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Academic Year 2021-2022 Highlights
Announcements & Awards
Sue Stokes (Political Science) Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
A leading scholar of democratic theory, Stokes studies how democracy functions in developing societies; distributive politics; and comparative political behavior.
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics) Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Among his research interests is a focus on variations in knowledge in organizational hierarchies and the implications of knowledge asymmetries for labor economics and international trade.
Amanda Woodward (Psychology) Elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Woodward, who serves as SSD Dean of the Division of the Social Sciences, recognized “for pathbreaking contributions to understanding the development from infancy of the human mind, and for service to the growth of the science of social cognition.”
2022 Recipients of the Quantrell Award Include 2 SSD Faculty
Johanna Ransmeier (History) and Victor Lima (Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics) were recognized for their contributions to undergraduate teaching.
Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity Faculty Leadership Announced
Cathy Cohen, the David and Mary Winton Green Distinguished Service Professor, will serve as Chair. Leora Auslander, the Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor, will serve as Associate Chair.
New Endowment to Fund Undergraduate STEM Research and a New Lecture Series
The Marylyn C. Grabosky Initiative in STEM combines the UChicago graduate’s passion for education, advocacy for women, and STEM programs.
Inaugural Alumni-in-Residence Program Connected Current students and alumni
The program included workshops, speaker sessions, and one-on-one networking and will expand in the coming year.
Publications & Research
A UChicago Course on the Well-Examined Life (Now Also a Podcast)
In “The Intelligible Self,” taught by Eric Oliver (Political Science), students embrace the class for the introspective approach it offers.
UChicago Press Awards 2022 Top Honor to Lisa Wedeen
In Authoritarian Apprehensions: Ideology, Judgment, and Mourning in Syria, Wedeen (Political Science) draws on decades of scholarship and research to offer an erudite and compassionate analysis of the uprising of 2011.
UChicago Press Awards 2021 Top Honor to Michael Rossi
In The Republic of Color: Science, Perception, and the Making of Modern America, Michael Rossi (History) examines the origins of color science and its impact on this country.
New Research Shows Consistency in What We Misremember
Wilma Bainbridge (Psychology) found widespread false memories of famous logos and characters in a study on the Visual Mandela Effect.
What is Tree Equity?
A new tool from UChicago data scientists is helping to transform neighborhood health
Focusing on Inuit-military relations during the Cold War
Emma Gilheany (Anthropology PhD Candidate) partners with an arctic indigenous community to help tell the region’s recent history
How Redistricting Has Consequences for Independent Politics
Robert Vargas (Sociology) lead a study that began with the question of what gerrymandering looked like from the 19th century to the present.
To Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy, Language Matters in Building Public Trust
Boaz Keysar (Psychology) finds that a simple language intervention could help boost vaccination rates, especially when presenting information to people in bilingual populations.B
In the News
New York Times
Juneteenth Reminds Us to Think About Economic Freedom, Not Just Legal Liberty
Amy Dru Stanley (History) discusses the tie between economic dependence and lack of legal rights in the United States.
Houston Public Media
Town Square
Lis Clemens (Sociology) discusses the January 6 Committee Hearings.
Project Syndicate
The Key to Renormalizing US-Cuba Relations
Michael Albertus (Political Science) explains how to resolve decades-old financial compensation claims that have blocked diplomatic progress.
Wall Street Journal
States of Covid Performance
A new study co-authored by Casey Mulligan (Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics) compares outcomes on economy, education and health.