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Don Grant’s new book (co-authored with Andrew Jorgenson and Wesley Longhofer) titled Super Polluters: Tackling the World’s Largest Sites of Climate-Disrupting Emissions was released as part of Columbia University Press’s Society and the Environment series.

Jill Harrison gave an invite presentation to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s senior leadership team. In this talk, “Environmental Regulatory Agencies’ Environmental Justice Reforms: Progress, Challenges, and Recommendations,” she shared and discussed key findings from her research.

Lori Peek received $419,940 in supplemental funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to her current NSF-funded CONVERGE award to develop and launch two additional online training modules – the first focused on Ethical Considerations for Hazards and Disaster Researchers and the second focused on Collecting and Sharing...

Bertha Alicia Bermúdez Tapia successfully defended her dissertation proposal: "Violence, restriction of asylum, and deportation: "Two immigration policies designed to deter movement at the U.S.-Mexico border." Congrats Bertha!

Mollborn, Stefanie, Paula Fomby, Joshua A. Goode, and Adenife Modile. Published online ahead of print. “A Life Course Framework for Understanding Digital Technology Use in the Transition to Adulthood.” Advances in Life Course Research .

Statement on being displaced by the CalWood fire, preparedness and next steps to get ready for disaster.

Jocelyn West's book review of Governing Affect: Neoliberalism and Disaster Reconstruction by Roberto Barrios has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. The review was first written as part of David Cook-Martín's course Logics of Qualitative Inquiry, and submitted for publication thanks to guidance...

CU Boulder senior science editor Lisa Marshall won a prestigious writing award from the National Association of Science Writers. Lisa writes for the College of Arts & Sciences and other units on campus, and has written several research stories featuring the books and other publications of our Sociology faculty and...

Congratulations to Jessica Austin , whose Third Year Paper, entitled “I Suppose I’ll Be Patching You Up, As Usual”: Women’s Roles and Normative Femininity in a Team-based Video Game,” was accepted for publication in New Media and Society.