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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
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
In sponsorship with The Department of the Provost, the Sociology Department hosted our third installment in a series of talks on Colorblind Racism Across Institutions on April 20, 2021, from 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm. This talk featured the work of Dr. Adia Harvey Wingfield and focused on her…
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…
Colorblind Racism Across Institutions
ICYMI: Video of Dr. Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve being interviewed by Dr. Brittany Battle about colorblind racism across institutions on October 28, 2020. Dr. Van Cleve is author of Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America’s Largest Criminal Court.