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.

Faculty Position Opening

Johns Hopkins University Department of Sociology invites applications for a professorship at the rank of Assistant, Associate or Full Professor.

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May 27, 2010 - The Johns Hopkins University Two Thousand Ten Commencement (link to announcement)

April 14, 2010 - Stefanie DeLuca on NPR Dan Rodrick’s "Midday" (Link to audio recording)

October 30, 2009 Memorial for Professor Giovanni Arrighi (Link to Professor Giovanni Arrighi's home page) (Link to The Winding Paths of Capital, a retrospective interview with Giovanni) (Link to memorial site)

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.

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Doris Entwisle Graduate Teaching Fellowship Endowment - Video Recording

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