Letter From the Sociology Department Head’s Desk
A welcome letter from Department Head Dr. Steven R. Cureton
UNC Greensboro
UNCG Sociology Honors Students at Annual AKD Ceremony
It’s awards season here at UNCG! Last week, we were thrilled to honor our undergraduate inductees to the international sociology honors society: Alpha Kappa Delta. We also recognized students who won additional University and departmental awards. Congratulations to all of our honorees!
Sociology Alum Returns to Fight Guilford’s Opioid Crisis
We were delighted that sociology alum Amanda Clark ’14, ’18 was featured for her work as Guilford County Public Health’s first Drug and Injury Prevention Manager.
Professor Trevor Hoppe publishes new book, “Unsafe Words”
UNCG assistant professor of sociology Trevor Hoppe recently published a new book, a collection of essays co-edited with Shantel Gabrieal Buggs titled Unsafe Words: Queering Consent in the #MeToo Era (Rutgers University Press 2023). The book tackles issues of sexual consent and harm in the #MeToo era. It is described as:… Continue reading…
UNCG Sociology offers a concentration in Criminology & Justice Studies
We are delighted to announce that we have changed the name of our criminology concentration to Criminology & Justice Studies. This reflects our ongoing commitment to offering courses that consider justice and injustice in all of their forms, from criminal justice to social justice, and how justice and injustice interact… Continue reading…
Sociology Hosts Open House on October 13th
The UNCG Department of Sociology will host an Open House gathering on October 13th, from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM in Graham 307. The department invites all current, former, or future majors, as well as faculty, family and friends to join us. Light refreshments will be served.
Dr. Shelly Brown-Jeffy receives the Gladys Strawn Bullard Award
Associate Professor Dr. Shelly Brown-Jeffy has been named the 2022 faculty recipient of the Gladys Strawn Bullard Award for exceptional service to UNCG. Dr. Brown-Jeffy is widely known around the University as a mover, shaker, collaborator, tireless volunteer, and committed contributor to many facets of university work and school life… Continue reading…
Dr. Zachary Levenson named Harrington Faculty Fellow
UNCG Assistant Professor Zachary Levenson has been named a Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellow for the 2022-23 academic year in the Sociology Department at the University of Texas at Austin. This prestigious award will allow Dr. Levenson to focus on writing a new book about the origins of theories of racial capitalism… Continue reading…
UNCG Sociology graduate student Jasmine Gibbs presents research at the Southern Sociological Society conference
UNCG Sociology graduate student Jasmine Gibbs recently presented research at the Southern Sociological Society meeting. We asked Jasmine about her interests, scholarship, and future plans. What are your main interests in Sociology? My main sociological interests are in race, gender, and mental health. More specifically, I am currently interested in… Continue reading…
Sociologists trace capitalist relations in 14th century North Africa
In a new research project, two UNCG Sociologists, Dr. Sahan Savas Karatasli and Derek Clark (Graduate Student at Sociology Department), investigate the traces of capitalist relations in the broader Maghreb region in the 14th century. In their co-authored working paper, titled “Labor, Race, and Antinomies of Modernity: Non-debates Between Ibn-Khaldun… Continue reading…