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- Departmental Seminars are run on Wednesday afternoons during semester time, please see the events page for details.
- CRESS (Centre for Research in Social Simulation) Lunchtime Seminars
- CAQDAS Courses & Conferences
- Day Courses in Social Research
British Academy research grant on mobility and citizenship
14 March 2016
Dr Maria Xenitidou has recently been awarded a small grant to explore "Mobility and citizenship in turbulent space and times: categories, affordances and prospects".
Surrey to host new UK centre for public policy research
1 February 2016
A £3 million national research centre that will develop better ways to measure the effectiveness and impact of energy, water, environment and food policies is to open at the University of Surrey.
Surrey Academics secure £798K grant award
28 October 2015
Nigel Gilbert, Klaus Moessner and Ewa Luger (from Microsoft Research) have been offered a research grant valued at £798,000 over three years by ESRC for a project called "HomeSense: digital sensors for social research".
BBC coverage
7 July 2015
Research partly conducted by Sarah Neal gets BBC coverage:
PhD Studentship: Understanding the impact of prison based diversion schemes on prisoners and young people
5 May 2015
Sponsored by the Dawes Trust on behalf of 'KeepOut' the University of Surrey is pleased to announce a unique PhD studentship.
KeepOut is a crime diversion scheme delivered by dedicated teams of serving prisoners inside UK prisons. Prisoners are trained to run intervention programmes for young people that inform, support and divert those aged between 13 and 17 who are either at risk of entering the criminal justice system or are already involved in criminal activity. KeepOut currently operates in HMP Coldingley and HMP Send in Surrey, HMP Lewes in Sussex and HMP Brixton in London. More details are available at: http://www.crimediversionscheme.org.uk/
The studentship will form part of a broader evaluation of the outputs and outcomes of the diversion scheme. The evaluation will draw on qualitative and quantitative methods and be quasi-experimental in design. Whilst drawing on similar data to the evaluation, the precise focus of the thesis will be determined with the successful applicant in the early part of the evaluation. It will concentrate on an area where it is thought that an original contribution can be made and where the successful applicant has a strong interest. It might for example, be in the area of desistence, or on the design of programmes.
The studentship will be based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Surrey, with co-supervision from the KeepOut charity. The successful candidate will also benefit from participation in the general research methods training programme and other opportunities offered by the South East Doctoral Training Centre.
The studentship is for 3 years. The studentship provides a tax free stipend of up to £13,726 per annum per annum for the duration of the studentship plus tuition fees at the UK/EU rate. A research training support grant of up to £750 pa is also available. Applicants would normally hold at least a 2:1 degree (or equivalent) in a Social Science discipline such as Sociology, Criminology or Anthropology and a relevant Masters level degree with research training. Knowledge of criminal justice will be an advantage as will a reasonable degree of statistical literacy.
General information about the Department of Social Sciences can be found at:
For informal enquiries about the project, please contact Professor Karen Bullock, School of Social Sciences, firstname.lastname@example.com
To apply: please email your CV, to include the names of two referees who are able to comment on your academic work, and a covering letter to Professor Karen Bullock, firstname.lastname@example.com. The covering letter will highlight why you are suitable for the position and your passion for PhD study.
Closing date: Friday 29th May
Interviews: will take place week commencing 8th June 2015
Start date: to be determined with the successful applicant but not later than October 2015
Please note: Any offer will be subject to the receipt of references. The post will be subject to prison service vetting and appropriate security checks.
Surrey sociologist published in Discourse & Society
30 April 2015
Dr Laura Harvey, Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, has had an article entitled 'Extraordinary acts and ordinary pleasures: Rhetorics of inequality in young people's talk about celebrity' published by the journal Discourse & Society.
A warm welcome to Dr Paula Carder, Visiting International Fellow
29 April 2015
Dr Paula Carder (Institute of Aging, Portland State University, Oregon, USA) is Visiting International Fellow for 2015 in the Department of Sociology at University of Surrey from 29th April to 13th May. The Visiting International Fellowship (VIF) is established to foster the development of sociological research methods with international scholars: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/sociology/research/visitinginternationalfellowship/
New large grant success for Kate Burningham and colleagues
31 March 2015
Kate Burningham and colleagues have been awarded a £6m research grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to establish an international Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP). Led by the University's Professor Tim Jackson, an internationally renowned expert in sustainable development, CUSP will establish a five-year multidisciplinary research programme commencing in January 2016. The overall aim of CUSP will be to explore the complex relationship between prosperity (our aspirations for the good life) and sustainability (the social and environmental constraints of a finite planet).
New edition of Jon Garland's co-authored book on Hate Crime
31 March 2015
Late March saw the publication by Sage of the second edition of 'Hate Crime: Impact, Causes and Responses', co-authored by Jon Garland (Reader in Criminology) and Neil Chakraborti (from the University of Leicester). The book assesses contemporary forms of hate crime perpetration, including their prevalence, nature and impact, as well as the responses to them by the police and other agencies. It also looks at contemporary topics such as the far-right, gendered hostility, attacks upon alternative subcultures and violence against sex workers and the homeless: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book240942?subject=900&sortBy=defaultPubDate%20desc&fs=1
New article by Victoria Redclift
31 March 2015
'Displacement, integration and identity in the postcolonial world', Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/eHIfGb3nUWtseupRTBxf/full
Keynote papers by Paul Hodkinson
31 March 2015
Paul delivered a keynote paper at Monash University (Australia): http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/sociology/interactive-futures-young-people/
He will be delivering an additional keynote paper at the forthcoming Journal of Youth Studies Conference in Copenhagen: http://www.jysc2015.org/
Patients' Experiences and Expectations Following Major Illness or Injury
3 March 2015
This conference will discuss the implications for policy and practice of findings from the ESRC funded study Getting Back to Normal? Patients' Experience and Expectations Following Major Illness or Injury conducted by Professor Hilary Thomas and Elaine McNeilly (University of Hertfordshire) and Dr Sarah Earthy and Judith Sleney (University of Surrey). The conference will be held on Tuesday 24th March 2015 at The King's Fund, London. Registration is free but places are limited. For more details and to register for the event, go to http://www.gettingbacktonormal.org.uk/events/.
REF 2014 Sociology results
10 February 2015
In the recent Research Excellence Framework (a six yearly, national audit of academic research performance and quality) the Sociology Department at University of Surrey had 77% of its outputs (publications) categorized as being either of international excellence (3*) or as world leading (4*).
This means that in terms of outputs the Sociology Department was 8th in UK in the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. This confirms our position as a top ten department for publications.
Another area of success for the Department was its research environment (which includes such activities as PhD students' completion rates, external research income, editorial involvement with academic journals, invited presentations, research support and organization). The Department's research environment was rated as being a 100% in either 3*and 4* categories.
Overall the Department was ranked 15th (on grade point average GPA) in the sociology submissions made to the REF2014 panel.
PhD scholarship opportunities
10 February 2015
New PhD scholarship opportunities available in the department. Details at:
Keynote address by Paul Hodkinson
17 December 2014
Paul Hodkinson delivered an invited keynote address to the Interactive Futures: Young People's Mediated Lives conference, University of Monash 1-2 December 2014. He also gave a paper as part of a plenary session in The Australian Sociological Association annual conference at the University of South Australia, 24-28 November 2014.
