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The Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia is committed to a program of research and teaching that is both firmly grounded in the classical tradition of the discipline and addressed to contemporary issues. The Department's intellectual distinction is based on work that is macro-sociological, theoretically driven, and empirically grounded. To take some representative examples, current research includes studies of the culture of science, organizations, and the city; collective memory, and the collective identities of race, ethnicity, and nation; gender and inequality in global perspective;religion and the family; care and caregivers; class and education; economic and historical sociology. While theoretically varied, our work is fully empirical and draws on a broad array of quantitative and qualitative approaches. Members of the Department are also committed to the enhancement of interdisciplinary approaches. Department of Sociology |
Bankard Fund for Political Economy Award - Prof. Josipa Roksa received the award for her project titled Does Employment during College Contribute to Racial/Ethnic Inequalities in Degree Completion and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes?
Bankard Fund supports projects that will have the greatest possible influence upon the development and continuation of the public policy necessary for a healthy private business system and a healthy national economy. For more information, click here. Award for Excellence in Scholarship
in the Humanities & Social Sciences -Sociology Ph.D. Candidate, Jen Silva, received this award which recognizes excellence in original scholarship by Ph.D. students at the University. In addition, it rewards those students bringing recognition to graduate programs at U.Va. through their intellect, dedication, creativity, and passion. "Marriage & the Recession" - Professor Brad Wilcox comments in an article in the New York Times on the National Marriage Project’s annual “State of Our Unions” report concerning the effect of the economy on marriage and divorce. View article here. Money Fights - Professor Wilcox is also mentioned in another article in the New York Times, reporting on how financial problems relate to divorce rates. View article here. "Prozac Culture" - Professor Joe Davis just finished a new J-term class on social disorders & mental illness. His research and the reaction to his class are mentioned in UVA Today. View article here.
The Department welcomes newly-elected UVA President, and fellow Sociologist, Teresa A.Sullivan!
Click here for more info on Dr. Teresa A. Sullivan. Changes to SOC 3120/3130 Requirements
Starting from Fall 2010, SOC 3120 and SOC 3130 will be offered ONLY ONCE A YEAR - SOC 3120 in the Fall and SOC 3130 in the Spring. Click here for more info. 
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