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March 22, 2020Contact Information For the Sociology Department
Contacting the Sociology Department From March 23rd until the End of the Spring 2020 Semester Undergraduate Advisors Zuleika’s Zoom Information https://tamu.zoom.us/my/zuleika Meeting ID: 623-822-5836 Virtual appointment hours Tuesdays & Fridays, 9:00 to 11:30 am Wednesdays & Thursdays, 1:30 to 4:00 pm Ziena’s Zoom Information https://tamu.zoom.us/my/ziena Meeting ID: 682-527-5553 Virtual appointment hours Monday-Friday, 9:00 to 11:30 […]
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March 2, 2020Sociology Professor Selected to Receive the Faculty Sustainability Champion Award
Sarah Gatson was selected to receive the Faculty Sustainability Champion Award through the Office of Sustainability at Texas A&M University. Learn more about the Sustainability Champion awards by visiting http://sustainability.tamu.edu/awards.aspx. The award will be presented during the 6th Annual Sustainability Breakfast and Awards program on Tuesday, April 14th, 2020.
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November 22, 2019Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU-NSF)
The Texas A&M Sociology department invites students to apply to the Summer 2020 “Research Institute in Sociology and Social Inequality” REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) site, funded by the National Science Foundation under grant #1757813. This 8-week summer program is an exciting opportunity for up to 10 undergraduates to gain research experience with close guidance […]
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November 20, 2019Sociology Graduate Student Featured in the Battalion
The Sociology graduate student, Ried Mackay, was featured in Texas A&M’s Battalion newspaper in an article about Native American Heritage Month. Link to the Battalion article
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November 14, 2019Lecture of Sociology Professor Selected as Finalist for 2020 Baylor University Cherry Award
Professor May delivers 2020 Finalist Lecture for the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching at Baylor University. Link to video of Professor May’s lecture
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September 13, 2019Sociology Professor Selected to Receive Distinguished Achievement Award
Mary Campbell was selected to receive one of this year’s college-level Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement award for teaching. The purpose of this award is to recognize, encourage, and reward superior classroom teaching. The award will be presented at the College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Reception on October 24th, 2019. More information about the […]
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August 27, 20192019–2020 ACES Fellows Program
Texas A&M University’s Accountability, Climate, Equity, and Scholarship (ACES) Fellows Program is a two-year (24 month) fellowship for early career PhDs. Applicants should have earned their PhD between January 1, 2016 and July 1, 2020. The stipend is $60,000 per year plus benefits. Benefits including medical, dental, and vision are available. The fellowship period generally begins August 1 […]
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May 9, 2019Sociology Professor Selected as Finalist for National Teaching Award
Finalists Selected for Baylor’s $250,000 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching WACO, Texas (March 28, 2019) – Three preeminent scholar/teachers from U.S. universities have been selected as finalists for Baylor University’s 2020 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, the only national teaching award – with the single largest monetary reward of $250,000 – presented […]
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January 21, 2019Closing the Gap
Sociology professor Joe Feagin was recently awarded the Award for Public Understanding of Sociology from American Sociological Association (ASA) for continuing the work of understanding and countering racism.
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October 16, 2018
Hunger-Free Texas Project
By Dr. Mary Campbell In Spring 2017, 2018, and 2019, students in Industrial Distribution and Sociology got together in student teams to focus on real problems and work directly with food pantries in Texas, while at the same time developing skills in critical thinking, process planning and improvement, impact assessment, and team management. This multidisciplinary […]
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June 13, 2018Professor Reuben May Named ‘Piper Professor’
Every year, the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation names ten Piper Professors in recognition for their superior teaching at Texas higher education institutions. This year Reuben A. Buford May, a Presidential Professor in sociology, was one of the select few. “I see it as a very high honor and it’s wonderful to be thought of at […]
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August 21, 2017Fall 2017 Workshop on Race & Ethnicity
This workshop brings together state-of-the-art theory on race and ethnicity with best practices in the use of social statistics. The workshop aim is to develop quantitative researchers that will give more careful and keen consideration to how race and ethnicity fit in their statistical models . . .
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August 21, 2017TAMU Sociologists Win Big ASA Awards for 2017
Faculty from the Sociology Department have won three major awards this year from the American Sociological Association (ASA). Former Department Head Jane Sell (right) won the Cooley-Mead Award for a Career of Distinguished Scholarship in Social Psychology. Kazuko Suzuki (left) received the 2017 Distinguished Book Award from the Asian and Asian-American section of the ASA for her book Divided […]
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March 8, 2017
Why Study Sociology?
Sociology studies the development, structure, and processes of human society, which prepares for a lifetime of change by developing an appreciation of diversity, love of learning, writing and study skills. Students who study sociology are generally interested in human behavior, the human condition, and social justice.
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September 26, 2016“American Behavioral Scientist” Special Issue
Mary Campbell, along with Jenifer Bratter (Rice University) and Wendy Roth (University of British Columbia), has edited a forthcoming special issue of American Behavioral Scientist entitled “Measuring the Diverging Components of Race” that is now available online. This special issue brings together original research that advances the emerging subfield on the measurement and analysis of […]
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March 21, 2016
Colloquium: “Industrial Dietary Regimes as a Valuable Conceptual Adjunct to the Nutrition Transition and Food Regime Paradigm”
The Department of Sociology Presents: “Industrial Dietary Regimes as a Valuable Conceptual Adjunct to the Nutrition Transition and Food Regime Paradigm” A presentation by Anthony Winson, University of Guelph and Jin Young Choi, Sam Houston State University Monday, March 21 1 –2 pm in room 701 Rudder Tony Winson is currently Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology […]