Jessie Daniels

This is a free, online Quantitative Data Literacy Training (with a content focus on public health) offered by  Dr. Melody Goodman. This may be useful for some in the program who are interested in beefing up their quant skills and/or those who have an interest in health-related sociology.

You have to apply and register to get into the course, do…[Read more]

Students in the program are required to take “Contemporary Sociological Theory” (GSR 702). For the foreseeable future, this course is being replaced by, “Thinking Critically in a Digital Society,” (GSR 79006).

The pre-req for the course is that you be in good-standing (not academic probation) in the program and it requires permission of the…[Read more]

What motivates people to wear masks, the effects of social isolation on children and the elderly, infection rates among the incarcerated. These are just some of the COVID-19 research topics social scientists are investigating right now.

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COVID-19-related medical research is booming for reasons obvious and urgent. Perhaps less predictably,…[Read more]

erra Incognita: Mapping NYC’s Digital Public Spaces in the COVID19 Outbreak

https://www.civicsignals.io/terra-incognita

The NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology, in collaboration with Civic Signals, is seeking five graduate student researchers with expertise in digital ethnography and urban spaces to conduct research for a two month fi…[Read more]

Internships are a crucial part of the Master’s in Social Research at Hunter College.  These are still part of the requirement for the degree during the time of COVID-19, although the time horizon for completing the internship can be extended, if necessary.

Here is more information on the research internship, including a long list of places where…[Read more]

There are opportunities emerging from the current COVID-19 crisis, including jobs as Contact Tracers:

American states are scrambling to staff up on contact tracers, hiring 100,000-300,000 employees to keep tabs on COVID-19 patients and their contacts. The job is often (though not always) well paid, up to $65,000 per year, and ideal for f…

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Each summer, UMass-Amherst offers a series of skill-building workshops in both quantitative and qualitative methods for sociologists. This year, these workshops are all online. You can check these out here:

https://www.umass.edu/issr/all-workshops

The Sociology Department is doing a virtual graduation celebration. Are you graduating from the Master’s Program in 2020? If so, we want to highlight your accomplishment!

Email me for special instructions: jdaniels<span class=”atwho-query”>@hunter.cuny.edu</span>

Typically, in the summer between Year 1 and Year 2, students in the program will pursue an internship. The requirements for the internship are to do some kind of “applied research” in the field, with “the field” being whatever area you’re focused on. The kinds of places that previous students have done their internships range from non-profit…[Read more]

Summer Scholarship Application for Continuing Graduate Students.  We have now identified the right funding and support, and are now prepared to manage all applications and make awards.  The basic requirements for the Summer Scholarship are simple:

• the graduate student must have registered for a Summer course
• course must count toward their deg…

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