New USC professor explores how neighborhoods affect health, wealth
Brian Levy, a new USC sociology professor, explores how neighborhoods and segregation shape health, wealth, and inequality in the United States.
Faculty News: Joe Quinn
Check out Dr. Quinn's new paper in Advances in Group Processes!
Special visitor to SOCY 311!
WIS 10 Meteorologist Chandlor Jordan visited SOCY 311: Ecology of Human Social Systems
Faculty News: Jun Zhao
Professor Jun Zhao published a new article in Society and Mental Health
Welcome our new undergrad lab assistants!
We have six new undergraduate lab research assistants who will be working in our laboratory for sociological research.
Faculty News: Mathieu Deflem
Professor Mathieu Deflem is spending ten days (October 4 to 14) in Israel as part of his research on counter-terrorism since October 7.
Faculty News:Jaclyn Wong
Kudos to Professor Jaclyn Wong on her book receiving an Honorable Mention for the 2024 ASA Sex & Gender Distinguished Book Award!
Kudos to Victoria Money!
Congratulations to graduate student Victoria Money who will be awarded a Bilinski Fellowship!
Welcome our new undergrad lab assistants!
This semester, Alex, Emma, and Khushi are learning more about social psychology experiments!
Faculty News: Mathieu Deflem
Mathieu Deflem received a Director's Award from the Walker Institute of International and Area Studies!
Faculty News: Jaclyn Wong
Professor Jaclyn Wong published a new article in Gender and Society
Faculty News: Jun Zhao
Professor Jun Zhao published a new article in Social Psychology Quarterly
Faculty News: Kathleen Broussard
Professor Kathleen Broussard just published an article in Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Faculty News:Jennifer Augustine
Professor Jennifer Augustine co-authored article with former graduate student, Mia Brantley
Former Chair Ron Maris has passed
The Department is saddened to announce the passing of emeritus professor Ronald (Ron) Maris.
Faculty News: Matthew Brashears
Professor Matthew Brashears and Ph.D. candidate Nick Harder have been awarded a multi-year grant ($190,000) from the Army Research Office.
USC research shows discrimination harms more than morale in the workplace
Managers who discriminate may cause all of their employees to become less productive at work, according to a study by University of South Carolina sociologists.
Exciting Opportunities at USC's Department of Sociology!
Join the USC (University of South Carolina) Department of Sociology for two incredible tenure-track assistant professor positions in the fields of Inequality/Statistics and Family and Gender.
Faculty News: Laura Brashears
View Laura Brashears contribution to "Student, Mexican American Student, or White Student? The Relative Influence of Identity Prominence on Academic Performance, Educational Aspirations, and Academic Self-Esteem."
Congratulations to Instructor Erin Davenport!
Instructor Erin Davenport won the 2023 Wilson Teaching Award for her years of teaching in her graduate department at UNC. The award "recognizes graduate students that have demonstrated an excellence in teaching. Award winners have full responsibility for teaching an undergraduate course and are nominated based on official course evaluations, creative and innovative teaching methods and content, and promise as an educator." Dr. Davenport graduated from UNC in May with her PhD in sociology and looks forward to continuing to teach at USC, after joining the department in January.
Check out Kathleen Brossard's new publication!
Assistant Professor Kathleen Broussard has a new open access article in JAMA Network Open.
jimi adams will join the department in Spring 2024!
We are very excited to announce that jimi adams will join our department as Full Professor in Spring 2024! Professor adams is an expert in social networks, health, and diffusion processes, and will add to our teaching and research clusters in social networks and health.
Congratulations to Instructor Erin Davenport!
Erin Davenport has successfully defended her dissertation and will be graduating with her Ph.D in May!
Dueling Demands
Assistant professor of sociology Jaclyn Wong's book "Equal Partners?" dives into relationship inequality within dual-professional couples.
Check out Joe Quinn's new article in Social Forces!
Assistant Professor Joe Quinn recently co-authored an article entitled "Shared Identities and the Structure of Exchange Distinctly Shape Cooperation"