COS Professors Receive UCF’s Most Prestigious Award

To be recognized as a Pegasus Professor is the most prestigious award a faculty member can receive at UCF, and this year the College of Sciences was privileged to have three of its professors honored with this accolade. Deborah Beidel, Humberto Campins and James D. Wright were chosen from the College of Sciences for their ... Read more

The Tallahassee-Leon Shelter Study Update

UCF Sociology professors Drs. Amy Donley and James Wright recently lent their expertise to the Tallahassee-Leon Shelter. The shelter was in the midst of some controversies when the United Way of the Big Bend President, Heather Mitchell, and the shelter’s board leadership called in the experts to help get the shelter back to working at ... Read more

Cyber Shrink

This an excerpt from a story in Endeavors , read the entire piece here. Michael Bachmann is tall. Even in Texas, where large seems to be the natural order of things, the native German takes up a lot of headroom. Asked to guess his occupation, you might hazard something physically demanding, like ranger or sheriff, and ... Read more

Science Cafés featuring UCF scientists

As part of our celebrations for the UCF 50th Anniversary the College of Sciences will be hosting several Science Cafés to showcase our Pegasus Professors and discuss Science Beyond UCF with the Central Florida community. Admission is free, and you need no reservation—just come ready to listen and contribute. Each speaker will begin their presentation at ... Read more

Professors Begin Study of Shelter Policies

This an excerpt from a story Gannett, read the entire piece here. United Way of the Big Bend President Heather Mitchell on Monday introduced two experts she said are helping The Shelter move in the right direction.  UWBB and The Shelter’s board leadership have called in the experts to conduct an internal review of The ... Read more

COS Teams Up With Knights Pantry

The College of Sciences has been keeping busy this semester with numerous activities in celebration of UCF’s 50th Anniversary, including an on-going collaboration with the Knights Helping Knights Pantry. The College of Sciences Dean’s Office brainstormed ideas for ways faculty, staff, and students could give back while also celebrating the anniversary. The Knights Helping Knights ... Read more

Ida Cook: Women Who Shaped UCF

Congratulations, Ida Cook, on your special honor from the UCF Center for Success of Women Faculty. The Center is celebrating “31 wonderful UCF women who have helped chart the course of UCF’s 50-year history” with special stories on their site. Leclair was honored on March 2 with the below interview.  Associate Professor of Sociology, College of Sciences ... Read more

Sociology Student News

Congratulations to doctoral student James McCutheon on his recent publication, “Discursive Constructions of Breastfeeding in U.S. State Laws.” Congratulations to sociology alumnus Sara Afflerback on her first publication, “Infant feeding consumerism in the age of intensive mothering and risk society.” Congratulations to sociology alumnus Melissa Tetzlaff-Bemiller who has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position at Lakeland ... Read more

New COS Emeritus Professors

Two professors from the College of Sciences will be receive Emeritus Status, Penelope Canan (Sociology) and Mourad E. Ismail (Mathematics).  Each will receive emeritus/a status at the Founders’ Day Honors Convocation on April 3 and will soon receive from President Hitt a letter of invitation to the convocation.  Dr. Canan joined the Department of Sociology in 2006, ... Read more

Effects of Hurricane Sandy on Homeless

Sociology Doctoral Candidate Marc Settembrino recently received a “quick response grant” from the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado-Boulder to study the effects of Hurricane Sandy on the homeless living in New Jersey. As part of his research, Settembrino will travel to Hoboken and Atlantic City to conduct interviews with homeless men and women ... Read more

Event: CIA Information Session

The CIA is holding an information session at UCF. More information is below.

2013 Excellence in Professional Service Award

Congratulations to Jim Wright who was selected to receive one of two university 2013 Excellence in Professional Service awards. Dr. Wright is an author, educator, and the Provost’s Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Central Florida.  Wright also serves as the Director of the UCF Institute for Social and Behavioral ... Read more

Event: Brian Powell Speaks to UCF

Brian Powell will be speaking to UCF students, staff, faculty and guests on March 13 as part of the Distinguished Speakers Series, which is hosted by the College of Sciences and the UCF Sociology Department.  Powell’s presentation, entitled “Evolution, Revolution:  Americans’ Changing Views Regarding Same-Sex Marriage,” will begin at 7 p.m. in the Teaching Academy, Room 130. Professor Powell will discuss ... Read more

Alumnus and Student Head to White House

Congratulations to two Political Science students, who were accepted into the White House Internship Program.  Ida Eskamani graduated in Spring 2012 with a double major in Political Science and Sociology and Nick Oscheneek is a Political Science major, who is expected to graduate in Fall 2013.

Professor Honored for Helping Homeless

UCF sociology professor Jim Wright was recently honored for “nine years of dedicated service” to the Board of Directors of the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida.  Wright served three consecutive three-year terms on the Board (the maximum allowed under Board bylaws) between 2003 and 2012, during which time he served as Chair of ... Read more

Alumnus Shares Career Advice

COS Shining Knight – H. Eugene Dooley, ‘73   Gene Dooley, ’73, has utilized his UCF sociology degree to build an impressive career in non-profit management.  “The value of a sociology degree is in training students to remove their bias and learn how people work and live together,” he said. Dooley knows first-hand how crucial ... Read more

Sociology Student Named Researcher of the Month

Congratulations to Sociology major Emmanuel Jackson, the Undergraduate Researcher of the Month, for his project “Blending In: The Presentation of Self among Homeless Men in a Gentrifying Environment.” UCF Sociology Professor Dr. Amy Donley was Jackson’s mentor. Dr. Donley is currently working on several applied sociology projects including a multi-year evaluation of the Orlando Housing Authority’s Moving ... Read more

Professor Named Mentor of the Year

Congratulations to Dr. Amy Donley on receiving the 2013 UCF Black Faculty and Staff Association Mentor of the Year Award.  Dr. Amy Donley is an Instructor in the Sociology department and the Associate Director of the Institute for Social and Behavioral Sciences. At ISBS she is currently working on several applied sociology projects including a multi-year ... Read more

Attitudes and Values of the Upper Class

The Department of Sociology is pleased to present: A Conversation with Eve Pell, “Learning to be Entitled: Attitudes and Values of the Upper Class”.  The event is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Key West Room 218D of the student union on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. In the ... Read more

Graduate Research Forum abstracts due

The Tenth Annual Graduate Research Forum, a part of Student Research Week, is open for submissions! The College of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Student Association invite UCF graduate students to submit your proposals now. Scheduled for Tuesday, April 2, 2013 in the Student Union, the Graduate Research Forum is an excellent opportunity for you to ... Read more