Highlights

Founded by James Coleman, the Department has had a distinguished and productive record during its more than four decades of existence. Despite its small size, it ranks as one of the major Sociology departments in the nation according to the latest surveys. The department is strong in the sociology of education, social structure and personality, family, social policy, cross-national research, sociology of development, race and gender, sociology of immigration, and world-systems studies. Its graduates teach and conduct research in many of the major universities in the nation and abroad.

Giovanni Arrighi, the George Armstrong Kelly Professor of Sociology and renowned authority in the fields of world systems analysis and historical sociology, has died after a year-long battle with cancer. Giovanni died at home peacefully on June 18, his son, Andrea, and his wife and partner in scholarship, Beverly Silver, at his side.

The School of Arts and Sciences has been enriched immeasurably by Giovanni, as have those of us who knew him personally. A wonderful colleague, world-class scholar, and dedicated mentor, Giovanni will be missed terribly. Our thoughts and sympathies remain with Beverly, Andrea and Giovanni's extended family; the community of faculty, staff, and students in the Sociology Department; and his innumerable and devoted friends, colleagues, and former students around the world.

Interview with David Harvey - March/April 2009 issue of New Left Review (PDF)

Message from Dean Adam Falk about Giovanni Arrighi

June 22, 2009 - Karl Alexander talks about the role of family life in academic achievement on Maryland Morning (link to the recording).

May 9, 2009 - The Department of Sociology celebrated its 50th anniversary with a luncheon at Café Azafran. The luncheon was followed with an afternoon reception celebrating the endowment of the Doris Roberts Entwisle Graduate Teaching Fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Club. [Link to Photo Gallery]

Sociology’s golden year - The JHU Gazette

Johns Hopkins Ranked 8th among major Sociology departments in Faculty Scholarly Productivity.

Read more: The Chronicle of Higher Education

Summer break increases achievement gap. 

Read more: The Baltimore Examiner