Professor Doyle McCarthy Serves as Mentor at NIH-Sponsored Ethics Training Program

Professor Doyle McCarthy

Doyle McCarthy, sociologist, served as faculty member and mentor at the university's 2014 HIV and Drug Use Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute (RETI 2014) held at Lincoln Center July 5-15. In 2014. this NIH-sponsored training program admitted six new postdoctoral fellows to the Institute. This year, Professor McCarthy was mentor to Dr. Julia Lechuga, University of Texas at El Paso, whose HIV prevention research project is located in El Salvador. The Institute is sponsored by the Fordham Center for Ethics Education.

Sociology Doctoral Candidate Trinidad Valle Presents at 2014 ISA World Congress of Sociology in Yokohama

Sociology Ph.D. student Maria Trinidad Valle attended the ISA World Congress of Sociology in July 2014, where she presented a paper entitled “The Resistance of Bare Life: Media Narratives on Mapuche Hunger Strikes in Chile.” The objective of this research is to identify and compare the media narratives of mainstream and ethnic media regarding the Mapuche hunger strikes of 2008 and 2010 in Chile. At the same conference, Ms. Valle organized a panel and began a term as a member of the Executive Board of the Research Committee on Language and Society.

Sociology Professor Jeanne Flavin to Keynote Texas Christian University Women's Studies Program 25th Anniversary Celebration

On September 15, Dr. Jeanne Flavin, Professor of Sociology & President of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) and NAPW staff attorney, Farah Diaz-Tello, will deliver a keynote public lecture at Texas Christian University (Wendy Davis's alma mater) entitled,  “Seeking Justice for Women and Families: An Academic and Activist Partnership.” The talk is part of the 20th anniversary celebration of TCU's Women's Studies program.