Department of Sociology and Criminology
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Greetings! I hope everyone is doing well. In this issue of the newsletter, we welcome a new department member, Ken Sun, and highlight meaningful experiences from two of our students related to their studies. I would also like to share some news about myself. After eight years as department chair, I will be stepping down in August of this year and taking a sabbatical during the fall semester. It’s been an honor to serve the department. We will be choosing a new Chairperson soon.
All the best,
Robert DeFina, PhD
Professor and Chairperson
Department of Sociology and Criminology
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Welcome Ken Chih-Yan Sun, PhD
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Villanova’s Department of Sociology and Criminology welcomes Ken Sun, PhD. He earned his doctorate and master’s in Sociology from Brandeis University and previously taught at the College of William and Mary, Nanyang Technological University and Hong Kong Baptist University. His research interests include families, migration, gender, race/ethnicity, life stage and globalization. He is currently working on two manuscripts, including a single-authored book on aging and migration, and the other on transnational social protection (with Professors Peggy Levitt, PhD; Erica Dobb, PhD; and Ruxandra Paul). This semester he is teaching Introduction to Sociology and looks forward to offering courses in migration, culture and care in the future.
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Criminology and Psychology major
Lailany Viera ’20 CLAS, was featured in the fall 2019 edition of the Augustinian. She wrote about her experiences and interactions with the incarcerated through the Prison Literacy Program at SCI-Phoenix and her work as an intern and volunteer with the Augustinian Defenders of the Rights of the Poor.
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Sociology and Criminology major
Daphney Lebrun ’21 CLAS, attended the Annual Black Pre-Law Conference at Columbia University in New York City with financial support from the department. She reflects on her experience, the connection to her classes in the department, and her plans to attend law school in hopes of becoming a criminal lawyer.
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Jill McCorkel, PhD, published an article titled “Mothers in Prison Aren't Likely to See Their Families This Thanksgiving or Any Other Day” in
The Conversation on Nov. 22. The article ran in more than 1,700 news outlets including
Salon.com,
Public Radio International,
Raw Story, and the
San Francisco Chronicle.
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Punishment and Society (CRM 3400), taught by Dr. McCorkel, was selected in December as one of the University’s "Captivating Courses" which features unique classes offering students opportunities to examine interesting and relevant topics.
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Brianna Remster, PhD, and Rory Kramer, PhD, were featured on
WHYY’s "The Why podcast." The episode, which focused on prison gerrymandering, aired on Oct. 3, 2019
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Research on prison gerrymandering by Drs. Remster and Kramer was referenced by
NPR’s "Code Switch" on Dec. 31, 2019.
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Drs. Remster and Kramer spoke at a press conference at the Pennsylvania state capitol promoting House Bill 940, which proposes to end prison gerrymandering in PA.
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Melissa Hodges, PhD, and her coauthor Janet Dill, PhD, had their article, “Is Health Care the New Manufacturing? Industry, gender, and ‘good jobs’ for low- and middle-skill workers” featured on The American Sociological Association’s
Work in Progress blog.
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Bruce O’Neill ’04 CLAS was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Saint Louis University. He is the author of
The Space of Boredom: Homelessness in the Slowing Global Order (Duke University Press: 2017).
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