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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.
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Dane Harlan (‘06)
Dane Harlan (‘06) is now the Assistant Buy Planner for Modern and Trend Shoes at Nordstrom. He credits the WFU sociology department with developing his critical thinking and data analysis skills which he definitely uses every single day.
Garet Fryar (’13)
Garet Fryar (’13) graduated with a sociology and psychology double major with a passion for early childhood development and social policy. Garet is interning at the Children’s Defense Fund in Washington, DC, and hopes it will be the start of her public policy career.
Evelyn Patricia “Pat” Foote (’53)
Evelyn Patricia “Pat” Foote (’53) received a BA in sociology from WFU before earning an MS in Public Administration and Government from Shippensburg University and an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Wake Forest. She is a decorated US Army Brigadier General who has spent decades breaking gender barriers in…
Mo Early (’13)
Mo Early (’13) is now working for Deloitte doing human capital consulting for various federal agencies of the United States government. Whatever this work brings, she knows that the sociological perspective she gained at Wake will allow her to work towards a greater good for everyone and to be an…