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

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.

Robert A. Hummer, Howard W. Odum Professor

It is clear that the United States is experiencing tremendous health tolls from Covid-19: 1.3 million documented cases thus far, hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations, and over 80,000 confirmed deaths.

Karolyn Tyson, Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Professor

There has been much debate about what the school closures caused by COVID-19 will mean for students. Many scholars and other commentators are particularly concerned about the consequences for working-class and poor children, who, most noted, would be hardest hit by the shuttered schools.

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

The UNC-CH Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) recently elected the incoming student officer slate for the 2012-13 Academic Year.  All outgoing and incoming officers are Management and Society Majors.  New officers are Diem Pham, President, Brian Harris, Vice President … Read more