Chenoa Flippen, Assistant Professor of Sociology, examines Hispanic migration patterns

Penn Arts & Sciences |

 

Chenoa Flippen, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, puts a lens to Hispanic migration both to and within the United States, in her intensive investigations of a Hispanic community in Durham, North Carolina.

Giving the Issue of Black Women’s Hair Care an Academic Spin

Penn Current |

To address the issue of black women’s hair from political, cultural, and business standpoints, Penn Professor Anthea Butler organized a daylong symposium, The Politics of Black Women’s Hair, which took place March 1, 2013 at Claudia Cohen Hall. The symposium drew more than 250 attendees, and an online audience of about 450 watched a live stream of the conference. It included panel discussions by academics, graduate students, and professionals in the business of black women’s hair care, a multi-million-dollar industry in the United States. Melissa V. Harris-Perry, host of a popular MSNBC news show and a professor of political science at Tulane University, moderated the morning panel of academics.

Penn prof wins best documentary film award

Penn Current |

Penn Sociology Professor Tukufu Zuberi's documentary film "African Independence" has won him the Best Director award at its world premiere at the 2013 San Diego Black Film Festival.

For Three Decades, Computer Science’s Susan Davidson Has Led by Example

Penn News |

Throughout her career at Penn, SEAS Professor Susan Davidson has worked to create programs providing services, guidance and mentorship designed to attract and retain female students at all levels of the school.

At Penn, Making a Difference Through Art

Penn News |

Ken Lum, director of the Undergraduate Fine Arts Program in the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design, is working on becoming even more engaged in the community through art.

William Fontaine - Penn’s First African-American Professor

Penn Current |

William Fontaine, a philosophy scholar and an authority on black culture and improving race relations, was the University’s first African-American professor.

Q&A with Salamishah Tillet

Penn Current |

Salamishah Tillet, assistant professor of English and Africana studies and Penn alumna, is interviewed by Penn Current staff about choosing Penn and the focus of her work.

Penn Professor Mary Frances Berry a Long-time Civil Rights Advocate and Voice for the Powerless

Penn News |

Mary Frances Berry has dedicated her life to championing the rights of people “nobody else would listen to.”

Annenberg, SAS Professor Examines Effects of Digital Media on Social Movements in China

Penn News |

Goubin Yang, who holds appointments in the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and Penn’s Sociology Department, eagerly looks forward to focusing his work on the intersection of new media, social activism and governments’ reaction, such as in China.

Penn Researcher Explores the World of the Sex Trade

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Toorjo Ghose is an assistant professor at the School of Social Policy & Practice who has developed a strong reputation on campus and abroad for his commitment to human rights. His research focuses on the underworld of the sex trade -- not just in Philadelphia but also in New York City and in India.