Faculty Accomplishments Archive

Olubukola Olayiwola, visiting assistant professor of anthropology, published “’Having Experience of What to Do to Succeed’: Unsettling Neoliberalism Through the Lived Experiences of Microcredit Trader-Borrowers in Ibadan” in Economic Anthropology.

Matthew Oware, Irving May Professor of Human Relations, received the 2025 Distinguished Educator Award from the University of Richmond at Colloquy.

Corey Payne, assistant professor of sociology, published "Billionaires and Capitalist Development in World-Historical Perspective," in the journal Sociology of Development. A newly released dataset on the wealthiest individuals in the world between 1450 and 1914 is featured in the article.

Jan Hoffman French, associate professor of anthropology, received the 2024 Distinguished Faculty Service Award from the University of Richmond at Colloquy.

Miguel Díaz-Barriga, professor of anthropology, has been named a 2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his research on borders.

Jeffrey Hass, professor of sociology, received the 2023 Mirra Komarovsky Book Award from the Eastern Sociological Society for his book Wartime Suffering and Survival. Learn more.

Matthew Oware, Irving May Professor of Human Relations, published the chapter "Battle Rap: An Exploration of Competitive Rhyming in Hip Hop" in: African Battle Traditions of Insult. African Histories and Modernities.

Rania Kassab Sweis, associate professor of anthropology, delivered a lecture on her research and book Paradoxes of Care Children and Global Medical Aid in Egypt at the Yale MacMillan Center's Council on Middle East Studies.

Jeffrey Hass was promoted to professor of sociology. Dr. Hass' research explores social change, economic and political sociology, and power and culture in Russia.

Rania Kassab Sweis, associate professor of anthropology, has been selected as the winner of the 2022 Book Prize from the Association for Middle East Childhood and Youth Studies. (AMECYS) for her book Paradoxes of Care Children and Global Medical Aid in Egypt. The AMECYS Book Award was established in 2019 to recognize an outstanding contribution on the study of children and youth in the Middle East, North Africa and their diasporic communities. Learn more.

Jeffrey Hass, associate professor of sociology, was named a 2022 recipient of the University’s Distinguished Scholarship Award at the annual Colloquy celebration.

Jeffrey Hass, associate professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, has been selected as a co-winner of the American Sociological Association Section on Peace, War and Social Conflict’s 2022 Book Award and received honorable mention for ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award for his book Wartime Suffering and Survival.