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  1. Scholars and music-industry insiders recently gathered at Yale to discuss the social and cultural significance of K-pop.

    Sociologist Grace Kao and Yale’s Council on East Asian Studies hosted a conference featuring scholars who study the social and cultural influence of K-pop and prominent figures in the K-pop industry. (Photos by: Stephanie Anestis)
  2. In an interview, Yale’s Yuan Hsiao explains his research on how social networks influence our online and offline behaviors.

    Yuan Hsiao
  3. The Social Science History Association was established in 1974 by scholars “interested in using social science methods and theories to better understand the past.”

    Emily Erikson
  4. In a new study, a Yale sociologist examines the ways U.S. immigration law forces migrant children to make hard choices while journeying across Mexico.

    Young migrants in Mexico City
  5. The Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award recognized Karell’s 2023 article "'Born for a Storm': Hard-Right Social Media and Civil Unrest."

    Daniel Karell, Assistant Professor of Sociology
  6. Ángel Escamilla García, a sociologist in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, is working to understand the experiences of vulnerable groups migrating from Latin America to the U.S., and how cultural forces such as linguistic isolation shape them.

    Ángel Escamilla García
  7. Do some anti-smoking policies help push people naturally predisposed to nicotine use into groups that actually reinforce the behavior? For Yale’s Ramina Sotoudeh, whose research integrates genetics and sociology, questions like this are all in a day’s work.

    Ramina Sotoudeh, Assistant Professor of Sociology
  8. Nicholas Christakis and James Mayer were elected to the academy, one of the highest honors bestowed on a U.S. scientist or engineer.

    Nicholas Christakis and James Mayer
  9. Using anonymized data from mobile devices showed physical distancing was less prevalent in rural areas compared with cities and suburbs, according to the study.

  10. Yale sociologist Anderson receives criminology’s highest award for his groundbreaking studies of life and violence in inner-city African American communities.