CUNY Academic Commons

For lots of administrative reasons, we’re changing ONE course offering for the fall. Instead of Quantitative Digital Research Methods (711), we will be offering Qualitative Digital Research Methods (710).  These courses can be taken in any order, so no need to worry about that.  It will be offered at the same day/time.

For new and continuing students in the program, below is what you need to know to register for summer and fall, 2023 classes

Here’s what’s offered in our program this summer:

• Internship* (GSR 718) Daniels
• Combatting the Far Right* (GSR 791) Daniels

Here’s what’s offered in our program this fall:

Required courses: 

• Monday,…

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For everyone planning to graduate this semester, this is your reminder that your digital portfolio is a requirement for graduation from this program. AND, please connect with me on LinkedIn after you graduate. This combination, of your completed portfolio and connecting to me on LinkedIn, will allow me to keep helping you after graduation if I…[Read more]

We have our last two speakers of the semester coming through the sociology department and you’re all invited to join these talks, either in person or online. Here are the details:

• Wednesday, 5/3 from 12:00-1:15pm:  James (JT) Thomas, Professor at University of Mississippi and co-editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity journal, will be our…

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All students are encouraged to attend these job talks by potential new faculty hires. Come and learn from their lectures, and give us feedback on who you would like to see on the faculty. All talks are given in person in the Sociology Conference Room (HW16th Floor), and are available on zoom. Here are details:

• April 17: Tiffany Huang (job talk…

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The Department of Sociology is inviting four outstanding candidates for two new faculty positions to come to campus, present their work, meet with faculty, and importantly, to meet with students. All of the job talks will be held in person in the Sociology Conference Room on 16th Floor HW.  Please come!  You can learn more about each AMAZING f…[Read more]

For the summer, there are lots of opportunities for building on your learning and skills in the program from the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. The workshops are fully online.

Introduction to Python and Web Scraping

• Monday, June 12, 2023 – 1:30pm to 4:30pm
• Tuesday, June 13, 2023 – …

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In his latest book, A Public Encounter in New York City: A Phenomenological View on a Sobering Experience, Professor Joong-Hwan Oh, Ph.D., delves into one’s temporal, subjective experience of an unanticipated public event in one of New York City’s public spaces. To that end, his theoretical and methodological approach is an in-depth phenom…[Read more]

The Economic Mobility Fellowship Program is a federal government-university partnership that seeks to broaden the pipeline of research staff working on issues of poverty, inequality, and economic mobility in the United States.

The Institute for Research on Poverty is calling for applications from individuals who have recently completed/or are…[Read more]

Let’s have a catch up! In this session, we’ll be talking about your internships and digital portfolios. This is meant to be for everyone who is a current student in the program. We’ll talk about how your internships are going, and if you’re still looking for one, then we’ll talk about how to find one that works for you. If you’ve got your digital…[Read more]

Congratulations to all who graduated the program in Winter and Summer, 2022!!! We’re all so proud of you.

Below are the digital portfolios from the most recent grads and this showcase should be inspirational for all still in the program:

• Ann Chen
• Conor Costelloe
• Kiere Doherty-James
• Susan Leibovich
• Eric Reeves
• Amanda Santiago
• Katie…

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For those planning to graduate soon, please keep in mind that you have to apply for graduation and there are specific date-time windows when you can do that.  The deadline for this semester has just closed (Feb.15), and those of you who applied this round will be getting those emails about now, subject line: “Preliminary Degree Audit.” These…[Read more]

Please join us for the latest in the Sociology Speaker Series, with Prof. John Hammond.  Prof. Hammond will be presenting a talk entitled, “Degrowth: A good life for everyone within planetary limits.”

Brief description: We cannot have infinite growth on a finite planet. We could achieve a decent standard of living for everyone by redistributing…[Read more]

Hello All,

New York Public Library’s Senior Director of Strategy & Public Impact has a job opening for a Patron Impact & Satisfaction Researcher:

Overview

The Strategy & Public Impact team is The New York Public Library’s central node of information and insights about its users, usage, and impact. We support decision-makers and program staff a…[Read more]

Hi All,

I am a doctoral student at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA, looking for help relating to my dissertation, which involves creating a new measure to assess belongingness in graduate school, The Graduate School Belongingness Scale. 

The online questionnaire should take at most 30 minutes to complete, and all results will be c…[Read more]

Strength in Numbers Consulting Group seeks a Research Associate to work on qualitative projects, including research, evaluation and philanthropic strategy, primarily supporting qualitative research planning and implementation and analyzing qualitative data. The ideal candidate will also have an intermediate understanding of quantitative research.…[Read more]

Reporting to the Director of Data Analytics, the Research Assistant will be part of the Center for College Effectiveness team and provide analytic and administrative support for conducting focus groups and interviews.  Located in midtown Manhattan, the Stella and Charles Guttman Community College opened in 2012 with the goal of significantly…[Read more]

Apologies for the back-to-back emails — I have updated Prof. Stein Dessauer’s email below:

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Sociology of the Gig Economy Students,

Welcome back! I hope you had a relaxing winter break!

I’ve included the link below for tonight’s class:

https://virginia.zoom.us/j/98965393892?pwd=bmhtL3NiWUJvVkU2MG13blV5b1lIZz09
Meeting ID: 989 6539 3892…[Read more]