New co-authored article by Rachel Brooks
17 December 2014
Rachel Brooks co-authored the following article:
Waters, J. and Brooks, R. (2014) 'The magical operations of separation': English elite schools'
online geographies and functional isolation, Geoforum. (Advance online access):
New book by Victoria Redclift
17 December 2014
A new book co-edited by Victoria Redclift has recently been published: 'New Racial Landscapes: Contemporary Britain and the Neoliberal Conjuncture': http://tandf.net/books/details/9781138795570/
Plenary address by Jon Garland and media coverage of his research
17 December 2014
Jon Garland delivered a plenary address at the recent 'Alternatives to Hate Crime' conference organised by the Sophie Lancaster Foundation and held in Burnley on 26 November. Jon's paper detailed the findings from the Leicester Hate Crime project, that specifically addressed the targeted victimisation of those from alternative subcultures, to an audience of over 100 practitioners and academics. The research was later featured in an item on the conference on the BBC Radio 5Live programme 'Afternoon Edition'.
New edited volume by Jon Garland and Paul Hodkinson
17 December 2014
Jon Garland and Paul Hodkinson were part of the editorial team behind 'Youth Culture, Popular Music and the End of "Consensus", a seven-chapter volume on political issues surrounding youth subcultures which was published by Routledge in November: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138799929/
Laura Harvey mentioned in The Guardian
17 December 2014
Laura Harvey was mentioned in the following Guardian article: http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sustainable-fashion-blog/2014/nov/03/feminist-t-shirt-scandal-exposes-entire-system-exploitation-elle-whistles-fawcett-society
Visiting International Fellows 2014
17 November 2014
Michael Agar, well known for his seminal work on ethnographic methods, will be Visiting International Fellow for 2014 in the Department of Sociology at University of Surrey from 17th-29th November. Mike in Emeritus Professor at University of Maryland (USA) - http://www.anth.umd.edu/facultyprofile/Agar/Michael. He is a keynote speaker at the Constructed Complexities Workshop - http://constructedcomplexities.wordpress.com/
Rainer Hegselmann (from Bayreuth University, Germany) is returning to the Sociology Department as a Visiting International Fellow from 19th-23rd November. Prof Hegselmann is well known for developing the Hegselmann-Krause model of opinion dynamics and his work on the interplay of qualitative data and model construction - http://www.modus.uni-bayreuth.de/de/team/Hegselmann_Rainer/index.html
The Visiting International Fellowship (VIF) is established to foster the development of sociological research methods with international scholars: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/sociology/research/visitinginternationalfellowship/.
Victoria Redclift awarded Philip Leverhulme Prize (£100,000)
5 November 2014
Philip Leverhulme Prizes recognise the achievement of early career researchers across a range of academic disciplines. The prize scheme makes up to thirty awards of £100,000 a year, a small number of which went this year to Sociology. Victoria Redclift was one of the 2014 winners on the basis of her research into the shaping of political identities in South Asia and the UK, which brings together sociology and history to understand the spatial and temporal politics of citizenship. With support from the prize she will begin a new project which develops the concept of 'transnational political space', examining the extent to which political identities which cross borders inform political identities within borders and drawing on a comparative analysis of Bangladesh-origin Muslims in London and New York. The research will consider how different histories of settlement, different population profiles and different local conditions/constraints affect the political identities possible in each new setting. The international comparative analysis helps capture the dynamic interactions of history and space in the shaping of political subjectivity.
The project will begin in October 2015 for a period of two years.
Conference: Leicester Hate Crime Project
4 November 2014
Jon Garland was co-organiser of a highly-successful conference that launched the findings of the Leicester Hate Crime Project on 5 September. The conference, attended by over 120 delegates from the academic, criminal justice and third sectors, showcased the findings from the two-year study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, which examined the nature, extent and impact of hate crime victimisation. For a full list of the publications from the project, including its Findings and Conclusions report and briefing papers, see http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/criminology/research/current-projects/hate-crime.
Thinking the 'Yet to be Thought': new ESRC seminar series
4 November 2014
Rachel Brooks has been successful in the latest round of the ESRC seminar series competition: she is CI on a series entitled '"Thinking the 'yet to be thought': an international cross-sector seminar series exploring socially just education and inequalities in education" led by the University of Hull. The series is underpinned by the principle that in order to be able to envisage different ways of doing things, we need to step outside our usual frames of reference. Instead of looking inside existing systems for answers, developing transformative and socially just educational systems requires more radical approaches. The first seminar was held in London on 14 October, and further details can be found at: http://www.freedomtolearnproject.com/esrc-seminar/
New book: Ethics and Education Research
4 November 2014
Rachel Brooks' new book Ethics and Education Research was published by Sage in September. It is the latest title in the SAGE Research Methods in Education series, and focuses specifically on the ethics of conducting research in educational settings and on education-related topics. It is co-authored with Kitty te Riele and Meg Maguire and draws on the authors' experiences in the UK, Australia and mainland Europe. Further details can be found at: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book241449
The Centre for Research in Social Simulation
2 October 2014
The Centre for Research in Social Simulation in the Department of Sociology was represented well at two international conferences this September, the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA) (http://www.bsc.es/essa/home-page) conference in Barcelona (Surrey hosted this in 2009) and the European Conference on Complex Systems (ECCS) (http://www.eccs14.eu/index.php?lang=en) with a special track on Computational Social Science in Lucca, Italy.
ESSA was co-located with two other interesting conferences, on Artificial Economics and on Modelling History. The first keynote speaker at ESSA was Rainer Hegselmann (this year's Sociology Visiting International Fellow). CRESS members presenting were Jen Badham, Tina Balke, Ozge Dilavar, Corinna Elsenbroich and Nigel Gilbert.
The ECCS had a special track on Computational Social Science. Members of CRESS were the bastion of social science at this event, which was otherwise mainly attended by computer scientists and physicists. The majority of papers were concerned with Big Data, in particular Twitter data. CRESS members presenting were Jen Badham, Juan Cano and Corinna Elsenbroich.
We also used these conferences as advertising possibilities for the MSc Computational Policy Modelling, handing out flyers and telling people about the upcoming degree programme. So, overall, a successful autumn of raising the profile of the University of Surrey, the School of Social Science, the Sociology Department and CRESS.
Daniel McCarthy awarded Economic Social Research Council Future Leaders Award, (£271, 670)
2 October 2014
This research project focuses on the impacts that child custody has on the broader family after the offender's release from prison. Drawing on in-depth interviews with parents and qualitative social network analysis, the study will investigate ways that parental social networks are shaped and reshaped as a result of having a child imprisoned, and will explore the wider social and psychological impacts that prison resettlement has on family members related to the offender.
The project will begin in June 2015 for a period of 2.5 years.
Daniel McCarthy awarded British Society of Criminology Policing Network Prize
2 October 2014
This was for his paper entitled:
McCarthy, D.J. (2013) Gendering 'soft' policing: multi-agency working, female cops and the fluidities of police culture/s, Policing and Society, 23(2).
