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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 Course Descriptions and Schedule
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Science of Generosity Initiative - Prof. Brad Wilcox received a $150,000 grant from Notre Dame/Templeton for The Foundations of Marital Generosity Project (FMG). This money will go to fund a new survey of young married adults in the U.S. on the cultural and social sources of generosity in marriage. Those to Pray Together Stay Together - Read the results of a new study by Prof. Brad Wilcox outlined in the Washington Post. Mead Honored Faculty - Prof. Josipa Roksa has been selected as one of ten "Mead Honored Faculty" for 2010/11. This program identifies and celebrates outstanding teachers. The award will allow her to develop a special program in conjunction with students. You can can find out more about the Mead Endowment and the program it supports at MeadEndowment.org. Surveying the Polls - Prof. Tom Guterbock and PhD Candidate Debbie Rexrode recently co-authored an article, "Taking the Stress Out of Political Message Testing Polls: A Survey Experiment Shows How." Alert! Magazine: Public Opinion Research, Vol 50:3. View the feature on the UVA Center for Politics website. Immigration Issues - Tom Guterbock made a brief appearance on CNN talking about Prince William County, VA's immigration policy. Book Awards - Professor Allison Pugh's book, Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children and Consumer Culture, won the 2010 Distinguished Contribution from the Children and Youth section of the ASA, and earned an honorable mention for the Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, administered by the ASA's culture section. Her book was also recently honored with the William J. Goode Award for best book of the ASA section on the Sociology of the Family. Suggested Reading - E.D. Hirsch Jr., an academic literary critic and a professor emeritus of Education at the University of Virginia, says he has been influenced the most this past year by a work edited by Sociology Professor Krishan Kumar. Read the entire article here. Congratulations to Professor Polillo for being selected as a UVA Teaching Fellow 2010-11!
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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