The department has a history of concentrated research and teaching in two broad areas: Global social change and social inequality.
The Department of Sociology has earned a distinguished reputation as one of the most highly-regarded sociology programs in the United States.
Graduates conduct research in universities around the world and occupy key staff positions in a variety of sociological research organizations and government agencies.
Emily Agree will be joining the department as our first ever Research Professor. She is specializing in aging and social gerontology. In addition to her teaching, she will be the department’s liaison to the Public Health major, as well as to the East Baltimore campus more generally. At the same time, the Research Professor appointment will allow her to continue her program of research, as well as her involvement with the Pop Center and the Center for Population Aging and Health, which she directs.
Congratulations to all! Erdem Yoruk – accepted an offer as assistant professor at Koç University in Turkey and will be starting this Fall.
Felipe Filomeno – will be starting this fall as assistant professor of International Politics at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil.
Peter Rosenblatt - accepted a tenure track assistant professor job at Loyola University Chicago and will start this fall.
Astra Bonini - received a Postdoctoral Fellowship from Columbia University starting in September 2012 with the interdisciplinary Committee on Global Thought co-chaired by Joseph Stiglitz and Saskia Sassen.
Kevan Harris - received a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University starting in September 2012.
Strong Family Relationships Help Halt ‘Downward Mobility,’ Study Finds
Andrew Cherlin, Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Public Policy, appeared on CBS This Morning on March 22, 2012 to discuss the National Survey of Family Growth report, “First Marriages in the United States.”
“Scandals in Hong Kong Raise Fears About China”, The New York Times, March 5, 2012. “Hong Kong Leader Is Investigated Over Ethics, Official Says”, The New York Times, February 29, 2012.
Karl Alexander, Chair and John Dewey Professor of Sociology presents a keynote address at the 2012 Sociology of Education Association Conference – February 24 – 26. “The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth and [...]
Ho-fung Hung’s book “Protest with Chinese Characteristics: Demonstrations, Riots, and Petitions in the Mid-Qing Dynasty” gets a glowing review by Colin J. Beck in American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 117, No. 4 (January 2012), pp. [...]
