Department of Sociology University of Oregon
Willamette Hall
 

About Us

Our primary strengths are in gender, political and economic sociology, and the sociology of the environment. Each year more than 3,000 students enroll in approximately 60 courses offered by the Department of Sociology. The department has about 50 Ph.D. students and 500 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 Program, International Studies Department,  Center for the Study of Women in Society, Center on Diversity and Community, Environmental Studies, and Planning, Public Policy and Management .

 

 

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Sociology Breaking News

* In December 2009 the President of Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Triet, received a delegation of 12 international scholars, including Professor John Bellamy Foster, at an International Scientific Conference entitled "Theory and Practice of the Marxist World Today." For more details, see http://www.cpv.org.vn/cpv/Modules/News/NewsDetail.aspx?co_id=30107&cn_id=378667

*The UO Sociology Colloquium provides an opportunity for us to support the scholarship of our students and colleagues, engage in dialogue with scholars in our sister disciplines around campus, and keep apprised of the work of fellow sociologists around the Pacific Northwest. Talks begin at 12:00 in 714 PLC unless otherwise noted.

February 19

Cynthia Tolentino
UO Associate Professor of English

"America 's Experts: Race and the Fictions of Sociology"

February 26

Andrew Penner
Assistant Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine

"Gender Differences in Mathematical Achievement: An International Perspective on Biological and Social Factors"

 

 

 

 


 

  

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