Much Work Remains to End Workplace Harassment By Amy Blackstone, Special to the BDN • May 8, 2018 6:00 am Updated: May 8, 2018 8:17 am In recent months, we’ve seen extraordinary public attention focused on workplace sexual harassment and other forms of violence against women. There is good reason for the attention. An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]
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UMaine News, April 27, 2018 Members of the University of Maine community were recognized with Maine Campus Compact awards this week. Senior Samantha Saucier received a Heart and Soul Award for her campus leadership, which includes co-founding the Women’s Resource Center. The award recognizes six Maine undergraduate students who are actively involved in transforming their […]
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Psychology and Sociology double major Meaghan Delcourt has excelled in her research efforts at UMaine. See the article here for more information
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On Thursday, April 19, 2018, sociology professor Steven E. Barkan was honored for the books he has written over the past two years.
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Sociology major, Julianna Ferguson, presented a poster at the UMaine Student Symposium. Her work on the relationship between juvenile alcohol abuse, depression, and violence was the subject of her poster. Other Sociology majors presenting at the Symposium were Samantha Saucier, who presented her work on Popular Behind Closed Doors: Approaching Pornography Consumption Through a Sex Positive Lens; and […]
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Time Magazine Inside Sexual Harassment’s Hidden Toll on Equal Pay By JENNIFER CALFAS April 9, 2018 For Christa Hayburn, sexual harassment was part of the daily routine as a Philadelphia police officer. From comments about how she looked in uniform from her coworkers to questions about her relationship status, Hayburn said she tried to minimize the uncomfortable day-to-day […]
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Professor Steve Barkan and UMaine Alum Michael Rocque ’05, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bates College, have collaborated on an article, Socioeconomic Status and Racism as Fundamental Causes of Street Criminality, in the Journal “Critical Criminology.” Abstract: The theory of fundamental causes in medical sociology identifies socioeconomic status and racism as fundamental causes of disease […]
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Once again Amy Blackstone’s professional opinion from her studies of the Childfree was called on for a major article. This time the article is in Bustle, an online e-magazine. The article, “Who Will Take Care Of Me If I Don’t Have Kids?” by Kristina Marusic, discusses the issues the childfree are facing as they age. […]
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Professor Blackstone was interviewed for an article in Elle magazine: “This is How Sexual Harassment Ruins Your Career” Elle was one of her favorite magazines when she was younger and Prof Blackstone says, “I was tickled to talk with someone at Elle, which I read voraciously as a teenage fashion nerd. Never thought I might one […]
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Professor Steve Barkan has an OpEd in the 11-8-17 Bangor Daily News entitled “The Hurtful Racial Truth about Criminal Justice in the US.” Here is an excerpt: Sometimes the truth hurts. One truth many Americans don’t want to face is racial and ethnic injustice in our criminal justice system. Kneeling athletes and the Black Lives […]
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