Welcome to the 社会学 Department
社会学 is the social scientific study of human social relationships and institutions. At Boston College, sociologists conduct methodologically sophisticated and theoretically engaged research on many of the most serious challenges facing the world today. This work contributes to both core areas in the discipline and various interdisciplinary fields. The department has particularly strong concentrations of faculty expertise in: Advanced Statistical Methodology; Environmental 社会学; 全球 and Transnational 社会学; Medical 社会学; Political 社会学; Race, Class, and Gender; and the 社会学 of Development. The 社会学 Department offers both graduate (Ph.D. 和M.A.) and undergraduate programs of study.
新闻及笔记
Where do our graduates work?
Scientific Review Administrator
Center for Scientific Review’s Adult Psychopathology and Disorders of Aging, NIH
Associate Dean for Humanities and Social Science 电子游戏正规平台
Drexel University
Chief Program Officer & Chief Learning Officer
Hunt Alternative Fund
Professor of 社会学
University of California, Santa Barbara
Professor of 社会学
Cornell University
Assistant Professor of Political 社会学
Hebrew University, Israel
Assistant Professor of 社会学
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Professor of 社会学
Oklahoma State University
Assistant Professor of 社会学
University College Dublin
Assistant Professor of 社会学
Fairfield University
Assistant Professor of 社会学
Miami University of Ohio
我们的毕业生
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Amanda Hamilton
Amanda Hamilton '13
Director, Business & Legal Affairs, FOX Entertainment
Hamilton is an in-house lawyer for FOX Entertainment, where she spends most of her time negotiating deals and drafting agreements for scripted television. Studying 社会学 prepared her well for law school and a career as an attorney. As a 社会学 major, she learned how to read difficult texts and see issues from many different angles, which is something she does at work every day. She weighs the goals of different internal stakeholders within her company, as well as empathizes with the people on the other side of the deal she is negotiating, in order to reach mutually beneficial agreements.
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利亚培根
利亚培根 '18
Senior Policy Associate, Center for Employment Opportunities (首席执行官)
During her time at BC, Leah found a passion for understanding all facets of our country's judicial and legal systems. She was inspired to study in Rwanda, East Africa and Israel/Palestine to learn peace-building, conflict resolution, and restorative justice tactics that could be applicable to the reform efforts in the U.S. She has continued her passion for advocating for individuals with justice involvement in her professional career through extensive research publications, and, currently, through direct policy and advocacy advancement with 首席执行官 - the largest reentry workforce provider in the country.
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Caitlyn Passaretti
Caitlyn Passaretti '16
Policy and Advocacy Associate, Citizens’ Committee for Children (CCC)
CCC is a 76-year-old independent, multi-issue child advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that every New York child is healthy, 住, 受过教育的, 和安全的. As the Policy and Advocacy Associate, Caitlyn manages the Child Welfare and Youth Justice portfolios, where she works with her team and other organizations to analyze the budget and advocate for specific legislation that will support our aims - which are to keep children healthy, 安全, 受过教育的, 和住. In her role, it is essential to utilize a trauma-informed, anti-racist, and intersectional approach.
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塞娅希尔曼
塞娅希尔曼 '00
Founding owner, Mac ‘n Cheese Productions, Chicago
Chicago native 塞娅希尔曼 spent her first four years after BC working at nonprofits in her hometown—as a program manager at an organization using the arts to teach reading to low-income students and as an assistant producer for a documentary film company. Preferring to be her own boss, Hillman founded Mac ‘n Cheese Productions, making videos for nonprofits and teaching digital media skills to low-income schoolchildren.