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LAS Associate Professor Amanda Lewis Featured in NEA Today Q&A

Amanda Lewis, LAS associate professor of African American Studies and Sociology, was recently featured in an October 21, 2015 Q&A with the National Education Association’s website NEA Today in an article entitled “How Good…

LAS Sociology Professor Barbara Risman Quoted in Chicago Tribune

Barbara Risman, UIC professor in the Department of Sociology, was quoted in an October 23, 2015 Chicago Tribune column entitled “When Women Call Themselves the G-word,” which examines adult women being called “girls”…

LAS Professor of English Alfred Thomas Reviews PBS Miniseries

Alfred Thomas, LAS Professor of English, recently wrote a review and analysis for Commonweal Magazine about the new six-episode PBS miniseries “Wolf Hall.” The miniseries (as well as the acclaimed books upon which…