Robert Futrell (Sociology) was quoted in an article at ThinkProgress titled "Dylann Roof Was Not 'Self-Radicalized.' He Was Part of a Racist Community.."  

Georgiann Davis (Sociology) reflects on her personal experience and scholarship in a USA Today article titled "Trans girl, 9, makes history on National Geographic cover"

Takashi Yamashita (Sociology) and Jay Shen (Health Care Administration and Policy) recently published an article, "Neighborhood Effects on the Nursing Home Admissions among Older Patients in the State of Nevada, USA: Multilevel Analysis of Administrative and Census Data," in the Nevada Journal of Public Health.   

Graduate student Jennifer Reed (Sociology) was featured in a podcast on the blog The Broken Brain about her dissertation research on ecosexuality.   

Lori Fazzino (Sociology) authored a blog at Huffington Post titled "No Privilege? No Problem. Why You Can Be An Interfaith Ally."  

Maddie Evans (Sociology) was quoted in a blog of the National Eating Disorders Association titled "Dear KJ: My Mother is Urging Me to Lose Weight for My Wedding. Help!"

Rhonda Smith (Sociology) wrote an item, "Unequal Aging in America," that appeared in the Everyday Sociology blog. 

Jennifer Reed (Sociology) was quoted in an article, "Ecosexuals Believe Having Sex with the Earth Could Save It," which appeared in Vice.

Ranita Ray (Sociology) recently was elected to serve as co-chair of the Sociologist for Women in Society's Sister to Sister Committee.

Dmitri Shalin (Sociology) has been critically involved in the public sociology efforts through which American, British, and Canadian sociological associations have issued a statement in support of the Levada Center, a premier sociological research organization in Putin’s Russia that has been battling ideological headwinds.

Georgiann Davis (Sociology) delivered a keynote address at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom during a multidisciplinary international symposium titled "After the Recognition of Intersex Human Rights."

Georgiann Davis (Sociology) co-authored an essay that appears in Everyday Feminism magazine on the controversy surrounding intersex Olympic athletes. The essay engages misconceptions about intersex traits and discrimination against athletes competing in this summer's games.