Department of Sociology

Lessons from the Protectors of Mauna Kea

Grad student Heidi Nicholls's documentary explores struggle over Hawaiian mountain

Charlottesville Sympony in session

Composing the Creative Self

Grad student Alex Sutton researches contemporary art music and aesthetics

Bodies of the People

Prof. Isaac Reed theorizes political modernity via histories of rebellion and revolt

Drawing Connections between Past and Present

Prof. Adam Slez studies origins of American populism

Ancient Palmyra

Insurgent Artifacts

Prof. Fiona Greenland studies link between cultural destruction and civilian casualties in Syria

Counting Controversies

Prof. Teresa Sullivan details the high stakes of U.S. Census

Designing Inclusive Classrooms

Prof. Rose Buckelew named CTE Faculty Fellow

Charlottesville Sympony in session

Composing the Creative Self

Grad student Alex Sutton researches contemporary art music and aesthetics

Designing Inclusive Classrooms

Prof. Rose Buckelew named CTE Faculty Fellow

Drawing Connections between Past and Present

Prof. Adam Slez studies origins of American populism

Bodies of the People

Prof. Isaac Reed theorizes political modernity via histories of rebellion and revolt

Counting Controversies

Prof. Teresa Sullivan details the high stakes of U.S. Census

Lessons from the Protectors of Mauna Kea

Grad student Heidi Nicholls's documentary explores struggle over Hawaiian mountain

Ancient Palmyra

Insurgent Artifacts

Prof. Fiona Greenland studies link between cultural destruction and civilian casualties in Syria

Undergraduate

Interested in Sociology? Learn about the major and minor, courses, career opportunities and more.

News & Announcements

Professor Krishan Kumar published an article in Comparative Studies in Society and History

March 30, 2021

Professor Brad Wilcox Featured in STORAGE Café Article

March 10, 2021

Fiona Greenland's New Book - Ruling Culture Art Police, Tomb Robbers, and the Rise of Cultural Power in Italy

February 26, 2021

Professor Elizabeth Gorman’s new edited volume Professional Work: Knowledge, Power, and Social Inequalities, Vol. 34 in the Research in the Sociology of Work series

February 15, 2021

Graduate

More information about graduate program and students in Sociology at UVA

Publications

Ruling Culture

Art Police, Tomb Robbers, and the Rise of Cultural Power in Italy

Fiona Greenland

The Making of the Populist Movement

State, Market, and Party on the Western Frontier

Adam Slez

To Change the World

To Change the World

The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World

Empires

A Historical and Political Sociology

Census

Understanding the Issues

Teresa Sullivan

Soul Mates

Soul Mates

Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage among African Americans and Latinos

W. Bradford Wilcox

The Ascent of Market Efficiency

Finance That Cannot Be Proven

Media-Ready Feminism and Everyday Sexism

How US Audiences Create Meaning across Platforms

The Sins of the Fathers

The Sins of the Fathers

Germany, Memory, Method

The Tumbleweed Society

The Tumbleweed Society

Working and Caring in an Insecure Age

Power in Modernity

Agency Relations and the Creative Destruction of the King's Two Bodies

Isaac Ariail Reed

More Publications

People

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Events

Friday, April 16, 2021 12:00 PM

SWAMP - Terrence McDonnell, Notre Dame University, Dustin Stoltz, Lehigh University, Marshall Taylor, New Mexico State University Via Zoom

Thursday, April 22, 2021 3:30 PM

Colloquium - Professor Jordanna Matlon - Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality and Cosponsored with the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies and the Department of Sociology Via Zoom

Friday, April 23, 2021 4:00 PM

Department Book Series - Professor Teresa Sullivan, Census 2020 Via Zoom

Friday, April 30, 2021 12:00 PM

SWAMP - Heidi Nicholls, University of Virginia Via Zoom