News & Events

Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, was interviewed on CBS News Radio's "America: Changed Forever" podcast about drug abuse and the role the COVID-19 pandemic may have played in last year's drug-related deaths.

July 28, 2021

Monnat Discusses Overdose Crisis on NBCLX

Watch the full interview on NBCLX's LX News (beginning at 14:20).

July 23, 2021

In USA Today, Jennifer Montez Discusses Life Expectancy, COVID-19

Read more in the USA Today article, "US life expectancy decreased by 1.5 years during the pandemic – the largest drop since WWII."

July 21, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, Longevity, United States

Harrington Meyer quoted in NY Times piece on vacationing with grandparents

Madonna Harrington Meyer, university professor of sociology and author of "Grandmothers at Work," is included in the New York Times article, "How to Have a Fun, Multigenerational Family Vacation."

July 19, 2021

In AP report, Monnat weighs in on record US overdose deaths

Read more in the Associated Press article, "US overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year."

July 15, 2021

See related: Addiction, COVID-19, United States

Sociologists explore veteran service-connected disability in new study

Scott D. Landes, Andrew S. London & Janet M. Wilmoth

June 29, 2021

Maxwell scholars publish book on public policy and the life course

Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London

June 21, 2021

See related: Health Policy

Yingyi Ma examines role of school counselors in China in new study

Yingyi Ma

June 10, 2021

Yingyi Ma Weighs in on Lack of AAPI History Taught in Schools in South China Morning Post

Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology and director of Asian and Asian-American Studies, says it’s "actually very common" for students to complete their primary and secondary education with little, if any, attention paid to AAPI-related topics.

May 17, 2021

2021 One University Awards Recipients Include Several from Maxwell

Syracuse University announced its 2021 One University Awards, honoring members of the University community for their scholarship, teaching, academic achievement, leadership and service.

May 10, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors

Ma examines science identity change, college major shifts in new study

Yingyi Ma & Shiyang Xiao

April 30, 2021

Purser quoted in Law360 article on extended CDC anti-eviction order

"The need for rental assistance and a massive influx of cash to deal with this is really, really great," says Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology. "The question now is what will happen [after] June."

April 2, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Federal, Housing, United States

Ma featured in Chronicle of Higher Education piece on international students, racism in US

"The very fact that six out of eight victims are Asian women definitely makes the violence racialized and gendered," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology. "And given that 70 percent of all international students in the United States are from Asia, I think that would definitely make them very, very afraid."

April 2, 2021

Landes speaks to PBS about COVID-19 vaccines for people with IDD

"It's not been surprising, on one hand, that states have not prioritized this group, because that's historically been the case," says Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology. "It's been disappointing, because the evidence was there pre-pandemic and the evidence is there now that this group is at higher risk."

April 1, 2021

Sociology News & Events

Karas Montez article on US state disparity in life expectancy published in AJPH

Yingyi Ma paper on paths into and out of STEM published in Socius

Landes, London, Wilmoth article on service-connected disability published in Armed Forces & Society

Zhang paper on intergenerational emotional cohesion and psychological well-being published in JGSB

Yue Sun article on the social correlates of flood risk published in Population and Environment

Yingyi Ma article on educating the elites published in Comparative Education Review

Monnat discusses the US drug crisis on CBS News Radio