10/19/2017 - Employers weigh internships more heavily in hiring than where you went to school, your grades or your major – that’s the essence of a quote pinned outside the 

10/18/2017 - Thousands flooded streets and squares in the Arab Spring of 2011, and dictators fell. But true revolution never came, or has been thwarted since.

10/18/2017 - For much of America’s history, the middle class has been a useful paradigm for understanding what is meant by "the American dream." But across the country, definitions of the middle class are chang

10/17/2017 - Dan Steward has been named the new Director of the LAS Teaching Academy in ATLAS!! His role is to stimulate new thinking and the spread of best teaching practices in the college.

08/04/2017 - States have spent millions to develop high-tech industry, with its promise of good jobs and economic growth.  

08/01/2017 - States have spent millions to develop high-tech industry, with its promise of good jobs and economic growth.

06/14/2017 - Two recent Sociology Ph.D. graduates are recipients of the 2017 SAGE Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award. Congratulations to our very own Dr. Laura Atkins and Dr.

04/18/2017 - Two recent Sociology Ph.D. graduates are recipients of the 2017 SAGE Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award.

04/13/2017 - Professor Anna Marshall's research was featured in a New York Times article on why women don't report sexual harassment in the workplace.

04/13/2017 - Professor Anna-Maria Marshall's research was featured in a New York Times article on why women don't report sexual harassment in the workplace.

03/17/2017 - Coursera has recognized Illinois with an international award and the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), which recognizes excellence in both individual and institu

03/17/2017 - Maryalice Wu and Dawn Owens, both Sociology PhD graduates, receive UPCEA Research and Scholarship Award.

01/25/2017 - The Info Session introduces changes to requirements in the Sociology major effective in Fall 2017. It also introduces the Social Science Research Methods Certificate.

01/25/2017 - The Criminology, Law, and Society Minor provides a foundation for students seeking to supplement their major area of study, to develop knowledge and skills needed for criminological, law, and justi

01/25/2017 - This Spring, on April 14-15, the Graduate Student Advisory Committee (GSAC) will be hosting the 3rd Annual Amber Buckley-Shaklee Graduate Student Conference in Sociology.