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  • IAAR-SLATE Research Fellowship Awards

    “IAAR-SLATE (Institute of African American Research’s Student Learning to Advance Truth and Equity) – is a program designed to engage undergraduates in a transformative understanding of race, racism, and racial equity. There is a teaching component and a research component … Read more

  • UNC Sociology Welcomes Shannon Malone Gonzalez

    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

  • Sociology Department Statement on Nikole Hannah-Jones

    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

  • Graduation 2021

    Dear Class of 2021 Sociology and Management and Society majors, Congratulations on your graduation! We cannot be happier to see each one of you achieve this major milestone – after a pandemic senior year no less! Every year, we are … Read more

  • Contacting Us: Fall 2022

    Staff name & Office Hours    Contact Information    Jennifer Eissing, Business Officer Work hours: 8:00am – 5:00pm   Phone: 919-962-8915 Email: eissingj@email.unc.edu Chat With Jennifer in Teams Holt Woodruff, Administrative Coordinator and                             Undergrad Student Services Work hours: 8:00am – 5:00pm … Read more

  • Sociology joins departments in proposal to establish Pauli Murray Hall

    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

  • Message from the Sociology Department on Anti-Black Violence and Recent Protests

    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

  • COVID-19, Precarity, and Worker Power

    Arne L. Kalleberg, Kenan Professor of Sociology

    The way we work (and if we are able to work at all) has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and will likely result in profound changes in work in the years to come.