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Every year, our department strives to continue its legacy of excellence in the field of Sociology through outstanding scholarly research, teaching, and public engagement. Our faculty are internationally and nationally prominent; we have a history of leadership in professional organizations. Our faculty and graduate students are engaged in exciting, socially meaningful research; many of them have been featured in the media this year.

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Bandana Purkayastha and Andrew Moiseff, CLAS associate deans, hand out diplomas at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony one at Gampel Pavilion on May 7, 2023.

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Bhoomi Thakore, a professor in the Department of Sociology, teaches SOCI 2830. Class, Power, and Inequality in the Austin Building on Feb. 26, 2024. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

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  • Social Theories for the Anthropocene: Diversities Across the Divides
    Phoebe Godfrey & Ordoitz Galilea, Editors Routledge, 2025 This unique textbook introduces undergraduate students to key social theories from classical, multicultural, global, and indigenous perspectives, while also inviting them to understand social theories as stories that create our culturally specific social realities. The readings in this collection emphasize the ways our culturally perceived social-environmental divide […]
    Posted on December 10, 2025
  • Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning in Action Conference at UConn Hartford
    On November 21, 2025, several UConn sociologists attended the Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning in Action: Building Solidarity in Challenging Times conference in the beautiful new UConn Hartford campus People’s Bank Arena event space Produced by UConn Hartford; the Research on Resilient Cities, Racism and Equity initiative directed by David Embrick; the UConn Office of Outreach and Engagement; the UConn […]
    Posted on December 2, 2025
  • Winners of the 2025-26 Undergraduate Sociology Student Research Grants
    The Department of Sociology is very pleased to announce the 2025-2026 competition winners for undergraduate student research grants. Each recipient will conduct their research through an independent study with their advisor during the spring 2026 and receive an award of $300.00 Zarah Ysabel Bancud will be working with Raja Staggers-Hakim on research titled, “Racism, Maladaptive […]
    Posted on December 2, 2025

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