Welcome our new undergrad lab assistants!
We have six new undergraduate lab research assistants who will be working in our laboratory for sociological research.
We have six new undergraduate lab research assistants who will be working in our laboratory for sociological research.
Professor Mathieu Deflem is spending ten days (October 4 to 14) in Israel as part of his research on counter-terrorism since October 7.
Kudos to Professor Jaclyn Wong on her book receiving an Honorable Mention for the 2024 ASA Sex & Gender Distinguished Book Award!
Congratulations to graduate student Victoria Money who will be awarded a Bilinski Fellowship!
This semester, Alex, Emma, and Khushi are learning more about social psychology experiments!
Mathieu Deflem received a Director's Award from the Walker Institute of International and Area Studies!
Professor Jaclyn Wong published a new article in Gender and Society
Professor Jun Zhao published a new article in Social Psychology Quarterly
Professor Kathleen Broussard just published an article in Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Professor Jennifer Augustine co-authored article with former graduate student, Mia Brantley
The Department is saddened to announce the passing of emeritus professor Ronald (Ron) Maris.
Professor Matthew Brashears and Ph.D. candidate Nick Harder have been awarded a multi-year grant ($190,000) from the Army Research Office.
Managers who discriminate may cause all of their employees to become less productive at work, according to a study by University of South Carolina sociologists.
Join the USC (University of South Carolina) Department of Sociology for two incredible tenure-track assistant professor positions in the fields of Inequality/Statistics and Family and Gender.
View Laura Brashears contribution to "Student, Mexican American Student, or White Student? The Relative Influence of Identity Prominence on Academic Performance, Educational Aspirations, and Academic Self-Esteem."
Instructor Erin Davenport won the 2023 Wilson Teaching Award for her years of teaching in her graduate department at UNC. The award "recognizes graduate students that have demonstrated an excellence in teaching. Award winners have full responsibility for teaching an undergraduate course and are nominated based on official course evaluations, creative and innovative teaching methods and content, and promise as an educator." Dr. Davenport graduated from UNC in May with her PhD in sociology and looks forward to continuing to teach at USC, after joining the department in January.
Assistant Professor Kathleen Broussard has a new open access article in JAMA Network Open.
We are very excited to announce that jimi adams will join our department as Full Professor in Spring 2024! Professor adams is an expert in social networks, health, and diffusion processes, and will add to our teaching and research clusters in social networks and health.
Erin Davenport has successfully defended her dissertation and will be graduating with her Ph.D in May!
Assistant professor of sociology Jaclyn Wong's book "Equal Partners?" dives into relationship inequality within dual-professional couples.
Assistant Professor Joe Quinn recently co-authored an article entitled "Shared Identities and the Structure of Exchange Distinctly Shape Cooperation"
The Sociology Department is seeking two new faculty: an Assistant Professor and an open rank professor (Assistant, Associate or Full professor) who use Social Networks in the study of Family & Gender, Health and Wellbeing and Methods.
We are very excited to announce that Jun Zhao will be joining us Fall 2023! Jun's research interests include social networks, social psychology, race, gender and health.
Nicholas Heiserman has accepted an Assistant Professor position at Oklahoma State University beginning Fall 2023!
Laura Brashears has been awarded $9000 through a College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Incentive grant to conduct joint research with Steven Wahle, a Social Work Ph.D student, examining the effects of student veterans' identities and networks on their willingness to utilize student veteran resources on college campuses.