The two reviewers summarised the paper as:
Reviewer 1 - "This paper truly pushes the boundaries of contemporary policing scholarship. It is very well written and strikes a sound balance between empirical coverage and theoretical engagement. It has both empirical and theoretical impact on the discipline that should be acknowledged and commended."
Reviewer 2 – "This paper makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the study of gender and policing; the complexities of police culture(s); the police role and of the possibilities of bringing about organisational change."
Targeted victimisation of members of the goth and alternative subcultural communities
15 September 2014
The first ever study of the targeted victimisation of members of the goth and alternative subcultural communities, undertaken by Jon Garland and Paul Hodkinson, found that experiences of violence and abuse were commonplace. Their research, which consisted of qualitative interviews with 21 respondents mostly affiliated to the goth scene, uncovered extensive experience of verbal harassment and, for some respondents, repeated incidents of targeted violence. The nature and impact of such experiences were similar to those of the officially recognised strands of hate crime, such as racism and homophobia. Their findings were published in the British Journal of Criminology (Vol. 54 No. 4 - http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/) in June and were featured in The Independent on Sunday on 15th June: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-told-to-beef-up-reports-of-hate-crime-9537725.html
International Network for Hate Studies
4 August 2014
Jon Garland (Reader in Criminology) delivered a plenary speech to the inaugural conference of the International Network for Hate Studies at the University of Sussex on 8th May 2014. Entitled 'The Case for Connecting Policy and Research: Some Problems, Some Ideas' and delivered to an audience of over 150 international hate crime experts, Jon's talk assessed the difficulties and misunderstandings that prevent hate crime academics and practitioners from working more productively together. He argued that, often, academic and practitioner understandings of hate crime are very different from one another, making co-operation between the two parties more difficult than it need be. Jon suggested that by developing more in-depth understanding of each other's working methods, preferably by being involved in formal and informal joint projects, academics and practitioners can devise more meaningful interventions that tackle hate crime effectively.
A video recording of Jon's plenary speech can be found at the University of Sussex conference website at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/law/newsandevents/hate/recordings
CYCLES for Sustainability
16 July 2014
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is working with the Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group (SLRG) at Surrey to develop a new global research project on children and youth consumption in cities, called Children and Youth in Cities: a Lifestyles Evaluation Survey (CYCLES) for Sustainability. This project is a follow up to UNEP's Global Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles (GSSL), which was concluded in 2010 (http://www.sustainablelifestyles.ac.uk/projects/change-processes/children-and-environment)
BSA Teaching Group Regional Conference: A-level teachers and academics interact
8 July 2014
The aim of the conference was to give A-level teachers across the region the opportunity to interact with each other, as well as academics.
Counting the Costs? Resources, Austerity and older LGBT People
8 July 2014
This was the fourth in a series of seminars exploring gaps in knowledge related to older LGBT people.
Models for Real World Policy
8 July 2014
A one day conference was held on April 25, 2014, at the Royal Society, London, for policy professionals to consider how the policy making processes can benefit from new tools and thinking emerging from study of complex social systems involved in real world global challenges.
Nigel Fielding, Karen Bullock and Jane Fielding were successful with an ESRC bid for a project titled 'University Consortium for Evidence-Based Crime Reduction' (£80,084)
8 July 2014
Nigel Fielding, Jane Fielding and Karen Bullock are part of an inter-university 'commissioned partnership programme' funded by the ESRC over three years. This will deliver research to support the What Works Centre for Crime Reduction, created to provide robust and comprehensive evidence that will guide decision-making on public spending. As part of this agenda, we will be reviewing research on practices and interventions to reduce crime, labelling the evidence base in terms of quality, cost and impact and providing stakeholders with the knowledge, tools and guidance to help them target their resources more effectively. Evidence from this programme of research will be translated into practical insights that the police service and their partners can easily use, help decision-makers to access and apply the evidence locally to make choices about where to spend and disinvest, sharing knowledge about 'what works' with the public will help build confidence in the police service and its crime reduction partners and links will be strengthened between the police service, crime reduction partners and the academic sector.
Congratulations to Andy King
8 July 2014
Congratulations to Andy King for winning the Faculty Learning and Teaching Award 2014. Andy will now go forward to the Vice Chancellors Teaching Excellence Award which will be announced in November
New book on Hate Crime
2 May 2014
Why has so much hate crime policy seemingly ignored academic research? And why has so much research been conducted without reference to policy?
Student representatives: Partners or activists?
2 April 2014
What balance should student-union officers strike between partnership with university managers and campaigning on behalf of students? Research by Professor Rachel Brooks examines the changing role of student representatives.
1 April 2014
The public version of the Discovequants website is now available www.discoverquants4all.surrey.ac.uk.
e-Policy develops software to help policymakers
13 March 2014
e-POLICY is a FP7 project funded by the European Commission that aims to support policy makers in their decisions.
Visiting International Fellow 2014
11 March 2014
Prof Rainer Hegselmann is Visiting International Fellow for 2014 in the Department of Sociology at University of Surrey from 10th-23rd March.
Dr Laura Harvey nominated for SAGE Prize
10 March 2014
'Swagger, Ratings and Masculinity' paper challenges the media portrayal of looters during the 2011 London Riots.
Sociology at Surrey continues to shine
4 March 2014
QS World University Rankings place Surrey in world's top 40 institutions for sociology.
Special Issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies
26 February 2014
Dr Victoria Redclift has guest edited a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies entitled 'New racisms, new racial subjects?: The neoliberal moment and the racial landscape of contemporary Britain'
A dangerous alternative?
5 February 2014
Is everyone who uses alternative medicines suspicious of modern science and conventional treatments?
New AHRC project on the value of commercial arts and culture
15 January 2014
Cornel Sandvoss and Paul Stoneman have recently been awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council grant to explore the aesthetic value of commercial arts and culture.
New book on Critical Theory and Libertarian Socialism
15 January 2014
In this new publication Charles Masquelier examines the role critical theory plays in today's political, social, and economic crises, showing how it can help to both diagnose and remedy such problems.
Recent Publications
20 December 2013
Alternative medicine in the media
13 December 2013
A recent paper in PLOS ONE (a journal published by the Public Library of Science) has been receiving media coverage in Ireland and has stimulated debate on the public's use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
International workshop on lifecourse transitions
5 December 2013
Kate Burningham and Sue Venn, together with Birgitta Gatersleben, Ian Christie and Tim Jackson and Monique Raats, have been awarded funding by the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Surrey to run a two day workshop on 'Lifecourse transitions: opportunities for sustainable lifestyles?'
Hate Crime project covered by BBC
2 December 2013
Jon Garland's research into Hate Crime has recently been covered by the BBC.
International Association of Homes and Services for the Aged (IAHSA) Award for Excellence in Research 2013
21 November 2013
Visiting International Fellow
12 November 2013
Dr Kitty te Riele is the Visiting International Fellow for 2013 in the Department of Sociology at University of Surrey from 14th November to 3rd December.
