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Bobby Bryant Named Recipient of 2019-20 CLA Outstanding Service Award

UMN Sociology PhD Student Michael Soto Discusses Peace-Building in Northern Ireland

Professor Alejandro Baer Receives CLA Hub Residency

Welcome 2019 Cohort!

Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor Tom VanHeuvelen

UMN Sociology Celebrates with Alumni & Friends at 2nd Annual Alumni Event

Rethinking Race: The Sociology of American Indian Identity

Announcing the New MPC Training Program in Population Health Science

Congratulations to Newly Tenured Colleagues Michelle Phelps and Jack DeWaard

Upcoming Events

March 2, 2020

Sociology Workshop: Victor Ray

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Assistant Professor Victor Ray (University of Iowa) presents "Racializing Organizational Theory."

March 23, 2020

Sociology Workshop Series: Alejandro Baer

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Associate Professor (UMN Sociology) and Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies Director Alejandro Baer presents "Education on Indigenous Dispossession and Reparative Justice in...

March 30, 2020

Sociology Workshop Series: Rob Warren

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Professor (UMN Sociology) and Minnesota Population Center (MPC) Director Rob Warren presents "High School & Beyond: An Education Study Becomes an Aging Study."

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