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The faculty of the UWM Department of Sociology voice our strong support for the fundamental principle that Black Lives Matter, and for the powerful expression of this fact in public protest. We are adamantly against racism in all its forms. We mourn the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and far too many other Black and brown people killed by police. We know that actions matter more than words, and many of us have been actively protesting and supporting additional efforts to combat inequity, injustice, and violence, in Milwaukee and beyond. We pledge to continue to do so, to learn and listen, to expect even more of ourselves and those around us in combatting the layers of inequality that Sociology is in a unique position to understand, analyze, and critique.

Welcome to Sociology

Sociology is the study of patterns of social relations and how those patterns shape what people do and think. From community and conflict, family and inequality, social change and religion, crime and conformity, class and race, gender and work, few fields offer students such breadth in the study of the social world we all inhabit.

For undergraduates we offer an exciting array of classes, where students can study everything from human sexuality to the sociology of culture, from issues related to aging to pressing questions of inequality and poverty. Students have great opportunities to work closely with our faculty and teaching staff; our wide range of courses offers undergraduates both breadth and depth in their study of sociology.

For graduate students we offer an excellent Master’s and PhD program. Our MA program has long provided outstanding training as preparation for PhD programs or for work in non-profit organizations, businesses, and government agencies. Our new PhD program offers advanced training, in general sociological theory and cutting edge methodologies for the analysis of social data, with particular emphasis on expertise in the analysis of social inequalities and social institutions.

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Prof. Noelle Chesley featured in the College of Letters & Science April 2022 In Focus issue

By lachaus2@uwm.edu

Chesley has identified four possible problems with automated hiring systems, and also has some possible solutions that may address some of their potential harms. Automation and the Great Resignation: Sociologist takes on hiring systems Read more →

Prof. Noelle Chesley to speak at The Wisconsin Workforce Development Association’s annual Talent Development Conference (TDCON) on April 7 & 8 at the Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells

By vkandula@uwm.edu

Join us at #TDCON2022 on April 7th & 8th to hear Prof. Noelle Chesley present her thoughts on how employers might be hiring the wrong way as she examines Automated Hiring and Worker Shortages. Details on how to register for... Read more →

Prof. Celeste Campos-Castillo Awarded a $50k Grant from Facebook Research

By totty@uwm.edu

Sociology Prof. Celeste Campos-Castillo along with Co-PI Prof. Linnea Laestadius from the Zilber School of Public Health will be conducting focus groups with a racially and ethnically diverse sample of adolescents to determine how best to design a chatbot. The... Read more →

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