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Jeffrey Alexander

Jeffrey Alexander receives Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Theory Award

July 18, 2018
CCS Director Jeffrey Alexander was presented with the Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Theory Award by the International Sociological Association’s RC16...
Elisabeth Becker

Elisabeth Becker Publishes Impact Report of Muslim Contributions to New York City

July 4, 2018
CCS Postdoctoral Fellow Elisabeth Becker has published, as Principal Investigator, “An Impact Report of Muslim Contributions to New York City,” as part of the Muslims for...
Nickie Michaud Wild

CCS Faculty Fellow Nickie Michaud Wild publishes new textbook

June 15, 2018
CCS Faculty Fellow Nickie Michaud Wild has just published 9/11, the War on Terror, and the Sociology of Mass Media.  Included in this volume are essays by Jeffrey Alexander...
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