Prof. Allison Pugh was recently awarded a 2026 Guggenheim fellowship. The fellowship is designed to allow scholars to “pursue independent work at the highest level under the freest possible conditions.” […]
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.
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Professor DeLuca receives $1.2 million grant
Stefanie DeLuca, James Coleman Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, has received a $1.2 million research grant from the Kauffman Foundation. The grant will support her project on whether alternative […]
Want better school commutes in Baltimore? First, find out who’s riding the bus
Associate ProfessorJulia Burdick-Will quoted in the Baltimore Banner, “Want better school commutes in Baltimore? First, find out who’s riding the bus“