Sociology

About the Department

The University of Chicago Department of Sociology is among the great sociology departments of the world. Founded in 1892 as the first sociology department in the United States, Chicago has a proud tradition of creative and foundational work.

Department Awards

Professor Karin Knorr Cetina has been invited to give the prestigious 16th Annual Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies in 2012 at the Said Business School, University of Oxford, this May.

Professor Kristen Schilt has been awarded the University-wide Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring.

Professor Stephen Raudenbush has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Monica Lee has received a competitive Leo Baeck Fellowship from Germany's Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (Foundation for the German People).

Dan Kimmel received a competitive American Education Research Grant to work on his dissertation, "Determinants, Manifestations, Mechanisms, and Consequences: A Process Model of Violence in Schools."

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News

Phd student David Schalliol's work is featured in an Atlantic Cities series on America's rebuilding efforts. Schalliol and his collaborator are studying creative revitalization efforts in urban areas across the country, in over 30 cities.

Professor Karin Knorr Cetina has been invited to join the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, School of Social Science, as an Invited Visitor during the academic year 2012-13. Professor Knorr Cetina is also co-organizing and introducing (with Alan Kolata) a Conference on "Competition," at the University of Chicago Center in Paris, May 31-June 1, 2012.

Professor Mario Small has been appointed Dean of the Social Sciences Division. President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Thomas F. Rosenbaum announced that in appointing Prof. Small, they recognized him as a scholar and leader who would work with faculty to define the division's intellectual and educational direction, while building support for the division.

Professor Donald Levine's innovative course on African Civilizations is featured in the UChicago News.

PhD student Chris Takacs' research on how motivation and majors among college students has been profiled in a recent article on the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Professor Linda Waite is a featured contributor to a New York Times series: "Are 'Family Values' Outdated?"

A new University of Chicago workshop, the Computational Social Science Workshop, provides a forum for scholars using a wide array of computational and analytical methods in the social sciences to discuss current research and methods.

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Workshops & Events

Monday, May 14
SOCIAL THEORY AND EVIDENCE WORKSHOP
"Graduate Professionalization Seminar: How to Develop a Good Question: Some Strategies from the Field"
Mario Small, Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Chicago
12:00 - 1:15, Stuart Hall Rm. 105

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION WORKSHOP
Robert S. Seigler, Terese Heinz Professor of Gognitive Psychology, Carnegie-Mellon University
4:00-– 5:30 pm Stuart Hall Rm 102

Thursday, May 17
CITY, SOCIETY AND SPACE WORKSHOP
Asst. Prof. of Cultural Studies, Columbia College
12:00-1:20, SS 122

Friday, May 18
POLITICAL SCIENCE CHAIR'S LECTURE SERIES
"Comparing Rebellions"Roger Peterson, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science, MIT
12:00-1:30, Pick Hall Lounge

COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE WORKSHOP
"Approaches to Community Detection"
Jacob Foster, University of Chicago
2:00-3:00 pm, Searle Chemistry Laboratory, Room 240A (5735 South Ellis Avenue)

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