Lecturer in Sociology (Job advert)
6 November 2013
The University of Surrey is seeking applications for a lectureship in the Department of Sociology. You will join a Department that is consistently ranked world-class, was rated joint 6th in the last RAE and consistently achieves top scores in the NSS.
The "real world' implications of offender neutralizations
21 October 2013
PhD studentships
7 October 2013
Motherhood and mitigation
2 October 2013
What impact does motherhood have on mitigation in sentencing decisions by courts in England and Wales?
Rendering explicit the implicit
18 September 2013
Writing with 'I' is subjective – and that's OK
23 August 2013
One of the department's Postgraduate researchers, Alex Seal has written a blog entitled Writing with 'I' is subjective - and that's OK
What Works Centre for Crime Reduction
12 August 2013
The Sociology Department at Surrey is one of eight partners that have been announced as part of the successful consortium for an ESRC grant, in partnership with the College of Policing, to support a programme for the What Works Centre for Crime Reduction.
Ethical behaviour across the police force
2 August 2013
Following a number of recent high profile cases which have brought into question the integrity of the police in England and Wales (e.g. Hillsborough Independent Panel and Leveson Inquiry), the government and the police service is looking to raise standards of ethical behaviour across the service.
MSc Scholarship Awarded to Luke Hubbard
5 July 2013
The Department of Sociology are delighted to announce that this year's MSc Scholarship has been awarded to Luke Hubbard who will be studying for the internationally-renowned MSc in Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Research. Luke has just graduated with a first class degree in Criminology from Leicester University. He hopes to become a researcher or policy advisor with a focus on crime and criminal justice. Luke has already gained insights into these issues through work on the Leicester Hate Crime project and is delighted to be coming to Surrey to broaden his knowledge and skills for his future career. We congratulate Luke on his success and look forward to welcoming him into the Department, alongside all our other applicants, in September.
Student wins award for 'contribution to internationalisation'
4 July 2013
The department would like to congratulate Michelle McDonagh, who spent last academic year at the University of Maryland, for being awarded this year's prize for 'contribution to internationalisation'. The prize is awarded by the Faculty and is designed to recognise students who make outstanding contributions to the international nature of the Faculty by demonstrating their ability to work internationally and be good global citizens.
Funded PhD Studentship
27 June 2013
Department of Sociology, University of Surrey and School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent
Transitions from Higher Education into Work: Graduate Experiences within the UK Labour Market
ESRC Multidisciplinary Studentships
21 June 2013
Health Psychology and Medical Sociology in the Context of New Medical Technologies
The University of Surrey and the ESRC South East Doctoral Training Centre
John Sunley Prize awarded
12 June 2013
Shona Minson, a recent graduate from our MSc in Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Research has just been awarded the John Sunley Prize by the Howard League for her MSc dissertation.
Systems Aikido
29 May 2013
How can we control complex systems of industry and agriculture while using less oil and energy? The answer may be the Systems Aikido envisaged by Dr Alex Penn of the Evolution and Resilience of Industrial Ecosystems (ERIE) research group.
Brian William Prize
14 May 2013
Dr Daniel McCarthy has been shortlisted for the Brian William Prize for his article 'Gendering Soft Policing'.
This is the British Society of Criminology's award for the best article by an early career researcher.
Summer-born pupils 'should have exam scores boosted'
14 May 2013
Read the BBC News article featuring Prof Rachel Brooks on why Summer-born pupils 'should have exam scores boosted'.
Official: Sociology at Surrey among the world's best
7 May 2013
QS World University Ranking puts School of Sociology in elite top 100.
Sociology Seminar, Thursday 9 May
7 May 2013
Ethical dilemmas in reporting and disseminating social research
Presented by Kitty te Riele, Associate Professor at Victoria University and Visiting International Fellow in the Department of Sociology, University of Surrey
Thursday 9 May
Roundtable Discussion on Sleep, Tuesday 7 May
2 May 2013
On Tuesday 7 May, Surrey's Psychology and English departments are joining forces to put on two very special events exploring and interrogating the topic of sleep. Academics from the fields of Psychology, English and Sociology will form a cross disciplinary roundtable, where aspects of sleep, including the sociology, biology and historicity, will be discussed.
Following on from the debate will be the rare opportunity to attend Garrett Sullivan's talk on Sleep in the Age of Shakespeare. Garrett Sullivan is a professor of English from Penn State University, USA and his talk will examine questions such as "how, when, where, and with whom did people in the 16th- and 17th-centuries sleep?" and "what did their slumbers mean to them?" The talk will show that sleep was intimately connected to major social and cultural issues in addition to considering sleep's significance for understanding some of Western literature's most famous characters, from Shakespeare's Falstaff to Milton's Adam and Eve.
The social construction of young people within education policy
24 April 2013
A new article was published by Prof Rachel Brooks on The social construction of young people within education policy: evidence from the UK's Coalition government
Sociology MSc Open Day
24 April 2013
Are you interested in postgraduate study in Sociology and/or Criminology?
Criminology and Criminal Justice
12 April 2013
A special edition of the journal Criminology and Criminal Justice called 'Policing in a time of contraction and constraint: Re-imagining the role and function of contemporary policing' has been published that was co-edited by Dr Karen Bullock and Andrew Millie.
Hate crime and sub-cultures
9 April 2013
The recent decision by Greater Manchester Police to record hate crimes targeted against sub-cultural groups (such as goths, emos and punks) has raised public awareness about a complex subject currently being researched in the Department of Sociology.
Sociology Scholarships Available for 2013/14
27 February 2013
MSc Social Research Methods
MSc Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Research
One scholarship of up to £3,000 will be available across both MSc programmes, to be awarded on a competitive basis to self-funding students accepting an offer of a place on the MSc for the academic year 2013/14.
Methodological and practical aspects of CAQDAS
19 February 2013
Dr Christina Silver from the Department of Sociology has been invited to present on methodological and practical aspects of CAQDAS at the 20th Research Methodology Workshop for Manufacturing and Technology Management, University of Cambridge, 4-5th April
University Global Patnership Award winner - Jo Moran-Ellis, Department of Sociology
14 February 2013
Since 1990 there have been significant developments in the sociology of childhood regarding theorising childhood and understanding children's lives. However, this has generally been built on empirical studies of children from primary school age upwards, whilst the lives of children in early childhood, ie pre-school, has largely been the province of developmental psychology, pedagogical sciences, and family sociology.
University Global Partnership Award winners
11 February 2013
Tina Balke and Nigel Gilbert have been awarded a grant from the UPGN scheme for a project in collaboration with the Universities of São Paulo and North Carolina State to study the influence of norms and sanctions on governance. Society is increasing its dependence on information technology in order to deal with more complex environments, such as socio-technical systems.
CAQD Conference and MAXQDA workshops - Marburg 6-9 March
23 January 2013
Professor Nigel Fielding is the keynote lecture and Dr Christina Silver will run a workshop at the "Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis: Methods, Innovations, Practice" conference to be held in Marburg, Germany, 6-9 March 2013.
Senior Lecturer (Sociology) Job advert
23 January 2013
Job Vacancy (Ref: 9203)
The University of Surrey is seeking applications for a senior lectureship in the Department of Sociology. You will join a Department that is consistently ranked world-class, was rated joint 6th in the last RAE and consistently achieves top scores in the NSS.
