Matthew Clair is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and, by courtesy, the Law School. His scholarship broadly examines how cultural meanings and interactions reflect, reproduce, and challenge various dimensions of social inequality and state violence. His research to date has focused…| Department of Sociology | News
Asad L. Asad is Assistant Professor of Sociology and a faculty affiliate at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) at Stanford University. His research uses the U.S. immigration system as a lens for studying how institutional categories—namely, citizenship and legal status—relate…| Department of Sociology | News
Notre Dame's Department of Sociology features undergraduate and graduate programs, innovative and interdisciplinary research opportunities, and award-winning faculty who are widely recognized for their scholarly publications.| Department of Sociology
Several Sociology senior thesis students participated in the Arts and Letters 2025 Senior Thesis Reception on Friday, April…| Department of Sociology | News
The Department of Sociology is thrilled to announce the appointment of Professor Muna Adem as Assistant Professor. Dr. Adem joins us from the University of Maryland,…| Department of Sociology | News
The Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame is proud to announce the appointments of two exceptional scholars—Tim Hallett and Catherine…| Department of Sociology | News
The University of Notre Dame Graduate School has awarded Justin Farrell '14 Ph.D., the Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award. Justin…| Department of Sociology | News
Sociology professor, Christian Smith, was recently featured in the Notre Dame Magazine article "Out of Practice" regarding his new book, "Why Religion Went Obselete: The Demis of Traditional Faith in America". The article discusses how traditional religion in the U.S. has sharply declined in recent…| Department of Sociology | News
Christopher R. Browning (Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1997) is a Professor of Sociology at Ohio State University whose research interests include the causes and…| Department of Sociology | News
Protest movements that reject political parties have an unintended consequence, according to research co-authored by a Keough School faculty expert: They empower savvy politicians, who channel them to shake up the status quo. The findings provide a framework for understanding recent global political realignments and offer lessons for activists who want to make a meaningful impact.| Department of Sociology | News
Two University of Notre Dame faculty members will soon be at the helm of the Sociology of Education journal, shepherding research that examines how social institutions, and people’s experiences within them, affect educational processes and…| Department of Sociology | News
Anna Haskins, the Andrew V. Tackes Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, will be a co-investigator at the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS).…| Department of Sociology | News
A University of Notre Dame sociology professor is co-leading a groundbreaking study that will examine whether the density of congregations within communities ultimately influences residents’ livelihoods, such as their well-being, pro-social behavior, political mobilization, informal social support,…| Department of Sociology | News
Sociology professor, Dana Moss, was recently featured in the New York Times article "Why a Tactic Used by Czars Is Back With a Vengeance". The article discusses how the digital age may give…| Department of Sociology | News
We Got Us Now Executive director, Ebony Underwood, features IRR’s Prof. Anna Haskins in an insightful dialogue about how three of America’s most powerful social institutions and constructs - the education system, the family, and the criminal justice system - intersect to have lasting impacts on the…| Department of Sociology | News
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Dr. Michael Davern '99 Ph.D., was chosen by the University of Notre Dame Graduate School as the 2024 winner of the Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award.…| Department of Sociology | News
Steven Alvarado is an assistant professor of sociology and faculty fellow at the Klau Institute. His research and teaching centers on how neighborhood disadvantage impinges on well-being across the life course, racial and ethnic inequality in education, the multigenerational structure…| Department of Sociology | News
Assistant Professor Steven Alvarado was recently interviewd by the American Sociological Association for his coauthored paper, "…| Department of Sociology | News
Erin McDonnell, Notre Dame du Lac and Kellogg associate professor. Photo…| Department of Sociology | News
Mark Berends was recently interviewed by Advance Copy, a look at the people, perspectives, and scholarship of the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the…| Department of Sociology | News
Notre Dame's Department of Sociology features undergraduate and graduate programs, innovative and interdisciplinary research opportunities, and award-winning faculty who are widely recognized for their scholarly publications.| Department of Sociology
Notre Dame's Department of Sociology features undergraduate and graduate programs, innovative and interdisciplinary research opportunities, and award-winning faculty who are widely recognized for their scholarly publications.| Department of Sociology