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Last week's decision by the Sociology Department not to recommend Theda R. Skocpol, associate professor of Sociology, for a tenured position is the latest example. Because of Skocpol's stature in the field, Sociology's decision seems inexplicable in many ways. Last summer, she received two prestigious awards for her book; students and colleagues consider her an excellent and concerned teacher; and four universities--which house some of the top sociology departments in the country--want her to join their faculties...
Senior members of the Sociology Department voted last week not to recommend Theda R. Skocpol, associate professor of Sociology, for a tenured professorship...
Addressing arguments that Skocpol is too inexperienced, Homans said, "In the past we've tried to get more older people who were further along in their careers, but of the younger people, I've always thought Theda was by far the best...
...think they made a bad decision because the department is very troubled right now. Theda is a well respected scholar, and the department can't afford to give up the most outstanding young scholar in hopes of getting someone else," Bearman said...
Rosovsky decided to create a review committee to "inform myself more carefully" about the status of the concentration. Rosovsky declined to discuss the specific intent of the review, but Walzer and Theda R. Skocpol, associate professor of Sociology, suggested three issues the committee will examine closely: the nature of the chairmanship, the status of junior faculty in the concentration, and the effect of program expansion on resources, both teaching an budgetary...