We believe that problems of justice cannot be resolved without concerted scholarship on these three interrelated forms of systemic stratification and power. We seek to understand them at both the national and global level, recognizing the increasing importance of global economic and cultural forces. We are not restricted to these areas of study. Many faculty in our department study and teach aging, medicine, religion, organizations, sports, media, law, social psychology, and many other topics. We encourage a very broad approach to our concerns with justice, and graduate students are encouraged to follow their passion for intellectual discovery wherever it leads them.
Graduate students work closely with faculty on research and publication projects.
We encourage publication of doctoral dissertations. We have many examples of co-authored publications between faculty and students. We also have unusually supportive relations and a cohesive community among graduate students, who share a common passion for themes of social justice and social change, as well as a more general love of intellectual inquiry in sociology.