Vesla Weaver & David Knight published in the Annual Review of Criminology (2025), “Black Political Mobilization and the US Carceral State: How Tracing Community Struggles for Safety Changes the Policing […]
Global Issues, Intimate Environment
The Department of Sociology concentrates on two broad areas at the graduate and undergraduate levels: global social change and social inequality. The department’s intimacy creates a unique scholarly atmosphere in which faculty and students interact and collaborate frequently.
- Degrees Offered BA, PhD
- Major Sociology
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Faculty
The department has a history of concentrated research and teaching in global social change and social inequality.
Versatile Career Paths
Graduates conduct research in universities around the world and occupy key staff positions in a variety of sociological research organizations and government agencies.
Major
The Sociology major helps students develop expertise by exposing them to research and teaching in several areas central to the discipline.
News & Announcements
Most & Least Diverse States in America
Professor Michael Bader featured in WalletHub’s recent article about Most & Least Diverse States in America.
Sociologist publishes The Paradox of Islamic Finance: How Shariah Scholars Reconcile Religion and Capitalism
In his latest book, director of the Program in Islamic Studies and assistant professor Ryan Calder examines the Islamic finance boom, arguing that shariah scholars—experts in Islamic law who certify financial […]