2nd in The Times Good University Guide 2013
22 January 2013
The Department of Sociology is delighted with its position in The Times Good University Guide 2013. Our ranking (second out of all Sociology departments in the UK) is testament to the high quality of our teaching across our undergraduate degree programmes, and the friendly and supportive nature of our lecturing staff. The high quality of teaching and learning is also closely related to the strong research culture in the Department (which feeds into The Times Good University Guide calculations). Staff are involved in leading edge research in a wide variety of areas of sociological and/or criminological enquiry, and students are able to choose from a large number of optional modules in these areas of expertise.
Professor Rachel Brooks, news updates
14 January 2013
Professor Rachel Brooks, Head of the Department of Sociology has recently published the book Negotiating Ethical Challenges in Youth Research published by Routledge in November 2012.
European Sociological Association Sexuality Research Network Mid-Term conference
14 January 2013
Dr Andrew King has organised a conference called 'Sexuality in Theory and Practice' and takes place at Kingston University on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th January.
New PhD Studentships
1 January 2013The department is now inviting applications for funded PhD studentships to start in October 2013.
Professor Sara Arber was on expert witness to the House of Lords Select Committee
7 December 2012
Professor Sara Arber was on expert witness to the House of Lords Select Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change on 4th December. Her evidence addressed the policy implications of gender inequalities in ageing.
The Committee session was chaired by Lord Filkin.
Leveson and Press Freedom: Is an Unregulated Press 'Free'?
30 November 2012
Dr Paul Hodkinson from the Department of Sociology has posted a blog on the Leveson enquiry.
Please click here to read the blog
Methods of Failure
20 November 2012
How Political Journalism lost the US Presidential Election to Nate Silver
If the morning after the Presidential Election in the United States left both the electoral map and Republican politicians feeling a little blue, there was another occupational group in need of collective introspection: the class of political journalists, commentators and pundits, who in the cause of the campaign had increasingly wilfully disregarded the lessons of the academic disciplines that form journalism's very foundation.
Awarded funding to investigate the global dynamics of extortion racket systems
16 October 2012Members of the department have recently been awarded funding from the European Commission's Framework Programme 7, to investigate the global dynamics of extortion racket systems. The GLODERS research project is directed towards development of an ICT model for understanding Extortion Racket Systems (ERSs). ERSs, of which the Mafia is but one example, are spreading globally from a small number of seed locations, causing massive disruption to economies. Yet there is no good understanding of their dynamics and thus how they may be countered. ERSs are not only powerful criminal organizations, operating at several hierarchical levels, but also prosperous economic enterprises and highly dynamic systems, likely to reinvest in new markets. If stakeholders - legislators and law enforcers - are to be successful in attacking ERSs, they need the much better understanding of the evolution of ERSs that computational models and ICT tools can give them.
The Sociology Department was awarded £60,000 from the ESRC
12 October 2012
The Department was awarded £60,000 from the ESRC to introduce new and innovative ways of teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate students across our sociology programme. The project emphasises the 'full integration' of quantitative methods skills into the undergraduate curriculum – joining the threads together in a coherent way – in a manner that ensures quantitative literacy is achieved early, occurs frequently and is integrated with approaches that account for students' different learning styles. The primary output of the project is a blended learning environment. This draws together a range of quantitative methods resources in an accessible way and gives students the opportunity to practice and develop their skills drawing on relevant sociological examples. We hope the result will be that students find quantitative methods more accessible, the relevance to their degree programmes clearer and that their confidence and ability in using quantitative methods will improve.
National Student Survey Success for the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences
27 September 2012
National Student Survey Success for the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences
Several subjects within the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences have seen significant rises in the 2012 National Student Survey (NSS).
Music (98% overall satisfaction) and Politics (96% overall satisfaction) now top the table in their respected disciplines whilst Dance, Sound Recording, Creative Writing and Psychology all make into the top 10 in their areas.
New book - Ageing and Youth Cultures
3 September 2012
Co-edited by Paul Hodkinson (with Andy Bennett), Ageing and Youth Cultures was published on 1st September 2012. It is the first edited book to examine the lives of those who continue to participate in spectacular 'youth cultures' into adulthood and middle age. The book features original research case studies from the UK, Canada, the United States and Australia, including a chapter by Hodkinson addressing the significance of music festivals for older goths.
Further details can be found at http://www.bergpublishers.com/?TabId=15891&v=1949877
Dr Paul Hodkinson
Deputy Head of Department
Department of Sociology
University of Surrey
Seminar on Equality and International Higher Education
17 August 2012
Rachel Brooks has recently been awarded funding from the Higher Education Academy to run a one-day seminar on 'Furthering Equality in International Higher Education: UK and Transnational Programmes'. This will take place at the University of Surrey on 29th January 2013. For further details, please contact Rachel (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Prestigious awards for Sara Arber
13 August 2012
Professor Sara Arber has recently become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
The Surrey Light Project
6 August 2012
The Mayor of Guildford, Councillor Jennifer Jordan gave a speech at an event to mark the success of The Surrey Light Project at the Guildford Castle.
The Mayor said, 'Guildford Borough Council is delighted to have been able to support The Light Project and University of Surrey by offering this space, the Great Tower of Guildford Castle, to show Chromatic Play, and to welcome you here tonight to see and enjoy this very special event in an important historic setting.' Professor Phil Powrie, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, also spoke, emphasising the importance of collaborations between the University and the town. Other speakers included Tine Bech, the artist who created Chromatic Play and Victoria Alexander, a Surrey Light Project team member from the Sociology Department.
Comedian and radio presenter Sandi Toksvig awarded honorary degree
19 July 2012
BBC radio presenter, writer and comedian Sandi Toksvig has been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Surrey.
Ms Toksvig, a Danish/British comedian, is also an author and presenter on British radio and television and she currently presents The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4.
She said: "Having spent many years of my life in Surrey it is a particular delight to receive this honour from the University.
"I am a passionate advocate of further education and hope to be a good ambassador for encouraging study at all ages and in all walks of life."
Jo Moran-Ellis, Head of the Department of Sociology at the University, spoke at the degree ceremony and praised Ms Toksvig's contribution the cultural life of the UK.
She said: "The University of Surrey recognises and celebrates the achievements of Sandi Toksvig through the conferment of this honorary degree. Ms Toksvig contributes significantly to the social and political culture of the UK through her sharp wit and acute observations on contemporary current affairs.
"Through her work as a broadcaster, author and producer she has brought attention to the contribution of women in many domains of life, and her own life stands as a significant role model and inspiration for others to pursue their talents and passions."
Contemporary Grandparenting
17 July 2012
Sara Arber has recently co-edited a new book on Contemporary Grandparenting, which combines new sociological theorising with up-to-date empirical findings to document the changing nature of grandparenting across diverse societies. It analyses how grandparenting differs according to the nature of the welfare state and cultural context, the influence of family breakdown, and men's changing role as grandfathers. It shows how grandparents today face conflicting norms and expectations about their roles, but act with agency to forge new identities within societal and cultural constraints.
