Professor Nikki Khanna is a specialist in biracial and multiracial identity. She is studying how others shape one's identity, and how the biracial individual works to assert his/her preferred racial identity to others.

Professor Ed Walker studies how government and citizens interact. His recent work looks at how large institutions now engage in "grassroots lobbying" campaigns that subsidize citizen activism to promote their interests before local, state, and federal legislatures.

Prof. Nick Danigelis and Prof. Steve Cutler have been interviewed and discussed throughout the U.S. media this year, in outlets such as The New York Times, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Reuters, and UVM's The View. All this is regarding their recently published election-relevant research (with Penn State's Melissa Hardy) on "Population Aging, Intracohort Aging, and Sociopolitical Attitudes" in the American Sociological Review. The piece in SIR, "Old Dogs, New Opinions," suggests that, contrary to stereotypes, people grow more liberal and tolerant as they age.

Congratulations to Professor Alice Fothergill for her promotion to associate professor with tenure! Prof. Fothergill specializes in the areas of family, gender, inequality, disasters, and qualitative methodology.

The Sociology Dept. welcomes new assistant professor Katrinell Davis. Prof. Davis, from UC Berkeley, studies links between social stratification, the actions of state and labor market institutions, and the changing expressions of racialization within American society. At UVM, Davis will teach classes on Race and Ethnic Relations, as well as courses exploring the intersections between race, gender, and work trends within the American labor market.