College of Arts and Sciences

You are invited to join the Department of Sociology on Monday, October 15, 2018 for “W. E. B. Du Bois at the Center: From Science, Civil Rights Movement, to Black Lives Matter” presented by Aldon Morris, Leon Forrest Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Northwestern University.

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Eva Kahana and Jeffrey Kahana, authors of the 2017 book “Disability and Aging: Learning from Both to Empower the Lives of Older Adults” will be delivering an evening lecture on August 7, 2018 at the Siegel Beachwood Facility. The lecture, “From Challenges to Opportunities: Rethinking Disability in Old Age,” will be based on...

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Mary Erdmans receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Poland in Social Sciences to conduct research on return migration for the 2018-2019 academic year. Mary will be affiliated with the university of Gdansk and while in Poland she will be collecting interviews with return migrants and conducting archival research at the...

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Sociology undergraduate students Erin Buttars, Victoria Hamilton, Sarah Jammal, and Sharmayne Schaffer were featured in the Spring | Summer 2018 issue of art|sci magazine. The article entitled "A sense of urgency: undergraduate  researchers turn a sociological lens on pressing social problems" can be read in full here. CONGRATULATIONS Erin, Tori,...

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This year, seven graduate students received awards at the 2018 Graduate Award Ceremony.  The ceremony recognizes students for their accomplishments during the 2017-2018 academic year. We are proud to share the news. Please join us in congratulating them ! The Richard A. Zdanis Research Fellowship Award Casey Albitz The Marie Haug Award Brian...

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At this year’s Department of Sociology Achievements Award Ceremony, 15 students were initiated into the AKD Sociology Honor Society and 11 students were recipients of Undergraduate Awards. The Gene S. Uyeki Memorial Lecturefeatured former sociology student, Public Defender, and Executive Director of Workshop Houston, Jaime Herrero in "Moving from the Sociological Imagination...

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