Check out volume five (2026) of the Sociology undergraduate journal, The Mirror. Volume 5 was edited by editor-in-chief Ken Day alongside the rest of the editorial team: Eashwar Krishna, Maya Bolles, and Erin Tumimnello. The mission of The Mirror is to provide undergraduate students a platform to showcase their work and educate the community on sociological issues. The […]
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Read Volume 4 of “The Mirror”
Check out volume 4 (2025) of the Sociology undergraduate journal, The Mirror. Volume 4 was edited by editor-in-chief Ken Day alongside the rest of the editorial team: Kevin Hudson and Grace Carpenter. The mission of The Mirror is to provide undergraduate students a platform to showcase their work and educate the community on sociological issues. The editorial […]
Lauren Danielowski: Awarded ASA Doctoral Dissertation Grant
Sociology graduate student Lauren Danielowski has been awarded the Doctoral Dissertation Grant from the American Sociological Association. The Sociology Department wishes to extend our congratulations!
Kim Price-Glynn: Interview Appears in UConn Today
Professor Kim Price-Glynn was featured in a UConn Today article profiling her book, “Who Cares About Parents?”, where she was interviewed on gendered inequalities in parenting. The Sociology Department wishes to extend our congratulations!
Winners of the 2026 Sociology Department Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of the Sociology departmental awards for 2025! Rhys M. Hall and Dunahay Pereyra: Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award (tied winners) Lauren Danielowski: Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award Mahir Takak: Ron Taylor Award Samantha Lally and Fiona Hufford: Dashefsky Award Josue E. Vargas Ospina, Nelly Birmingham, and Maiyah Rivers: Janet M. […]
Dunahay Pereyra: 2026 Recipient of University Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Dunahay Pereyra has been named the 2026 recipient of the University Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award! From the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, this award celebrates exemplary teaching and contributions to student success. The Sociology Department wishes to extend our congratulations!
Fall 2026 Graduate Courses
SOCI 5501 – Racism Professor Noel Cazenave; T 3:30-6:30 Racism Theory offers students an opportunity to critically examine contemporary theories of racism and to learn more about systemic racism theory and other theories that, within the tradition of African American social thought, examine racism directly and explicitly. These theories and their critiques provide insights into […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]