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Claire will be studying Polish at the University of Pittsburgh's Slavic, Eastern European and Near Eastern Summer Language Institute to support her dissertation research.

The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) is holding its 2019 General Elections. Voting will begin on February 15, 2019, and the poll will close on March 15, 2019. Prof. John Dale is one of two candidates on the ballot for President-Elect this year. If you are a member of the SSSP, please vote. If you are not a member of the SSSP, but are interested in becoming a member, visit https://www.sssp1.org/ . (And then vote!) This year’s annual meeting will be held in New York City, August 9-11.

While immigrants comprise 13 percent of the U.S. population, they make up only 11 percent of all teachers. This paper and infographic provide a statistical and demographic portrait of immigrant teachers in the United States and highlight differences between native- and foreign-born teachers as well as between postsecondary and non-postsecondary teachers.

This new report notes that in 2018, none of the American winners were foreign-born individuals who immigrated permanently to the United States. But the United States did play an important role in their formation; nine of the twelve 2018 Nobel Laureates were either students, teachers, or research fellows at U.S. institutions of higher education at some point in their lives.

By studying isotopes found in excavated animal bones, professor Nawa Sugiyama determined the concept of zoos is not as modern as we think.