Sociology

Dan Mar - Sociology

Dan Mar received a $65,000 grant from the Resources Legacy Fund to support initiatives within the Cannabis Studies Program, including the 2026 Cannabis and Environmental Stewardship Symposium on April 17, 2026, and student-led podcast production through the Cannabis Studies Lab.

Professor Josh Meisel quoted in MJ Biz Daily article

Professor Josh Meisel (Sociology) was quoted in a MJ Biz Daily news story about the implications for cannabis research of the Trump administration's recent Executive Order call

Alpha Kappa Delta Social Justice Award (grant) of $1500

Sociology M.A. student Yaneyry Delfin Martinez received an Alpha Kappa Delta Social Justice Award of $1,500, addressing food insecurity among undocumented students with support from Sociology Professor Stefanie Israel de Souza.

M.A. student Yaneyry Delfin Martinez and faculty Caglar Dolek received a McCrone Award

Sociology M.A.

New Publication

Dr. Josh Meisel co-authored, "Global cannabis cultivation as a gendered activity: Findings from the 2020 International Cannabis Cultivation Questionnaire" in the International Journal of Drug Policy.

Israel de Souza, Sociology

Israel de Souza has recently published a co-authored book, Moral and Intellectual Virtues in Practices: Through the Eyes of Scientists and Musicians, and a co-authored piece for the Chronicle of Higher Education, "Institutions Must Do More to Accommodate Those with Long Covid."

Michelle Newart, Sociology

Michelle Newhart and her coauthor, Nicholas Athey published an article, “Cultivating Choice: Determinants of Home Cannabis Growing Among Legal Users in the United States,” that examines factors influencing the decision to grow cannabis at home by cannabis-consuming residents in legal states.