{"id":2158,"date":"2021-12-05T18:21:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T02:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/?page_id=2158"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:32:37","slug":"letter-from-the-dgs-wsu-sociology-excited-to-recruit-the-next-generation-of-phds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/letter-from-the-dgs-wsu-sociology-excited-to-recruit-the-next-generation-of-phds\/","title":{"rendered":"WSU Sociology excited to recruit the next generation of PhDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tLetter From the DGS: WSU Sociology excited to recruit the next generation of PhDs\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hello, All,<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"184\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/denney-justin-184.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Denney.\" class=\"wp-image-2211\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve written to you around this time the last couple of years\u2014it is amazing how the world can change in a short period. The relevance of sociological inquiry, given all that has transpired in recent months, is unquestionable. Last year, we made a really difficult decision to suspend recruiting of a new cohort of doctoral students so we could invest more in our then-current students. I am proud of that difficult decision. I am also happy to report that we are now excitedly recruiting our next cohort. If you are in contact with individuals considering graduate study, encourage them to check out WSU Sociology. From climate change and energy consumption research to investigations of the unequal health burden brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, our faculty and students are working hard to understand processes and find solutions to problems impacting our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t checked us out in a while you may find some familiar and some new faces on our website. And please feel free to reach out to me with your ideas, experiences, and updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/Kamiak-2-396x297.jpeg\" alt=\"Justin is taking a selfie with the rest of the group behind him.\" class=\"wp-image-2111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/Kamiak-2-396x297.jpeg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/Kamiak-2-792x594.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/Kamiak-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/Kamiak-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/Kamiak-2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/Kamiak-2-990x743.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/Kamiak-2-1188x891.jpeg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Department members at the 2021 Kamiak Butte hike.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\" wsu-font-size--large\">Justin T. Denney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Professor,<br>William Julius Wilson Distinguished Professor,<br>and Director of Graduate Studies,<br>Department of Sociology<br><a href=\"mailto:justin.denney@wsu.edu\">justin.denney@wsu.edu<\/a><br>phone: 509-335-7516<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8082,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8082"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2158"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4175,"href":"https:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2158\/revisions\/4175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=2158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}