The Silicon Valley startups that succeed show exponential growth—and not necessarily a stable, sustainable business model, writes Sociology at Penn's Benjamin Shestakofsky. Why? Venture capital. zps.la/4aJhGqS

In "Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and #Inequality" Benjamin Shestakofsky shows how startups broaden the racial and gender disparities, while their gains enrich a small cadre of elite investors & entrepreneurs. Sociology at Penn ucpress.edu/blog/64843/qa-…

Congratulations to Irma Elo & Iliana Kohler, Professors in Sociology, for being awarded a 2024 Penn Global grant supported by The Holman Africa Research & Engagement Fund! 🎉 Their project is titled, "Determinants of Cognitive Aging among Older Individuals in Ghana" ⬇️

My colleagues Hyunjoon Park and Andrew Kim found little chance in occupational segregations between Whites and Asians during 1990-2019. PennPSC Sociology at Penn Russell Sage Foundation Stay tuned! More on this topic on Asian American labor market outcomes this Friday.

(Sukie) Xiuqi Yang's, PhD Candidate in Sociology & Dem., paper, "Duration and Timing of Parental Out-migration and Early Childhood Development in China," has been awarded an honorable mention by the ASA Section on Asian and Asian America Graduate Student Paper Award Committee! 🎉

⁦PennPSC⁩ had an excellent showing at the RC28 conference in Shanghai RC28 NYU Shanghai ⁦Sociology at Penn⁩ ⁦Penn⁩

Benjamin Shestakofsky giving a talk on his new work w/ Elena G. van Stee on platform service workers

Find me in *Writing Better for the Public* on Sunday at 10! ✏️

Olivia Hu's, PhD Candidate in Soc., paper, "Let’s Talk About Race, Baby: How Interracial & Interethnic Relationships Influence East Asian Women’s Racial Ideologies" has been awarded an honorable mention by the ASA Section on Race, Gender & Class' Graduate Student Paper Award! 🎉

I’m so grateful to receive this honorary doctorate and to participate in such a joyful celebration of RCSI medical students!

Kai Feng, PhD Candidate in Soc. & Dem., & Emily Hannum, Professor of Soc., have recently published a new article titled, "Diverse pathways from adolescence to early adulthood among China's rural youth: A New Perspective" Access the full research here ➡️doi.org/10.1177/205715…

Jack Thornton (@jthornton95), PhD Candidate in Sociology, has received an honorable mention for the Student Paper Award for the ASA Section on Consumers and Consumption! 🎉 His paper is titled, “‘Are We the Help?’ Frontline Fundraising as Elite Service Work.”

Yesterday I defended my dissertation on "The Demography of Shocks.” I feel incredibly lucky to have been supported by my amazing committee: Irma T Elo, Michel Guillot, and Samuel Preston from PennPSC & Sociology at Penn. Thank you INEDEng for hosting us!

Elena van Stee (Elena G. van Stee), PhD candidate in Sociology, published an article in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World titled “Activating Family Safety Nets: Understanding Undergraduates’ Pandemic Housing Decisions” with collaborators Dr. Arielle Kuperberg & Joan Maya Mazelis. doi.org/10.1177/237802…

Congratulations to Dr. Mengyang (Zoe) Zhao (Zoe Zhao 夕岸), former doctoral student in Penn Sociology & current research affiliate in Center on Digital Culture and Society, for being awarded a 2024 Activism, Communication & Social Justice ICA Activism, Communication & Social Justice IG Outstanding Dissertation Award! 🎉

Congratulations to Dr. Guobin Yang, Professor of Communication & Sociology, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chinese Communication Association of the International Communication Association that took place in Gold Coast, Australia this past week! 🎉

Elena van Stee, PhD Candidate in Sociology, has been awarded a Russell Sage Foundation Dissertation Grant to support her research. She's one of 32 recipients nationwide to receive this honor! 🎉 Advisors: Wendy Roth, Hyunjoon Park (James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies), Michele Lamont & Emily Hannum