Full details: Sara Arber and Virpi Timonen (2012) 'Contemporary Grandparenting: Changing Family Relationships in Global Contexts', Policy Press. http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?ISB=9781847429674
ESRC grant to enhance teaching of quantitative skills
16 July 2012
The Sociology Department has successfully won a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council which aims to improve the teaching of quantitative methods for undergraduate students. We wish to enhance the experience of learning quantitative skills for undergraduate students with the longer term aim of building quantitative skills and interest in applying quantitative social science.
Complexity Science for the Real World (CSRW) Conference
13 July 2012
The Complexity Science for the Real World (CSRW) Conference will be taking place on 24th & 25th September. The Evolution and Resilience of Industrial Ecosystems (ERIE) research group (based at the University of Surrey) is a core member of the CSRW network group, along with EPSRC funded projects at UCL, University of Southampton, University of Manchester and Manchester Met. Further information about the network and this conference can be found on the website: here
New book: Changing Spaces of Education
12 July 2012
Rachel Brooks' new book 'Changing Spaces of Education: New Perspectives on the Nature of Learning' (co-edited with Alison Fuller and Johanna Waters) has recently been published by Routledge and will be launched formally at the 'Geographies of Education' conference at Loughborough University in September. It offers a unique perspective on the transformation of education in the 21st century, by bringing together leading researchers in sociology, geography and education to address directly questions of space in relation to education and training. Further details can be found at: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415672221/
PhD Studentship awarded by the Higher Education Academy
12 July 2012
The Higher Education Academy has awarded a PhD Studentship to Rachel Brooks as part of its Doctoral Programme. Rachel's PhD student will begin a three-year project in October 2012, exploring the impact of different forms of international mobility on students' learning and transitions to employment.
Launch of Free Community Technology to Bridge the World's Digital Divide
28 June 2012
New technology which will make community media available free to people in the developing world is being launched next week.
Computer scientists from University of Surrey developed a digital toolkit with colleagues from Swansea University and University of Glasgow in the UK alongside South Africa collaborators (University of Cape Town, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, CSIR and Transcape).
The Community Media toolkit provides technology for users to generate and share content in places where there is low textual and computing literacy. It also can operate in areas where there is limited power and network coverage.
It consists of multimedia applications for a mobile phone, a tablet-based repository, a phone charging station, and a community camera device ('Com-Cam') for sharing mobile phone content on low-technology televisions.
The toolkit, which is an outcome of a Research Council UK (RCUK) funded Digital Economy project, is intended to be open and free for users and will be showcased on Tuesday 3 July 2012 at the Royal Geographical Society, London.
Professor David Frohlich, Director of Digital World Research Centre at the University of Surrey, said: "Different elements of the toolkit can be used alone or together, depending on the needs of the community group involved.
"We have got used to thinking of the internet as the ultimate place to store and access digital information. But in regions where it is not accessible or affordable, other more local solutions have to be found. Mobile technology is part of that solution, particularly when it can be connected in ad hoc ways."
Professor Matt Jones of Swansea University College of Science said: "This research project aims to give insights into how social-media sharing systems should be designed and deployed to benefit many billions of people beyond the mainstream "developed" world. Our target communities live in both "developing" countries and can also include those that are marginalised in places such as the UK."
At the launch, chaired by digital commentator Bill Thompson, there will also be the opportunity for hands-on demonstrations and to learn more about how to use or adapt the tools. The toolkit will be launched alongside another, Placebooks, also developed in partnership, targeted at UK audiences.
For more information on Community Media visit: http://cs.swan.ac.uk/the-next-billion/research.php
For more information on the launch event see: http://www.digitaleconomytoolkit.org/event.html
Sara Arber - Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America
14 June 2012
Sara Arber has been awarded the status of Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). This is the highest class of membership within the Society and is an acknowledgement of outstanding and continuing work in gerontology.
Professor Nigel Gilbert - Social Science Expert Panel
13 March 2012
Nigel Gilbert has been selected as a member of the new Social Science Expert Panel for Defra and DECC. The panel's purpose is to bring high quality, multi-disciplinary social science advice to both departments.


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Colleagues of mine wrote a Facebook and Your Marriage book and it's the wildest, coolest way to organize a book ever!! It's got a Facebook feel to every page, with "conversations" in it, "related posts" with page #'s of where you'd explore a minute topic further… "ads" on the sides are ways to support your marriage. I guess just saying it may be worth finding funkily organized books 🙂
I think the pressure points for parenting ARE either a specific TOPIC, or the specific AGE of the kid. The benefit of going by AGE is then parents can ignore all the pages for younger kids. If you go by topic, it can be tiresome to wade through stuff that doesn't apply to ones age kids. I feel this way about a ton of parenting advice as my kids are 3 and 5, we barely do tv at ALL, no phones, no internet, computer, no crazy extra activities for the kids. All that will come in time but we are trying to live simple lives and don't miss the insanity we see in friends!
I'm a sucker for a catchy title!
I have to hedge a little, too. When my kids were really young, I wanted it by age. As they hit school age (maybe even preschool), I want it by advice topic. Maybe it's cause I had more than one kid by then and saw the similarities (even if the specifics are different)?
I voted for both – arranged by topic, then within each topic, arrange advice by age.


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From Alaska to Wyoming, many restaurants in the West serve sustainable wild salmon.
These restaurants around the West regularly serve salmon caught, not farmed, in Pacific waters. Wild salmon are seasonal—they're available from late spring to fall—and chefs often vary their offerings. The exact dishes described below may not be available when you visit.
Twisted Fish Company Juneau
Boneless salmon fillet baked on a cedar plank, with bourbon molasses sauce. (907) 463-5033, twistedfish.hangaronthewharf.com [3].
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C Restaurant Vancouver
Local sockeye salmon with braised collard greens, onions, corn bread, and oysters. (604) 681-1164, crestaurant.com [4].
Cindy's Waterfront Monterey, Calif.
Grilled salmon with cipollini onions, niçoise olives, and orange. In the Monterey Bay Aquarium fee area; lunch daily. (831) 648-4870, montereybayaquarium.org [5].
Fish Sausalito, Calif.
Vietnamese banh mi sandwich with grilled salmon. (415) 331-3474, 331fish.com [6].
Geisha Sustainable Sushi Capitola, Calif.
Lightly marinated Monterey Bay king salmon. (831) 464-3328, facebook.com/geisha.capitola [7].
Hayes Street Grill San Francisco
Salmon grilled to order. (415) 863-5545, hayesstreetgrill.com [8].
Wild Fish Little River, Calif.
Local king salmon marinated in orange juice, honey, and mustard with roasted red and yellow bell peppers. (707) 937-3055, wild-fish.com [9].
Fork Boise
Alaskan sockeye served over linguine in caper-cream sauce. (208) 287-1700, boisefork.com [10].
Montana Ale Works Bozeman
Option to add salmon to any of five salads. (406) 587-7700, montanaaleworks.com [11].
Bamboo Sushi Portland
Alaskan salmon rolls and nigiri sushi. (503) 232-5255, bamboosushi.com [12].
