Category: News
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- Faculty
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Professor Becky Yang Hsu Appears on The Optimist Project with Yara Shahidi
Yara Shahidi sits down with sociologist Dr. Becky Yang Hsu to explore how different cultures define happiness—and why the solo pursuit of it might be too limiting. Dr. Hsu…
March 11, 2025
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Professor Brian McCabe Featured in the Associated Press on the Dream of Homeownership
Brian McCabe, a sociology professor at Georgetown University, said he frequently tells his students that “there are few things that all Americans agree on, but one of them is…
February 10, 2025
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Prof. Kristin Perkins Discusses Study on Household Changes and Black Children’s Education Attainment in Russell Sage Foundation Journal
The issue offers a systematic examination of the variation in the consequences of disruption in early life. The interview has been edited for length and.…
November 21, 2024
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Professor Brian McCabe’s new report on the Seattle Democracy Voucher Program
With the program’s fourth election cycle in the rearview mirror, Georgetown sociologist Brian McCabe and Jennifer Heerwig, a sociologist at Stony Brook University, have…
October 7, 2024
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Professor Brian McCabe interviewed for NPR’s “All Things Considered” on the federal housing voucher program
Housing vouchers are the main way the U.S. helps very low-income renters. But they're hard to use, so the federal housing agency is looking into giving people cash.…
September 16, 2024
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In Memoriam: William “Bill” Daddio
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Professor William "Bill" Daddio. Professor Daddio was a fixture in the Department of Sociology at Georgetown,…
July 23, 2024
- Alumni
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3 Georgetown Alumni Selected for 2023 White House Fellowship
William Godwin (C’07) is a Georgetown College of Arts & Sciences alumnus, founder of a real estate company, attorney and the former president of the Gary City.…
September 29, 2023
- Alumni
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Karen Franklin (C’23) Graduates 45 Years After Leaving the Hilltop
On May 20, 2023, 45 years after she last left Georgetown, Franklin walked across the stage in front of Healy Hall and became an official alumna of the Georgetown University…
May 20, 2023
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Prof. Perkins’ Recent Article Featured in the New York Times
The recent New York Times article “Will Real Estate Ever be Normal Again?” recently featured work from Prof. Kristin Perkins and Hyojung Lee of UCLA. The New York…
May 4, 2023