UNM sociologist promoted to rank of distinguished professor The UNM College of Arts and Sciences recently promoted five UNM faculty to the rank of distinguished professor. Among them is Dr. Lisa Broidy, a professor of Sociology who is one of two women in STEM chosen for this distinction. According to the College of Arts and Sciences, […] Read More
First Maxine Baca-Zinn Endowed Professor joins Sociology Department Dr. Ranita Ray, an associate professor and the inaugural Maxine Baca-Zinn Endowed Professor of Sociology recently joined UNM’s Department of Sociology effective August 1, 2021. “I am a radical feminist sociologist. I primarily rely on ethnographic methods and am beginning to learn historical methods for my current project all […] Read More
UNM Sociologist Awarded 2021 Teaching Excellence Award UNM Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Elizabeth Korver-Glenn has been awarded a prestigious Teaching Excellence Award. The Teaching Excellence Awards recognize outstanding teachers at UNM. According to the Center For Teaching Excellence website, the awards “recognize the tremendous work and ingenuity instructors have demonstrated in response […] Read More
Name: Dr. Ranita Ray Title: Associate Professor and Maxine Baca-Zinn Endowed Professor Department: Sociology Describe your research in about 200 words. I am interested in how racially and economically oppressed children and youth navigate schooling and labor systems, and how racial and gender violence, racial capitalism, and academic and public discourses impact […] Read More
Hear from four University of New Mexico faculty members about their research in 7-minute presentations each month during the Lightning Lounge event. This month’s speakers are Benjamin J. Clark, an Associate Professor of Psychology, Amaris Ketcham, an Associate Professor in the UNM Honors College, Lisa Broidy, a Professor of Sociology and Tom Turner, a professor of […] Read More
Dr. Elizabeth Korver-Glenn named a 2019 Women in STEM award winner UNM Assistant Professor Dr. Elizabeth Korver-Glenn of the Department of Sociology has been recognized as a 2019 Women in STEM award winner for her research proposal “Experiences of Rental Housing and Property Management in Albuquerque.” According to Korver-Glenn, this research will bring to light how historically […] Read More