Silver Grille Silverton, Ore.
Oregon salmon with white truffle hollandaise. (503) 873-8000, silvergrille.com [13].
SouthPark Seafood Portland
King salmon with bacon bread pudding and squash. (503) 326-1300, southparkseafood.com [14].
American Fish Las Vegas
Smoked salmon with sour cream, an onion-potato croquette, baby beets, and salmon roe. (877) 230-2742, arialasvegas.com [15].
RM Seafood Las Vegas
Fennel-stuffed salmon with orange and pink peppercorns. (702) 632-9300, rmseafood.com [16].
Market Street Grill Salt Lake City
Broiled salmon with cucumber-dill sauce. (801) 322-4668, marketstreetgrill.com [17].
Duke's Chowder House
Six locations, including Seattle's Lake Union Enjoy Alaskan salmon in chowders, salads, sandwiches, and grills. dukeschowderhouse.com. [18]
Blue Lion Jackson Hole
Goat cheese–stuffed Alaskan salmon. (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com [19].
For more about salmon, check out these other Via articles:
In Search of Wild Salmon [20] A novice fisherwoman takes on the big fish in Alaska.
Recipe: Wild Salmon with Grilled Vegetable Succotash [21] Try this delicious recipe from Campo restaurant in Reno.
Photography by Sean Arbabi [22]
This article was first published in July 2013. Some facts may have aged gracelessly. Please call ahead to verify information.


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J.Lo slams political starsJennifer Lopez has slammed celebrities who get involved with politics.
The actress thinks stars such as George Clooney and Angelina Jolie are too vocal about their views on political issues and should stick to what they do best.
She said: "I don't like talking about politics because it seems a little strange to me when celebrities begin to talk politics, but just like all people who have a family, I ask myself, 'Oh my God, what's happening?"
Although the 'Maid In Manhattan' star doesn't often comment on world affairs, she confessed: "The current world situation makes me nervous."
The Latin beauty - married to singer Marc Anthony - went on to complain that the public don't understand her as the 'creative person' she sees herself as.
She revealed in an interview with America's People magazine: "I think a lot of people just don't understand what I'm about.
"I think people think I'm driven by the money things and all that stuff. They get it so mixed up that they forget that's not why I started doing it. I started doing it because I love to perform."
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Scientists at University of Rochester Medical Center have published a study in the journal Epidemiology which shows that the risk of developing breast cancer due to taking hormone replacement therapy appears to be the same, whether or not a woman has a family history of the disease. Family history and hormone replacement therapy have each been established as risk factors for postmenopausal women. Gramling's study focused on whether interaction between the two raised the risk.
"Although we know that family history is a risk factor, we don't know yet what it is about family history that conveys the risk," said Robert E. Gramling, M.D., D.Sc., assistant professor of Family Medicine and of Community and Preventive Medicine at URMC. "Some have proposed that it might be an increased sensitivity to estrogen, but our data did not support that notion. In fact, this study suggests the causal pathway based on family history is probably not estrogen sensitivity." (If family history increased risk of breast cancer by raising estrogen sensitivity, then women with a family history of breast cancer would have had significantly more cancer when using HRT).
Researchers analyzed information from a previous trial that took place between 1993 and 2002. Gramling divided the data into subgroups and studied the direct interaction between the contributions that HRT and family history had on breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women. The results showed only a negligible degree of interaction, suggesting that HRT conveys no greater breast cancer risk to women with, versus without, a first-degree (mother, sister, or daughter) family history of breast cancer. Of course, the study did not say that HRT does not raise the risk of cancer; it merely said that HRT does not raise the risk of cancer more for those with a familial tendency toward breast cancer then for those without the family history.
The study does have limitations, the authors noted. First, the women had a short period of exposure to hormone treatment and a short follow-up period. It is possible that longer exposure to HRT would have generated different results. Also, researchers asked women about family history of breast cancer only at the start of the WHI study. Finally, the majority of women who enrolled in the WHI trial represented a more educated and somewhat healthier population, and it is unknown how this might have influenced any interaction between hormone therapy and family history.
Gramling believes his research is significant, especially since the earlier study raised fears of HRT increasing the risk of breast cancer. "The decision to use hormonal therapy, even for a short period of time, is very difficult for many women," Gramling said. "We hope our data will provide postmenopausal women and their physicians more evidence to consider when weighing the risks versus benefits."
Reference: University of Rochester Medical Center (2009, May 25). HRT-breast Cancer Risk Stays Same, Regardless Of Family History, Study Finds. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 25, 2009, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2009/05/090519134715.htm


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Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals develop their identities within environments that convey and reinforce preconceived assumptions of disability and of deafness, thereby encouraging particular ways of accommodating individuals' hearing status. These assumptions ultimately influence the evolution of their identities and in turn their psychological well-being. This notion is particularly important within societies that frame deaf or hard-of-hearing persons as living in a "prison of silence" (a metaphor the media uses frequently when extolling the virtues of cochlear implants) or which view them in one-dimensional perspectives-- rather than recognizing that there are many ways to be deaf or hard-of-hearing. Many factors, some ever-present and some that have emerged in recent years, impact the unique identities of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals today. These factors, which are explored in A Lens on Deaf Identities, include explanatory paradigms that frame how deaf and hard-of-hearing people are understood within the context of disability and sociolinguistics; the relatively recent formal recognition of a Deaf culture and the emergence of bicultural frames of reference; the appearance of deaf identity theories in the psychological literature; the influence of families and schools, historical and social contexts; the acknowledgement of diversity in this population; and the technology that affects the identity of deaf people in potentially unexpected ways (e.g., cochlear implants as bionic ears, telecommunications that bring deaf people together with each other as well as with hearing people, and advances in genetics with implications for parental decision-making about hearing status and the acceptability of hearing differences). This book uses personal experiences, theoretical formulations, and research data to examine interfaces within and between each of these areas and how the tensions emerging at these junctures influence deaf and hard-of-hearing identity formation in complex, multifaceted ways that defy pervasive stereotypes of deaf and hard-of-hearing persons. A Lens on Deaf Identities will appeal to students and professional researchers in deaf studies and deaf education, as well as those interested in identity formation in the presence of "disability".
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|Beyond Category: The Complexities of Deaf-Hearing Identity
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|Family and School: Creating Identities
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|The Influence of the Past
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|Stigma, Oppression, Resilience, and Deaf Identities
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|Not Just Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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|The Influence of Technology
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If it's true that a large number of the Ajo KTM team who would normally have attended a podium ceremony boycotted Kent's first ever victory, then Stoner is correct to criticise them on Danny's behalf. It's extremely unsportsmanlike behaviour and totally unjustified, so maybe it's just as well he's leaving them for Tech 3. It's not as if Kent had pulled a move like Talmasci's on Kallio in 2005 that could cost Cortese the championship.
It's a pity that the boxer Talmasci isn't still racing in Moto2 as I'd love to see his reaction if Marquez had punted HIM into the gravel instead of Kallio, Espargaro, Redding, Wilairot....


