sociology Celebrations 2020-2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Mellisa Holtzman<\/h3>\n

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Congratulations to Dr.\u00a0Mellisa Holtzman on the\u00a0publication of her qualitative study, \u201cBystander Intervention\u00a0<\/span>Training: Does it Increase Perceptions\u00a0of Blame for Nonintervention?\u201d\u00a0in the journal Sociological Inquiry. The study examines the degree to which college students hold bystanders accountable for preventing sexual assault.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out the abstract to her article!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Congratulations to John Anderson on the\u00a0publication of his peer-reviewed chapter contribution to the book\u00a0Blackmaled!\u00a0\u00a0Blackmaled\u00a0By\u00a0Academia is a collaborative narrative of the experiences of Black men in academia.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more about this publication!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Richard Petts\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \"Dr.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Richard Petts\u00a0won Ball State’s Outstanding Research Award! This is a university-wide award in recognition of
\nexemplary scholarly productivity and achievement.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Recognized his research: In\u00a0Business Magazine, based in the Greater Phoenix area, has written an article about the research Richard Petts has done with Gayle Kaufman, Davidson College sociology professor. In their study, \u201cGendered Parental Leave Policies among Fortune 500 Companies\u201d, Petts and Kaufman describe the gender disparities in parental leave offered by Fortune 500 companies, and discuss the implications these disparities have on hiring and promoting women.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Check it out\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Dr.Dr. Melinda Messineo\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Inform Muncie, a proof-of-concept newsletter and news website, was launched by a Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry class in\u00a0Spring\u00a02021.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Students, under the direction\u00a0of\u00a0BSU faculty members\u00a0Juli\u00a0Metzger and Melinda Messineo examined emerging news deserts and created a new publication targeting the under-recognized and untold stories of Muncie. Students walked the neighborhoods of Muncie, collaborated with a nine-member Audience Advisory Board, and went through implicit bias training before embarking on storytelling development.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

See what equity and inclusion in storytelling really means at<\/span>\u202f<\/span>informmuncie.com<\/span><\/a>.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Ellen Whitehead\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Faculty research news! For their project \u201cHow Rental Property Management Shapes Social and Economic Inequality\u201d, Ellen Whitehead as well as Elizabeth\u00a0Korver-Glenn (University of New Mexico) and\u00a0Junia\u00a0Howell (University of Pittsburgh) have earned the Russell Sage Foundation Presidential Authority Grant!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about the project!\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Drs. Jun Xu and\u00a0Fang Gong: Publication and AAPI Event<\/h3>\n

\"Dr.Drs. Jun Xu and Fang Gong are excited to announce the forthcoming publication of their article,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201cEthnic Disparities in Mental Health among <\/span><\/span> Asian Americans:\u00a0 Evidence from a National Sample\u201d in the <\/span><\/span>Journal of Health Disparities <\/span><\/span> Research and Practice<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Dr. Fang Gong, Sociology, Dr. Jun Xu, Sociology, and Dr. Mengxi Zhang, Nutrition and Health Science have organized an event to consider of the past adversities and present challenges of the AAPI community. They will first introduce the sociodemographic characteristics of the AAPI, then review a few watershed events and the passage of legal acts that have had long-lasting adverse effects, and finally discuss the origins and implications of the \u201cYellow Peril\u201d and the \u201cmodel minority\u201d labels. Additional information will be provided regarding the newly established Ball State AAPI Affinity Group.\"Dr.<\/p>\n

This inaugural event<\/a> for the Ball State AAPI Affinity Group will take place, May 20, 12:30 pm-1:30 pm for a presentation on \u201cYellow Peril\u201d or \u201cModel Minority\u201d? Past Adversities, Present Challenges, and Future Possibilities of the AAPI Community<\/p>\n

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Thank\u00a0you, Dr. Lisa Pellerin<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Dr. Lisa Pellerin\u00a0served as Director of the Women and Gender Studies Program for 11 years.\u00a0We want to recognize and thank her for<\/span>the outstanding job she\u00a0provided\u00a0starting and growing that program for\u00a0Ball State University while still teaching for the Department of Sociology.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Chris Hutton\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Graduate Student, Chris Hutton, had an editorial published in Newsweek.\u00a0<\/span>The op-ed is about the recent firing of\u00a0actress\u00a0Gina\u00a0Carano\"Chris\u00a0from the Star Wars series the\u00a0Mandalorian.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the article<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chris Hutton also published an editorial in the Daily Dot. He delves into why Congress\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0handle the coming decade of tech problems.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read\u00a0<\/span>Why Congress’ Technology Problems Are So Problematic (dailydot.com)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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For more information about the Department of Sociology<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contact us<\/span><\/span><\/a>, visit <\/span>our<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>website<\/span><\/span><\/a>, or check out our departmental\u00a0<\/span><\/span>calendar<\/span><\/span><\/a>. \u00a0Follow us on <\/span><\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a>, <\/span><\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/span><\/a>, and <\/span><\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a> for stories and news.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Dr. Mellisa Holtzman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Congratulations to Dr.\u00a0Mellisa Holtzman on the\u00a0publication of her qualitative study, \u201cBystander Intervention\u00a0Training: Does it Increase Perceptions\u00a0of Blame for Nonintervention?\u201d\u00a0in the journal Sociological Inquiry. The study examines the degree to which college students hold bystanders accountable for preventing sexual assault.\u00a0\u00a0 Check out the abstract to her article!   John Anderson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Congratulations to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":1319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[165,35],"tags":[49,78],"class_list":["post-1224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-good-news","category-sociology","tag-good-news","tag-sociology"],"yoast_head":"\nSociology Celebrations 2020-2021 - 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