The Sociology (B.S.) promotes critical thinking, data literacy, an appreciation and understanding of diversity, a complex understanding of human behavior, and an awareness of how big ideas (social ...

Our ability to understand conspiracy theories is not an obscure art — there are entire fields devoted to it. The work done in these fields is key to undoing the damage of things like QAnon.

From Simulation Theory to Quantum Immortality, these ideas blend science and philosophy to challenge what we know.

Though Tiryakian specialized in comparative theory and methods, he displayed curiosity and willingness to explore other areas in the field. Gereffi noted that Tiryakian helped expand the sociology ...

In November, Kelly Underman, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, took her students in SOC 356 Contemporary Sociology Theory, to Eastern State Penitentiary. The field trip was ...

UAB Sociology offers one of the nation’s leading online sociology MA programs — it was ranked America’s Best Online Master’s in Sociology program for 2023 by Intelligent.com. We build connected ...

Debating the theories of sociology is certainly acceptable but it is quite different from advocating the banning of sociological concepts from our schools. As a tenured professor, ...

The first is from the standpoint of a philosopher of criminal law, in which I am an academic specialist. The second is from the standpoint of a political sociologist, in which I am a novice. Even ...

Program director Cullen Clark, Ph.D., says many of the students are balancing careers and graduate study — teachers, nurses, bankers, doctors and technologists who want to apply sociological theory ...

Ness Sandoval, Ph.D., (Sociology and Anthropology) was quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about why population growth in the St. Louis metropolitan area lags behind faster-growing regions.; ...