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Tenure Track Job Opening
The Department of Sociology and the International Studies Program invite applications for a tenure track assistant professor position in the area of Global Environmental Sociology, Global Social Movements, or Immigration.

Tenure Track (or Tenured) Job Opening
The Department of Sociology and the Institute on Aging at Boston College invite applications for a tenure track (or tenured) position at the Assistant, Associate, or Full professor level in the area of Aging and the Life Course.

Contact Us
Find the departmental mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address here.

Graduate Applicants
Information specifically for applicants to the graduate program.

Faculty
Find contact information, areas of specialization, and access to faculty home pages here.

Graduate Students
Current and prospective graduate students can find information about our programs, courses, funding, and career development here.

Undergraduate Students
Undergrads should use this page to get information about courses, registration, and careers in Sociology.

Research Organizations
Research organizations affiliated with the Sociology department.

Departmental Seminar

Throughout the academic year, the Sociology Department hosts a seminar series featuring research work by our faculty, our advanced PhD students, and by other prominent scholars in the field. For a schedule of seminars, see our Departmental Seminar page.

SOCIOLOGY NEWS ARCHIVES
Shawn McGuffey on "Origins of Male Violence"

Assistant Sociology Professor C Shawn McGuffey will take part in a panel discussion on the origins of male violence at Harvard on December 3.


Juliet Schor quoted in the New York Times

Juliet Schor was quoted in a New York Times article about entertainment, Markets Stall but Spoiled Always Sell.


Departmental seminar series: "Structures and Subjects in the Global Economy: What Gender Helps Us See"

On October 28 at 12 noon in McGuinn 415, Leslie Salzinger presented “Structures and Subjects in the Global Economy: What Gender Helps Us See” as part of the departmental seminar series. 


NAWCHE Speaker Series presents The Lolita Effect

M. Gigi Durham spoke in Higgens 300 on October 23 at 7 pm about her recent book The Lolita Effect, which explores the early sexualization of young women by marketers and the media. The event was hosted by NAWCHE.


Sociology Department Sponsors Service-Immersion Trip to Nicaragua

Professor Mike Malec is leading a service-immersion trip to Nicaragua after Spring semester final exams. The trip was open to all BC undergraduates. If you are interested, email Professor Malec at malec@bc.edu.


David Karp Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Professor David Karp won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the ASA Section on Emotions. The award will be presented at the August 2008 ASA annual meeting. The award honors someone with a record of several years of scholarly work of exceptional merit and who has developed and extended the sociology of emotions empirically, theoretically, or methodologically.


Graduating Sociology Majors Honored
Patrick Denice and Thomas Laidley were honored as Scholars of the College for their excellent theses. Patrick wrote on the study abroad experience and how it affects students' subsequent consumption. Tom wrote on changing transportation behaviors in response to the threats of global warming. Tom's thesis won the McCarthy Prize (in social sciences) which is given for the best scholar of the college thesis in those disciplines.

Malak Yusuf Wins Asian-American Scholarship
Sociology major Malak Yusuf ('09)won the Asian-American scholarship, given to a student who demonstrates superior academic achievement, extracurricular leadership, community service, and involvement with the Asian-American community and Asian-American issues both on and off campus.

SC357 Social Change in Action Featured in Heights
Darcy Leach's Social Change in Action Course is featured in a recent issue of the BC Heights, which describes the structure of the course and this term's "Sweatbanned" project, an attempt to pressure the BC administration to partner with the Designated Supplier Program (DSP), which requires factories producing university logo clothing to pay their workers an hourly living wage.

Sociology Major Named "Person of the Year" by BC Heights
Jessica Young, a sociology major in her senior year, is one of five young women who form the Senior Board of Ecopledge, which has just been recognized by the BC Heights as the 2008 “Person of the Year.” Throughout the year, Ecopledge has been working on campus to help increase Boston College’s environmental awareness and sustainability. more