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Sociology Major Spotlight: Selina Chan

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Graduate Alum Spotlight: Layne Amerikaner

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Initiatives of the Social Justice Alliance and Anti-Black Racism Initiative from the Second Half of 2025

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Taylor Hargrove Joins the Sociology Faculty

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Long Doan Receives 2025 Postdoc Mentor of the Year Award

Sonalde Desai Retires After 30 Years, Establishes New Research Fund

Sonalde Desai Elected President of the Population Association of America

Dawn Dow's "Mothering While Black" wins William J. Goode Book Award

IHDS Receives Gates Foundation Award

Events

MPRC Seminar

Kelly Jones from American University will present "What drives abortion philanthropy?"

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Poster for "Things We Imagined: Black Futurity and Academic Life" event on March 27, 2026, at University of Maryland-College Park, Clarice Performing Arts Center. Doors open at 3:30 PM, screening starts at 4:00 PM.

Screening of "Things We Imagined"

The Anti-Black Racism Initiative and the College of Education will host a special screening of "Things We Imagined" on Friday, March 27.

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Poster for the 2026 Symposium titled "Freedom Dreams and Radical Joy: Youth Voices in the Pursuit of a Just Society" on April 10, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the University of Maryland's Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. Featured panelists include Lynae Vanee, Abby Phillip, Marley Dias, Kier Gaines, and Steven Gaskin. Logos for Social Justice Alliance, Bowie State University, University of Maryland, Anti-Black Racism Initiative, and others are displayed.

2026 SJA Symposium - "Freedom Dreams and Radical Joy"

The 2026 BSU-UMD Social Justice Alliance Symposium will take place April 10, 11am-1pm, at the University of Maryland Riggs Alumni Center.

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Talk with Alexandra (Sasha) Killewald of the University of Michigan

On April 22nd at 12pm in room 4103 of the Parren J. Mitchell Art-Sociology Building, Dr. Alexandra Killewald will give a talk titled "Trends in the Gender Pay Gap: Narrowing Starting Gaps and Persistent Life-Course Divergence."

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