Ambitious from the start, Marianne Zarzar moved to the US as a sophomore in high school to achieve academic success. “My parents told me if I could make it happen, I could go…
Sociology Professor Chris Uggen, posits that “a good portion of the U.S. jail population, which hovers at around 600,000 people" retains the right to vote.
Mychael Evans (sociology '11) is an operations and logistics professional whose liberal arts education taught him about things like leadership, analytics, and diversity. “It…
Often it’s difficult to know whether we tell our stories or they tell us. Today’s sociologists are not only interpreting the complex social issues affecting our communities…
University of Georgia's Dr. Sarah Shannon and UMN Sociology Professor Christopher Uggen and PhD student Ryan Larson were honored by the ASA for their work on felony…
With its first cohort celebrating its graduation this spring, the University of Minnesota Advanced Careers (UMAC) Initiative joins an elite group of leading-edge higher…
Humans have been expanding their lifespan over the past century, but what do we do with this extra time? Sociology major Miles Sebald has been working with UMAC, a University…
How can a country’s culture and migration regulations affect an immigrant’s ability to adjust? Professor Cawo Abdi studies the diaspora of Somali people and how they’ve…