In Memoriam Dr. M. Elaine Burgess, UNCG Professor Emeritus of Sociology, passed away on February 13, 2020. She earned a Ph.D. in Sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1960 and taught at UNCG for 30 years. A specialist in social change and conflict, Dr. Burgess conducted research in South Africa and… Continue reading…
Black lives matter. The faculty of the Sociology Department at the University of North Carolina Greensboro supports the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as the ongoing revolts against police brutality and anti-Black racism. We support these uprisings against continued oppression, state violence, and institutional abuses of power. We add… Continue reading…
Racial Reconciliation: Black Masculinity, Societal Indifference, and Church Socialization is Dr. Cureton’s second published book in two years. Read about it here: https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/72250
A central value of the UNCG Sociology department is social justice, a concept which, inter alia, directs attention to the disproportionate amount of power in the hands of white men and how social institutions generate, reproduce, and reflect this power relationship. Criminal justice, like other social institutions, is epiphenomenal in… Continue reading…
Dr. Gwen Hunnicutt’s work on ecofeminism was recently featured in UNCG News. Read about it here.
Dr. Zachary Levenson and colleagues have created a new scholarly outlet, Spectre. The journal provides a forum for activists, scholars, and theorists to analyze a range of social problems and issues through various critical lenses, including structural and cultural Marxism, intersectionality, feminism, LGBTQIA+, and critical race perspectives.
Sociology major Chyanne Flores won first place in the Science and Professional Schools Division of the 20th Annual UNCG Undergraduate Honors Symposium paper competition. Her study, titled Reentry in North Carolina: How One Program Helps Tackle Reintegration, uses interview and case study methods to examine the challenges facing local prisoner… Continue reading…
Read about Dr. Hoppe’s research here.
