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Diego Thompson was awarded the “Best Rural Sociology Paper”

At the Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting Diego Thompson was awarded the “Best Rural Sociology Paper” for his paper “’Keeping things under the rug: Racial dynamics in the context of large immigration raids in Mississippi,” published in Rural Sociology in 2023. This paper was selected from all articles published in Rural Sociology last year. Rural Sociology is the flagship journal for the Rural Sociological Society.

July 29, 2024
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Dr. Margaret Hagerman’s new book, Children of a Troubled Time: Growing Up with Racism in Trump’s America was published by NYU Press this past May.

This research examines how children learn about racism and politics in contemporary American society.

July 17, 2024
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Dr. Margaret Hagerman’s research was featured in New York Magazine

July 17, 2024
Department

Heather-Ann Layth Earns Honorable Mention From The American Sociological Association Section On Teaching And Learning In Sociology

Heather-Ann Layth has earned an honorable mention for her submission to the 2024 Graduate Student Contributions to Teaching and Learning Award.

June 7, 2024
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Ashley Melcherts Won One Of The Humanities Summer Support Program Awards

Mississippi State University’s Institute for the Humanities announces the inaugural Summer Support Scholars recipients—each receiving $1000 for extended summer research, simultaneously allowing the Institute to highlight graduate research at the land-grant university.

June 7, 2024
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Hostile Masculinity, Male Peer Support for Violence, and Problematic Anger: Linking Childhood Abuse to Men's Partner Violence Perpetration

Tara Sutton has a article at Violence Against Women that was published May 6, 2024.

May 8, 2024
Department

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Three undergraduate students, working with Dr. David May and Dr. Stacy Haynes, presented posters at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 11th.

May 3, 2024
Department

Making Country Cool: A Comparative Study of Peloton Instructors' Use of Country and Hip-Hop Music

Emma Huner one of our undergraduates presented research at the Mississippi State undergraduate research symposium on Thursday, April 11, 2024.

April 24, 2024
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2024 Annual Awards Banquet

We want to congratulate the following students on their handwork and dedication: Destiny Welch, Courtney Heath, Madeline Brock, Michayla Mack, Julie Stepp, Anna Beth Gandy, Micah Bertucci, and Emily Reed.

April 19, 2024
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Michayla Mack Receives the SEC Emerging Scholar award.

Congratulations to Michayla Mack, one of our Ph.D. students, for her receipt of the SEC Emerging Scholar award last fall. See the link below for one opportunity that has provided her. Congratulations Michayla—great work.

April 5, 2024
Social Work

John "Peyton" Wolf Wins Competition at A National Conference

“Presenting at BPD was a great way to spark interest and to promote awareness on the issue along side other aspiring social scientists from across the country”, said Wolf.

March 18, 2024
Department

Newest Dean’s Eminent Scholars reflect ‘thriving academic community’ in MSU College of Arts and Sciences

Diego Thompson, assistant professor of sociology, Dean’s Eminent Scholar award for the social sciences

November 29, 2023