The LCJ program is an important step in the Sociology Department’s commitment to fortifying our curriculum with the tenets of anti-racism and better equipping our…
“What are the educational spaces in our communities that should be leading [identity] work?” asks Ahmed Amin (BA '08, history and sociology of law, criminology & deviance)…
Professor Doug Hartmann talks with Dialogue Minnesota about the Public Life Project which aims to help students become better able to understand opposing viewpoints and engage…
In an article published in Health Affairs, Assistant Professor Elizabeth Wrigley-Field examines the association of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage with excess…
Professor Doug Hartmann is featured in a new four-part HBO and HBO Max documentary series premiering on September 14, "Level Playing Field." Hartmann is featured in the series…
Gurtaran Johal was named a Truman scholar in April 2021 for her dedicated work, passion, and leadership in public service. Johal is one of 62 students that the Truman…
To help encourage connection and discussion across social and political lines, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) at the University of Minnesota has launched the Public Life…
"What they learn could help steer the future of public health", this Knowable Magazine article quotes and highlights the work of sociology Assistant Professor Elizabeth…
University of Minnesota CLA Assistant Professor of Sociology Elizabeth Wrigley-Field reckons with and remaps the realities of race and mortality throughout the COVID-19…
The American Sociological Association's Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity (AMSS) Section activities are directed towards establishing the study of altruism, morality…
This volume introduces political theorists and researchers to new theoretical, methodological, and substantive tools for extending political network research into new realms…
The Harry J. Kalven, Jr. Prize for empirical scholarship and the advancement of research in law and society was awarded to UMN Sociology Professor Joachim Savelsberg.
Thank you to Caprice Niccoli, Department of Psychology, and Evan Roberts, Department of Sociology, for their outstanding contributions to Career Readiness.
University of Minnesota Twin Cities junior Gurtaran Johal has been named a 2021 Truman Scholar. The Truman Scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards for undergraduates…
Sociology Professor Joachim Savelsberg's new book, "Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles," examines the Armenian genocide committed in the…
UMN Sociology has issued a statement on the Atlanta murders and other instances of anti-Asian racism in the U.S. We write this statement to unequivocally condemn and to mourn…