Shannon Malone Gonzalez joined the faculty of UNC Sociology in Fall 2021 after earning her Sociology PhD from The University of Texas at Austin. Shannon’s areas of Interest are Black Feminist Theory and Epistemologies, Criminology, Policing/Police Violence, Family, and Mixed Methods. … Read more

The Sociology Department calls on the UNC Board of Trustees to review and approve Nikole Hannah-Jones’ appointment as a tenured faculty member at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. We join faculty, students, staff, and alumni who are … Read more

The Sociology Department, along with History, Political Science, and Peace, War & Defense have started the process of renaming Hamilton Hall. Our motivation for renaming the building is rooted in the history of our University and Professor Hamilton’s role in … Read more

These past few weeks have been filled with pain, heartbreak, and suffering, especially so for the Black community. The sociology faculty is outraged by the ongoing acts of police violence against African Americans. We condemn the most recent incident, the … Read more

Tania M. Jenkins joins UNC as Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty fellow at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Brown University in 2016 and worked as a Canadian Institutes of … Read more

We welcome Taylor W. Hargrove as our newest faculty member. She joins UNC as Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty fellow at the Carolina Population Center. Hargrove’s research seeks to uncover and explain the development of health disparities across the … Read more

Victor William Marshall, 74, of Chapel Hill passed away on August 18, 2018, following a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. Victor was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill and former director of the University’s Institute on Aging. Victor earned … Read more

François Nielsen, 68, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died peacefully in Chapel Hill on Thursday, June 7, 2018 of complications related to pneumonia. François bravely battled cancer and other health conditions for nearly eight years. At the time of his death, … Read more

As sociologists, we appreciate that people and groups can construct different meanings for statues like the one known as “Silent Sam.” But the historical record on that statue is not in dispute. It was placed on the UNC campus as a symbol of … Read more