UGA Sociology

🎉Another award winner!🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Man-Kit “Karlo” Lei and Rachael Weaver on their article, “Racial Discrimination Accelerates Age-Related Increases in Serum Neurofilament Light Chain Among African American Women: Examination of Change From Midlife to Older Adulthood,” which was selected a 2026 Editor’s Choice article in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. Other co-authors include Dr. Steven Beach at the University of Georgia and Dr. Michelle Mielke at Wake Forest University. The article appeared in Volume 81, Issue 5.

https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag041

Please give a warm welcome to Antoinette Jones as our department's new Academic Advisor, joining the A-Team here in Baldwin Hall! We are excited for her to fill the shoes of Kathy Lou and know she will provide the same legendary service to our students.

Congratulations to Dr. Shannon on her recent co-authored publication!

Graves, B. D., Mowbray, O., Aletraris, L., Shannon, S., Atkin-Plunk, C. A., & Pettus, C. (2026). Predictors of problem-focused coping strategies among criminal justice-involved adults with co-occurring disorders. Justice, Opportunities, and Rehabilitation, 65(5), 299–318.

Predictors of problem-focused coping strategies among criminal justice-involved adults with co-occurring disorders Rates of mental health disorders, substance use disorders, and their co-occurrence are higher among adults in the criminal justice system than in the general population. Much of the literature has ...

Congratulations to Dr. Pridemore on his recent co-authored publication!

Escaño, G. J., & Pridemore, W. A. (2026). When Prices Rise, So Does Crime: A Time Series Analysis of the Association between Inflation and Crime in Argentina, 1973–2022. Justice Quarterly, 1–27.

When Prices Rise, So Does Crime: A Time Series Analysis of the Association between Inflation and Crime in Argentina, 1973–2022 Argentina’s robbery rates are among the highest in the world, and for decades the nation has endured consistently high inflation and at times hyperinflation. There is little research on the associa...

Congratulations to our graduate student, Emily Tingle, on being a recipient of this award!

ASA is pleased to announce the 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant recipients. These 25 exceptional research projects by a talented group of advanced graduate students were chosen for their intellectual merit and potential broader impacts. bit.ly/ASA26DDRIG

🥳Congratulations🥳 to Emily Tingle! She is one of the recipients of the 2026 ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant that supports theoretically grounded empirical investigations to advance understanding of fundamental social processes.

More information on the grant here: https://www.asanet.org/academic-professional-resources/asa-grants-and-fellowships/asa-doctoral-dissertation-research-improvement-grants-asa-ddrig/

Way to go Emily! 👏👏

ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (ASA DDRIG) | American Sociological Association The ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (ASA DDRIG) program supports theoretically grounded empirical investigations to advance

Department Head and Marienthal Professor of Sociology, William Pridemore, and his co-author, Guillermo Escaño (Villanova University, Department of Sociology and Criminology), are the recipients of this year’s Distinguished Scholarly Paper Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Drugs and Society. Their article, on population-level alcohol consumption and homicide rates in Latin America, can be found here:

https://academic.oup.com/bjc/article/64/3/656/7304370

🎉Congratulations🎉 to Dr. Alex Smith who has accepted a Visiting Assistant Professor position in the Department of Sociology at the College of Charleston (where he'll be joining fellow UGA Sociology alum Heath Hoffman). Way to go Alex! 👏👏

Happy Friday! It's quiet around Baldwin Hall so everyone must be enjoying their summer. A couple of brain teasers to help pass the time.

🔔Need a class for Fall 2026?🔔

SOCI 3000 Sociology of Film
Popular Hollywood films as they illustrate culture, social class, race, gender, identity, and other sociological concepts.
TR 4:35-5:55PM
CRN 67356
Dr. Thompson

SOCI 3620 Social Problems
The causes, consequences, and social construction of American social problems, including poverty, crime and delinquency, environmental degradation, and race and ethnic relations.
TR 2:55-4:15PM
CRN 67357
Dr. Slee
(Please note that you CANNOT take 3620 if you have previously taken SOCI 2600)

SOCI 4830 Sociology of Law
The nature of law, and the ways the legal system reflects its broader social context.
TR 9:55-11:15AM
CRN 67357
Dr. Mosseri