Sociology News

Lori Peek was featured as part of the new Buff Innovator Insights podcast launched by the Research and Innovation Office here at CU Boulder. You can listen to the 25 minute interview between Lori and Vice Chancellor Terri Fiez here !

Enroll for free today! Coursera (a massive open online course provider) launched Don Grant's three-course specialization in Caring for Others on March 7. A portion of the proceeds will be used to create paid internships for CU Boulder students pursuing careers in the helping professions.

Candace Evans and Lori Peek, along with Jerika Heinze (founder of The Fieldwork Initiative) and Rachel Adams (of the Natural Hazards Center), recently completed work and released a new NSF-funded CONVERGE Training Module. This online course focuses on Understanding and Ending Gender-Based Violence in Fieldwork. You can register and access...

Angela M. Jones, Ashley M. Blinkhorn & Alexis M. Hawley (2021) Sensitivity to Psychologically Coercive Interrogations: A Comparison of Instructions and Expert Testimony to Improve Juror Decision-Making, Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice, DOI: 10.1080/24732850.2021.1892438 Abstract: Confession evidence is powerful to jurors, even when obtained using psychologically coercive means...

David Pyrooz published “Look who’s talking: The snitching paradox in a representative sample of prisoners,” in the British Journal of Criminology (with Meghan Mitchell, Richard Moule, and Scott Decker)

Maria Abascal Assistant Professor of Sociology New York University Tuesday, March 30th 12:30pm-2pm MST Zoom link: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/99832150304 Talk Title: People Use Both Heterogeneity and Minority Representation to Evaluate Diversity Desciption: Though widely used, the term "diversity" can mean different things. Diversity can refer to heterogeneity, i.e., the distribution of people...

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Lori Peek and the Natural Hazards Center received a $30,000 gift from an anonymous donor to establish a new Disability and Disasters Award for the hazards and disaster research and practice community. This award will bring those who care for, study, or advocate on behalf of those with disabilities to...