Read a tribute from Social Science Research editor, James D. Wright.
STEVEN
NOCK directed the Marriage Matters
Project which studies covenant marriages. He offered his expertise to the Family Foundation, which formed a commission to develop policy recommendations for the Commonwealth of Virginia concerning marriage and divorce. A Washington Post article discusses his
research and views on marriage, cohabitation, and divorce.
Steven Nock won the Distinguished Scholar Award posthumously at the 2008 ASA. The award is given to that scholar who has made outstanding scholarly contributions to the sociological study of the family. He was recognized yet again for his record of extraordinary productivity, his profound grasp of the institution of marriage and the family, and his selfless service to the discipline.
•Religion, Family and Sexuality •
•Conservative Thinking •
Brad Wilcox offers his insight in a new article appearing in the Boston Globe discussing conservative thinkers and the Republican party.
•Families as consumers •
Allison Pugh discusses parents and children as consumers in relation to their economic status in an article from the Washington Post. Her research was also featured in an article from UVA's Research News . She discusses how advertising and peer relationships influence children's wants and parental reaction to consumer culture in an article from UVA Magazine.
•Gender and Work •
Elizabeth Gorman and Julie Kmec (Washington State University) published an article in Gender & Society (vol.21: 828-856),
"We (Have to) Try Harder: Gender and Required Work Effort in Britain and the United States."
View
the news story about their research in UVA Today, Surveys of British and American Employees Conclude Women Must Work Harder.
Professor Liz Gorman has an article in the March 2009 issue of the American Journal of Sociology. Her article, Hierarchical Rank and Women’s
Organizational Mobility: Glass Ceilings
in Corporate Law Firms, is a collaboration with Julie Kmec of Washington State University. View Article Here.
•Immigration Law •
THOMAS GUTERBOCK is leading an investigation on a controversial Prince William County law in which police may question detained suspects about their immigration status.
MILTON VICKERMAN, an immigration specialist, is also a member of Guterbock's interdisciplinary team. The group will assess how the resolution affects crime, citizens' views, and government policy.
View the Washington Post article.
