College of Arts & Sciences

Richard L. Wood, chair, University of New Mexico Department of Sociology, announced the July 16 death of Tomás Atencio, a sociology alumnus who also served many years as a lecturer in the department. Atencio was 81. “Tomás Atencio was deeply dedicated ...

The United States is as diverse as it has ever been, yet most organizations have not kept pace with this rising diversity. In recent months, a wide range of organizations from Google to the Republican Party have spoken of the need to be more racially ...

The University of New Mexico Institute for Social Research conducted a study for the City of Albuquerque on the cost and benefits of housing the homeless in the city. Results of the Albuquerque Heading Home Initiative reveal that it is cost effective ...

The consequences of being “caught in a bad romance” can be extreme, according to UNM Sociologist Brian Soller, who reveals that not being true to oneself in an early relationship can severely impact an adolescent’s mental health and sense of ...

A new study by University of New Mexico sociologist Brian Soller reveals that for adolescent girls, having a romantic relationship play out differently than they imagined it would has negative implications for their mental health. “I found that girls’ ...

In one of the most detailed studies of its kind, a team of Greek and U.S. researchers have vividly chronicled the harmful public health impacts of the economic austerity measures imposed on Greece's population in the wake of the global economic ...

The University of New Mexico Latin American Iberian Institute presents a lecture, reception and book signing for the publication, "Borderline Slavery: Mexico, the United States, and the Human Trade" (Ashgate Press, 2012), a volume co-edited by Susan ...

Theda Skocpol, professor of government and sociology from Harvard University, presents, "Will Health Reform Survive and Flourish after 2012?, a public lecture, on Thursday, Sept. 20 from 7-9 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel, Airport, Alvarado ...

Four faculty from the University of New Mexico Department of Sociology received accolades for their published works. Sharon Erickson Neptstad and Howard Waitzkin, recently won major national book awards; and Maria Velez and Christopher Lyons have an ...

The University of New Mexico Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy presents its two part Spring 2012 Lecture Series, "Plural Perspectives on Health and Health Policy."Spero Manson will present, "The Special Diabetes Program for Indians: ...