Department of Sociology University of Oregon
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About Us

Our primary strengths are in gender, political and economic sociology, and the sociology of the environment. Each year more than 7,000 students enroll in approximately 80 courses offered by the Department of Sociology. The department has about 50 Ph.D. students and 700 undergraduate majors.

Faculty

Our faculty also include specialists in the areas of gender, political economy, environment, criminology, demography, education, organizations, race & ethnicity, religion, stratification, work & occupations.

Our faculty are affiliated with a wide variety of other university programs, including the Ethnic Studies Department, Women's and Gender Studies Department, International Studies Department,  Center for the Study of Women in Society, Center on Diversity and Community, Environmental Studies, and Planning, Public Policy and Management .

 

 

Sociology Breaking News

* Professor Miriam Goldman has had her most rcent book, The American Soul Rush, published by NYU Press

* Sociology Journal Returns to UO Roots
Inside Oregon talks about the return of Sociological Perspectives to the University of Oregon

* Harris Receives SSSI Award for What Is Constructionism?

Every year, the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction gives the Charles Horton Cooley Award to recognize the author of the best book (or article) in the interactionist tradition.  This year, Scott R. Harris (Ph.D. 2001) received the award for What Is Constructionism?  Navigating Its Use in Sociology (Lynne Rienner, 2010).  In this book, Harris compares and contrasts recent research on mind, emotions, family diversity, marital equality, and social inequality.  Harris demonstrates how the same concepts---construct, create, generate, maintain, and so on---can be given an objective or interpretive spin, depending on an author's purpose or perspective. 
https://www.rienner.com/title/What_Is_Constructionism_Navigating_Its_Use_in_Sociology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

  

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