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The Best American Science Writing 2008 (2008)
by Sylvia Nasar (Editor), Jesse Cohen (Series Editor)
No current Talk conversations about this book.
a lot of articles about doctors working for drug companies
For me, a little too much medical emphasis. And way too much on the pharmaceutical industry (are these really science stories?).
I didn't believe for a moment that writer-psychiatrist Daniel Carlat began shilling for drug companies for anything but monetary motives (OK, at least he has reformed and confessed.) And there was another, from NYT, about drug companies paying censured (not permitted to practice, at least for a while) doctors to conduct trials and do the shilling thing. And yet another on "Psychiatrists, Children and the Drug Industry's Role." Not to be confused with Jerome Groopman on whether children can have bipolar disorder.
Note also Tina Rosenberg's more faceted "When is a pain doctor a drug pusher?" Of course a familiar profile from Oliver Sachs on a damaged musician with a very short-term memory.
Two profiles of people with code mutations that cause hideous diseases. 1) NYer's Richard Preston on Lesch-Nyhan disease, which compels its victims to chew off their fingertips and lips. 2) Amy Harmon makes a compelling, heart-breaking case for more research on the Huntington's gene but profiling a woman who decides as 23 to be tested for the gene and learns she probably has only 12 more years before symptoms set in. But, you know, anyone that reads science pages or popular magazines even occasionally knows about Huntington's and the detection already (a colleague did a story 20-odd years ago on this when Nancy Wexler, mentioned in passing in Harmon's story, was debating whether to be tested herself).
There's a Silicon Valley start-up that aims to offer individuals complete de-coding for $1,000. Any while Margaret Talbot's story ("Duped") on a possible foolproof lie detector doesn't rely on genetic analysis, it does stray into the medical category more than social science. Don't you want more details on how it works and how the old ones do?
I'm a bit surprised Sylvia Nasar, the guest editor, chose so many related to medicine or diagnosis since she isn't a medical doctor. (You expect it whenever a doctor is the editor.) Not that there's anything terrible about any of these pieces--the writing and organization is fine--but it means that, while there are a couple of environmental ones, all the other areas of science were shortchanged--physics, geology, math, botany, evolutionary psych, neuroscience, agriculture, etc.
The one ag piece has a lot of bloopers, imho. (What about slash and burn planting? Not really viable to go back to the mythical pre-Green Revolution time when it was all sustainable and people in, say, India had a 25-year life span. And some food exporting countries have been at it for a very long time. Start with rice.)
While interesting and practical, "Supply, Demand and Kidney Transplants" isn't really a science story either. It's a proposal for public policy and not surprisingly appeared in Policy Review. The ones about the uses of the pharmaceutical industry are essentially policy issues too.
For the most news you can use: "The Older and Wiser Hypothesis," "Evoloved for Cancer" and WSJ on NIH's false alarm re hormone replacement therapy.
This was the year Al Gore won the Nobel Prize, so there's a familiar piece by him. Not that there is anything wrong with the two environmental stories re China but anyone that has lived in the vicinity has heard so many of these. Isn't there room for environmental disaster stories from other parts of the developing world?
Some interesting articles, a lot that struck me as Reader's Digest level 'science'. Doctors are being paid by drug reps! Inappropriate medications are being prescribed for children! There's a rare genetic disease that makes people bite off their fingers! Hmmph. Al Gore's discussion of global warming was interesting, primarily because it's a lot more nuanced than the usual reporting on the subject - we can't destroy the world, but we _can_ make it a lot less pleasant for humans to live in. And some of the genetic discussions were also interesting - commercial gene-sequencing, and global seed storage. Overall, though, the book was a lot less interesting than I thought it would be - there was not one reporting of a real discovery, nor anything in the hard sciences. In the intro the editor mentioned that medicine was the major focus that year - but personally I'd have found some hard science to replace at least one of the three doctors-doing-bad-stuff RD-level stories. I don't think I'll bother to seek out others in the series - though if some have other editors they might be worth my while.
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Edited by Sylvia Nasar, bestselling author of A Beautiful Mind and former economics correspondent for the New York Times, The Best American Science Writing 2008 brings together the premiere science writing of the year. Distinguished by the foremost voices and publications—among them Pulitzer Prize-winner Amy Harmon, Nobel Prize–winner Al Gore, and award-winning and bestselling author Oliver Sacks—this anthology is a comprehensive overview of our most advanced and most relevant scientific inquiries.
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July 25, 2012 07:03 PM by Martha Zaborowski
On this week's Hollywood Exes on VH1, Mayte Garcia, Jessica Canseco, and Andrea Kelly head to singles mixer. Testosterone is definitely in the air, but is love? Also, Mayte recruits the ladies to perform a belly dance for her mother's birthday. Keep reading to find out what happens on episode 6 of Hollywood Exes.
Jessica Canseco
Jessica, Mayte, and Andrea head to the singles mixer. How does it go? Let's just say the eligible bachelors are described as "serial killers" and "wolverines," and Jessica may have mentioned bringing drugs (twice) to a deserted island if she was with her bachelor. Oh well. Maybe better luck next time for Andrea; she is being set up on a date with a man by her assistant Tony.
Andrea Kelly
Drea is funny, smart, and sexy, so what could be her problem in finding a man? It could be when she tells eligible men that her ex is R. Kelly, they believe they can fly up on out of there. She can't worry about that now–she has to call Percy, a barber who is interested in her. They set up a date, and he is cute! I gotta give Percy credit; he pretends he doesn't know R. Kelly was Drea's ex (because he would just appear on a reality show without having that knowledge…riiiight). And he doesn't care that R. Kelly was her ex! She's just Drea to her, not R. Kelly's ex-wife. He seems like a keeper…
The girls meet him though and have their doubts. He has two baby mammas, he's 32, he's not vanilla (Drea's favorite flavor)…
Mayte Garcia
Mayte started belly-dancing at the age of 3 and teaches the ladies some basic moves, including "shimmies!" They all meet at the party with their belly-dancing costumes on and shriek a lot about how gorgeous they look. The girls look amazing and do, uh, OK at their belly dancing routine. Mayte was truly spectacular–it makes me happy that she kept up with something in which she has so much talent.
Nicole Murphy
In addition to looking gorgeous, Nicole spent most of this episode looking for a new house, a Mediterranean/contemporary house with a bowling alley and movie theatre (#HollywoodExesProblems).
Sheree Fletcher
Sheree spent most of the episode side-eyeing Percy and saying things like "only Jessica would get a belly dancing costume at a lingerie store." I love that judgmental bad mamma jamma.
How did you like this episode? Was it a little boring, or do you still welcome the low-drama mammas?
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Miate Says:
July 31st, 2012 at 1:53 pm
Are you crazy? This is healthy show and shows a healthy relationship between mature women. What's boring about this? Nothing. Just because you want them to act trashy and ghetto like the ladies on basketball wives doesn't mean they should. I hope the ladies don't change!!!
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I appreciate the feel-good nature of the show but it's so very boring. Hopefully they find a happy middle soon.


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To quote the late Neil Rogers: "Seven-foot freak show!"
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Neil Rogers was obsessed with Ice Hockey. I changed stations when he got on that subject.
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