Achievements

Dr. Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg

Sociology

Dr. Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg has been invited as a keynote speaker to the European Sociological Association, Qualitative Research Summit, Sept. 1- 3 in Cracow, Poland.

She will be presenting on: Sociospatial Grounded Theory: The Qualitative Power of GIS.

More information about the conference is available at: http://www.esa-cracow.pl/

Renée Byrd

Sociology

Dr. Renée M. Byrd recently published an article titled, " 'Punishment's Twin': Theorizing Prisoner Reentry for a Politics of Abolition" in Social Justice 43-1.

Josh Meisel

Sociology

A contribution written by Josh Meisel, Associate Professor of Sociology, to a chapter on "Teaching Rural Criminology – Topics and Issues" has been published in the "The Routledge International Handbook of Rural Criminology."

Josh Meisel

Sociology

Josh Meisel, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, had his book review of "KILLER WEED: Marijuana, Grow Ops, Media, and Justice," by Susan C. Boyd and Connie I. Carter published in the November 2015 issue of "Contemporary Sociology."

Jesus Perez

Sociology

Jesus Perez’s senior thesis “Latina/o Self-Identified Students at HSU: Beyond Their Freshmen Year” was selected for the 2015 Distinguished Undergraduate Student Paper Award from the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA).

Sing C. Chew

Sociology

Sing C. Chew was the opening keynote speaker at the Conference on Post-Secondary Education for Sustainability in Asia held at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore February 5-6, 2015. His lecture was entitled, My Quarter of a Century Researching and Teaching Environmental Sustainability: Lessons Learned from the Past for the Future.

Sing C. Chew

Sociology

Sociology Professor Sing C. Chew and former graduate student, Associate Professor Daniel Sarabia, now the Department Chair of Sociology at Roanoke College, in Roanoke, Virginia presented a paper, Early Globalization in World History: Global Climate Change and the End Bronze Age World System 1200-700BC, at the Annual Conference of the Social Science History Association in Toronto, Canada, November 8, 2014. The paper reported on their collaborative research efforts to understand macro-historical dynamics in world history.

Sing C. Chew

Sociology

Sociology Professor Emeritus Sing C. Chew recently published an article, "The Southeast Asian Connection in the First Eurasian World Economy 200BC-AD500," in the "Journal of Globalization Studies," Vol. 5 #1 2014:82-109. A book chapter will also appear in Michael Pearson (ed.), Trade, Circulation and Flows in the Indian Ocean World, New York: Palgrave -Macmillan (in press)

Sing C. Chew

Sociology

Sing C. Chew, Professor of Sociology, was invited to give the keynote address at the Conference on Sustainability in Education: Pedagogical Themes and Practices in Asian Countries, at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, February 27-28, 2014.

He is also organizing a panel, "Global Resources, Trade and Crisis of the World System: Past and Present" for the Annual Conference of the Pacific Sociological Association in Portland Oregon, March 27-30, 2014. All of the 5 panelists worked with him, and graduated from the Sociology Department's masters program. They are now on faculty members at other universities or completing their doctorates.

Sing C. Chew

Sociology

Sing C. Chew, Professor, Department of Sociology, has two publications in press: “The Southeast Asian Connection in the First Eurasian World Economy 200BC-AD500” in Michael Pearson (ed.) Trade, Circulation and Flow in the Indian Ocean World, Singapore: National University of Singapore Press. 2014 and “Southeast Asia in World History” Journal of Globalization Studies Vol 4 #2 2014