Welcome to Sociology
At the University of Connecticut
Thank you for visiting the Department of Sociology!
Every year, our department strives to continue its legacy of excellence in the field of Sociology through outstanding scholarly research, teaching, and public engagement. Our faculty are internationally and nationally prominent; we have a history of leadership in professional organizations. Our faculty and graduate students are engaged in exciting, socially meaningful research; many of them have been featured in the media this year.
By the Numbers
225
Undergraduate Majors
100+
Minors
100+
Course options
Quick Links
Undergraduate Advising
The Sociology Department offers in-person and virtual advising for majors and minors.
Graduate Programs
Learn more about our graduate programs, graduate students, and how to apply.
Department Directory
Meet our award-winning faculty and learn more about their teaching and research.
News
- Sociology Graduate Course Schedule: Fall 2024Please see this news post for a list of all Sociology Graduate courses being offered this semester.Posted on March 8, 2024
- Mangala Subramaniam, ’01 (Ph.D.): VCU Senior Vice Provost for Faculty AffairsMangala Subramaniam, '01 (Ph.D. ), has been named Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs in the Virginia Commonwealth University Office of the Provost.Posted on February 9, 2024
- Gino Herring, ’89 (BA): Election Candidate Search EngineGino Herring (BA 1989) has launched the world's first voter education tool box and candidate search engine, Best Candidate.Posted on February 9, 2024
Upcoming Events
-
Mar
29
Spring Research Symposium 1:00pm
Spring Research Symposium
Friday, March 29th, 2024
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Manchester Hall
Contact Information:
More -
Apr
10
Master Human Rights Practitioner Workshop with Charlie Clements 12:00pm
Master Human Rights Practitioner Workshop with Charlie Clements
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
12:00 PM - 03:00 PM
The Dodd Center for Human Rights
About the Workshop
This workshop offers UConn graduate students a unique opportunity to learn about human rights practice from Charlie Clements, a notable human rights campaigner/practitioner on the global stage. Using examples from his lifetime of experience and achievement, Charlie will discuss what it takes to start and maintain a successful social movement, with an emphasis on having dialogue with students about how to turn these lessons into future successes in their own human rights work.
About the Facilitator
As President of Physicians for Human Rights, Charlie Clements, MD, MPH was a key member of the coalition that produced the international treaty to ban landmines that won the Nobel Peace Prize. As a medical practitioner during the civil wars in Central America in the 1980s, Charlie inspired an Oscar-winning documentary about his work. Clements has also served as the Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School
Lunch will be served. Please register below.
Have a food allergy we should be aware of? Let us know in the comments of your registration.
Contact Information:
Alex Branzell, Events & Communications Coordinator, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut
More -
Apr
12
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Zachary D. Kline 9:00am
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Zachary D. Kline
Friday, April 12th, 2024
09:00 AM
Manchester Hall
Department of Sociology: Announcement of Dissertation Defense
The Rise of “Choice” Programs: 100 Years of Social Sorting in Social Welfare Services -
Apr
12
Doctoral Dissertation Defense (Sociology) 1:00pm
Doctoral Dissertation Defense (Sociology)
Friday, April 12th, 2024
01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Manchester Hall
Department of Sociology: Announcement of Dissertation Defense
Title: The Counter-Conduct of Labor: How Indian Tech Workers Organize in India and the US
Candidate: Rianka Roy
Chair: Manisha Desai
Committee: Andrew Deener, Bandana Purkayastha, David Embrick, Mary Bernstein
Date: April 12, 2024 (Friday); Time: 1 pm to 3 pm EST; Venue: Manchester Hall Library -
Apr
22
Dr. Borut Rončević: Social Sciences in Post-Socialist Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe 12:00pm
Dr. Borut Rončević: Social Sciences in Post-Socialist Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe
Monday, April 22nd, 2024
12:00 PM
Manchester Hall
While social sciences show continued interest in their impact on the real world, there is virtually no research on their impact on one of the major recent transformations, namely the post-socialist one in Central and Eastern Europe. Aiming to fill this void, we set the conceptual and analytical framework for research on the topic. We suggest Cultural Political Economy (CPE) as the starting point, with a view to focus on how social sciences (re)crate social, political and economic imaginaries and thus formulate a particular conception of society. CPE provides us with the tools to explore evolutionary mechanisms and selectivities that produce hegemonic discourses. We then present results of preliminary empirical exploration, which revealed two key dimensions shaping the impact of social sciences – status of profession and transformative power – and on this basis develop four ideal types of social sciences’ role in societal transformations: activators, voyeurs, fellow travellers and marginals. We conclude with four temporal phases with respect to the challenges faced and topics covered – the nascent phase, the reflective phase, the reorientation phase, and new crises and challenges – and two modes of social sciences that are changing over time: social sciences as crisis sciences and social sciences as reflexive sciences.
Dr. Rončević is currently Dean and professor of sociology at the School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica (Slovenia). He is also professor at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo mesto (Slovenia). He holds Jean Monnet Chair and is heading Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Strategic Observatory for Europe 2030” and is the Fellow of Regional Studies Association.
His main research interest is at the intersection of sociology of development and economic sociology, with a particular focus on innovations and technologies in regional development, sustainable development and the European Union Studies. Throughout his career he has been very active in academic institution building and committed to raising young scholars. He was a visitng scholar at academic institutions in the USA, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Lebanon, and Croatia.