Department Highlights

Professor Caleb Scoville has won an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship for his research to delve deeply into the connection between environmentalism and partisan politics in the United States, titled “Divided by Nature: How Environmental Politics Became Partisan and What to Do About It in a Warming World.”

Professor Natasha Warikoo Op-ed: “MCAS 2.0 can be better than MCAS.” The Boston Globe (November 11, 2024).

Professor Caleb Scoville's article, "How to Divide People with Things: Division Entrepreneurs, Wedges, and the Delta Smelt Controversy" has been awarded the 2025 Distinguished Article Award of the Animals and Society Section of the American Sociological Association.

Professor Natasha Warikoo  published an article: (July 2025). “The Demise of Affirmative Action in College Admissions.” Annual Review of Sociology