Mark Rank, the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare, received the 2026 Independent Press Award in the category of sociology for his book “The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us.”
Rank, who teaches at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, went to Stockholm in October to discuss his book in front of a live audience with bestselling author, and Duke University professor, Kate Bowler for her podcast, “Everything Happens.”
