Department of Sociology

Sociology at the University of Georgia

Sociology faculty at the University of Georgia are excellent teachers and productive scholars, who have won the University’s highest teaching and research awards, received major grants, and published their research in the top journals and presses. We embrace a variety of research methodologies, including ethnography, experiments, and secondary data analysis. This research is both interdisciplinary and collaborative: many of our faculty are affiliated with other units on campus and work closely with graduate students.

May10

Ron Simons and Man Kit (Karlo) Lei’s article, "Social Environment, Genes, and Aggression: Evidence Supporting the Differential Susceptibility Perspective," which was published in the December 2011 issue of the American Sociological Review, has won the 2013 Outstanding Article Award from the American Society of Criminology.

Feb25

Stephen Watts will be starting a tenure-track Assistant Professorship position in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, which is in Kenosha, WI this fall. Congratulations Stephen!!

Jan28

The Department of Sociology is very pleased to welcome its newest faculty member, Sarah Shannon, who will be joining the department in August 2013. Sarah is getting her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Minnesota.

Jan26

A retirement party is being held on January 26 for Linda Grant, who retired at the end of the fall semester, to recognize her many contributions to Sociology at the University of Georgia.

Jan03

Jackson Bunch has been offered and accepted a job as an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Montana in Missoula. He will be on faculty starting fall 2013. Congratulations to Jackson!