• 2017-10-19 - 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 sociology department’s academic advising office at Illinois. It may not be universally true; it’s the conclusion of just one study four years ago. But for Nicole Holtzclaw-Stone,...
  • 2017-10-18 - Thousands flooded streets and squares in the Arab Spring of 2011, and dictators fell. But true revolution never came, or has been thwarted since. University of Illinois sociology professor Asef Bayat, in a new book, argues that activists never thought out or planned for true revolution – at least not the 20th-century kind, as in Russia 100 years ago or Iran and Nicaragua six...
  • 2017-10-18 - 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 changing, and income data recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau prompts questions about the differing experiences of who identifies as part of the middle class. The Census Bureau data says the 2016...
  • 2017-08-04 - States have spent millions to develop high-tech industry, with its promise of good jobs and economic growth.   But does the public investment pay off? A national study of such investments in the 1980s and 1990s suggests it does – including in places where prospects for high-tech seems less than ideal. The key for these state programs is often patience and modest expectations, says...
  • 2017-08-01 - States have spent millions to develop high-tech industry, with its promise of good jobs and economic growth. But does the public investment pay off? A national study of such investments in the 1980s and 1990s suggests it does – including in places where prospects for high-tech seems less than ideal. The key for these state programs is often patience and modest expectations, says University of...
  • 2017-06-14 - 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. Joanna Perez. We are proud of you!
  • 2017-04-18 - 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. Joanna Perez. We are proud of you! SAGE Awards are inspired by the authors of ...
  • 2017-04-13 - Professor Anna Marshall's research was featured in a New York Times article on why women don't report sexual harassment in the workplace. Read Article
  • 2017-04-13 - 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. To view the article, click on the title link above, then click the More Information link. “The way employers deal with it is to prepare to show a court or jury that they did everything they could, rather than to protect women in the workplace.”...
  • 2017-03-17 - Coursera has recognized Illinois with an international award and the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), which recognizes excellence in both individual and institutional achievements, has awarded two awards to the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.  This year’s recipient of the UPCEA International Leadership Excellence Award is Madhu...
  • 2017-03-17 - Maryalice Wu and Dawn Owens, both Sociology PhD graduates, receive UPCEA Research and Scholarship Award. For more information and to view the video that features their work, click the title link above, then click the More Information link. As researchers from the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning they received the UPCEA Research and Scholarship Award. The...
  • 2017-01-25 - 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. Read Full Article
  • 2017-01-25 - The Info Session introduces changes to requirements in the Sociology major effective in Fall 2017. It also introduces the Social Science Research Methods Certificate. See More