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Department of Sociology.

Department of Sociology

Welcome to the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. Our community consists of 30 faculty, approximately 80 graduate students, and more than 500 undergraduate majors. During our 100 plus year history, many of our graduates have made distinguished contributions. As one of the premier departments in the College of Liberal Arts, we offer stimulating courses and conduct renowned, leading-edge research.

News

  • Prof Pellow featured in CLA Reach Magazine

    Professor David Pellow, an environmental justice expert who holds our Martindale Endowed Chair, is featured in the Margin of Excellence section of Reach magazine.

     September 18th, 2009

Announcements

Contexts at Minnesota!

Our Fall 2009 issue of Contexts explores the realities of an aging society, the health of fathers and their children and the impact of the “breast is best” campaign. Also in this issue: a retrospective on the Moynihan Report, a report on the state of global sociology from Taipei and an examination of Turkey and Islam’s place in Europe.

Fall 2009 Sociology Workshop Series

The fall schedule for the Sociology Department Workshop series (PDF) is now available. This series is an opportunity for our graduate students, faculty and visiting scholars to present their research. Workshops take place on Tuesdays from 4:00-5:15 pm in 1114 Social Science Building.

Grads on the Market

View U of M Ph.D. candidates now on the job market.

Research News

  • Prof Savelsberg awarded Rockefeller Bellagio Center Residency

    Professor Joachim Savelsberg was awarded a summer 2010 collaborative residency at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center to work on the project "Collective Criminality and Human Rights: Violence, Memory, Responsibility." His collaborators are John Hagan (Sociology and Law, Northwestern University) and Jens Meierhenrich (Political Science, Harvard University).

     September 21st, 2009

  • Prof Broadbent's Research in Nature.com's Nature Reports

    New research by Jeff Broadbent was recently featured as a front-page story on Nature.com. This is a comparative sociological study of national responses to climate change within the international context.

     August 10th, 2009

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