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Heflin Discusses Teen Food Insecurity, Education on This Week in Sociological Perspective Podcast

March 7, 2022

Professor Colleen Heflin was interviewed on the This Week in Sociological Perspective podcast about her upcoming paper, "Exposure to Food Insecurity during Adolescence and Educational Attainment."

See related: Health Studies , Social Welfare, Poverty & Income Security , Education , Food Insecurity , Social Inequalities , Adolescents

Monnat's Research Cited in NY Times Article on Trump, Canadian Truckers' Protests

February 22, 2022
A study co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Shannon Monnat was cited in the New York Times article, "There’s a Reason Trump Loves the Truckers." 

See related: Public Health , Population Studies , Public Economics , Social Welfare, Poverty & Income Security , Political Parties , Social Policy (Aging, Education, Health, Welfare)

Lutz Examines How Social Contexts and Culture Affect Parenting Decisions in New Book

February 17, 2022
Amy Lutz, associate professor of sociology at the Maxwell School, is the co-author of a new book, "Parenting in Privilege or Peril: How Social Inequality Enables or Derails the American Dream" (Teachers College Press, 2021). The book examines how social contexts and culture affect parenting decisions. 

See related: Parenting and Family , Social Welfare, Poverty & Income Security , Education and Family , Inequality

Grant Funds Syracuse Housing Research

December 17, 2021
Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology at the Maxwell School, is part of a three-member team that has received a $350,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to investigate how building local power among tenants can enhance community health and well-being.

See related: Housing , Social Welfare, Poverty & Income Security , Inequalities , Grant Awards , State and Local

Heflin Quoted in Associated Press Article on Food Insecurity Among Military Families

November 15, 2021
Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs, is quoted in the Associated Press article, "Thousands of military families struggle with food insecurity."

See related: Food Insecurity , Public Health , Veterans , Population Studies , Inequalities , Social Welfare, Poverty & Income Security

Purser Discusses Rent Relief, Eviction Moratorium

October 4, 2021
Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology, appeared on WCNY's most recent episode of CONNECT NY, "The State of Homeownership."

See related: Inequalities , Population and Place , Social Welfare, Poverty & Income Security , Housing

Garcia discusses structural racism, COVID-19 outcomes in Public Health Post blog

September 20, 2021
"The Devastating Toll of Structural Racism," written by Assistant Professor of Sociology Marc Garcia and Ph.D. student Claire Pendergrast, was published in Public Health Post.

See related: COVID-19 , Public Health , Race & Ethnicity , Sociology Department , Health, Aging & Life Course, Disability , Social Welfare, Poverty & Income Security

Purser discusses employment protections in NY state on WCNY

August 10, 2021

See related: Social Policy (Aging, Education, Health, Welfare) , COVID-19 , Unemployment , Labor , Labor Economics , Social Welfare, Poverty & Income Security

Engelhardt quoted in HousingWire article on pandemic, housing payments

August 6, 2021

See related: COVID-19 , Public Economics , Social Welfare, Poverty & Income Security , Housing

Heflin paper on childhood injuries and food stamp benefits published in BMC Pediatrichealt

August 5, 2021

See related: Health Studies , Social Welfare, Poverty & Income Security

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