Department of Sociology

Through the exploration of social and individual dynamics, we prepare our students to enrich social scientific understandings of the complex problems societies face today.

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Sociology Workshops & Speaker Series

A forum for faculty and students to present work and work in progress on a range of substantive areas, perspectives, and research methodologies.

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Upcoming Events

September 12, 2022

What We Can Learn from Racial Inequality in Two Pandemics: 1918 and COVID-19

UMN Sociology Assistant Professor Elizabeth Wrigley-Field will present at the Department of Sociology's Fall 2022 Workshop Series.

September 26, 2022

The Political Uses of Trauma: Establishing and Expanding Veterans Treatment Courts in Minnesota

UMN Sociology PhD Candidate Victoria Piehowski will present at the Department of Sociology's Fall 2022 Workshop Series.

October 17, 2022

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Population Health Science Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Sarah James will present at the Department of Sociology's Fall 2022 Workshop Series.

October 31, 2022

Custodial Single Fathers and Employment Discrimination: Penalized or Protected?

UMN Sociology PhD Candidate Aimzhan Iztayeva will present at the Department of Sociology's Fall 2022 Workshop Series.

November 07, 2022

Restless Institutionalization of Alternative Transportation Activists

UMN Sociology PhD Candidate Ethan Johnson will present at the Department of Sociology's Fall 2022 Workshop Series.

Department of Sociology

Sociology Workshops & Speaker Series

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