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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
University of Virginia
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Charlottesville, VA 22904-4766


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  Spotlight on Sociology

Hot Off of the Press -
Professor Allison Pugh's new book from the University of California Press, Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children and Consumer Culture, seeks to make sense of explosive spending on children in recent decades. [More Info on Prof. Pugh]

"The Real Pregnancy Crisis" - Professor Brad Wilcox has a new article appearing in the Wall Street Journal discussing young and nonmarital childbearing.

The Politics of Regret - Professor Jeff Olick's book is featured in a review essay by Patrick Hutton in the latest issue of History and Theory. View review here.

"The Glass Ceiling"-
Professor Liz Gorman has a new article coming out in the March 2009 issue of the American Journal of Sociology. Her article, Hierarchical Rank and Women’s Organizational Mobility: Glass Ceilings in Corporate Law Firms, is a collaboration with Julie Kmec of Washington State University. View Article Here.

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Need Another Class? Check out these Fall 2009 Courses -
SOC 3595 Women, Islam & Modernity -
meets Non-Western Perspectives requirement.
SOC 2559 sec. 100 Economy & Society
SOC 2559 sec. 200 Systems of Inequality


The Sociology Department Would Like to Welcome Assistant Professor Rachel Rinaldo for Fall 2009.
She'll be teaching SOC 3595 Women, Islam & Modernity
See more info on Prof. Rinaldo


Events
Second Summer Session Classes Begin June 9
See Sociology course offerings
 
 
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