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We have 12 full-time faculty members who conduct research and teach courses on a range of compelling topics, including the sociology of culture, family, law, religion, education, work, race and ethnicity, gender, business, criminal justice, politics, immigration, sport, emotion, and health. Our courses offer students the opportunity to examine the often complex causes and consequences of socioeconomic status, gender, race, and sexual orientation inequality. Students can earn certification for concentrations in crime and criminal justice, business and society, and the social determinants of health and well-being.
News and Announcements
Stepping Into Queer Parenting
The Sociology Department, in sponsorship with The Department of the Provost, hosted the second webinar, in a series of talks on Colorblind Racism Across Institutions. Stepping Into Queer Parenting, facilitated by Dr. Andrea Gomez-Cervantes, featured guest speaker Dr. Katie L. Acosta, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at…
Congratulations to Dr. Brittany P. Battle
Congratulations to Dr. Brittany P. Battle, winner of the 2021 Winter SWS Social Actions Initiative Award. As the co-founder of Triad Abolition Project, a grassroots organization working to dismantle the carceral state, and the Forsyth County Police Accountability & Reallocation Coalition, a collective of grassroots organizations working to defund law…
Race and Racism in the Healthcare Workforce: A Conversation with Dr. Adia Harvey Wingfield
The Sociology Department, in sponsorship with The Department of the Provost, will host our third installment in a series of talks on Colorblind Racism Across Institutions on April 20, 2021 from 5:00pm to 6:15pm. This talk will feature the work of Dr. Adia Harvey Wingfield. Dr. Wingfield’s talk…
WFU students leave mark on inauguration
2020 Sociology alum, Jackson Blodgett, is pictured above seated in the first row, fifth seat. Jackson poses alongside other members of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) in Washington D.C., including other WFU graduates, after the 46th Presidential inauguration on January 20, 2021. Jackson, a political science…