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Congratulations to Christine Leibbrand, who has been selected as the 2019 recipient of the College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Medal in Social Sciences. This honor is given to outstanding students in each division of the College of Arts and Sciences for their impressive record of academic achievement. Christine, who will defend her dissertation this summer, studies the relationship between migration and social mobility. A prolific scholar with a remarkable publication record, Christine will be an Acting Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department in 2018-19.
Interested in learning more about Christine's research? Here's a link to her latest paper:
Neighborhood Attainment Outcomes for Children of the Great Migration. Christine Leibbrand, Catherine Massey, J. Trent Alexander, and Stewart Tolnay American Journal of Sociology 2019 125:1, 141-183