Research

The department of Sociology is home to significant, pertinent, exciting research and scholarship that spans a number of different fields. In this section, you can learn about our faculty's most recent projects or browse a historical list of research efforts that illustrate the department's academic strength.

Sociological Specializations:

Professor William Daddio
Community Policing
Global Criminal Law
Transnational Crime and Control

Professor C. Margaret Hall
Families
Religions & Beliefs
Genders
Individual & Social Identities
Social Intelligence
Sociological Practice
Theory Construction in Clinical Sociology
Public Sociology

Professor Anne E. Imamura
Japanese Society
Social Change
Family and Gender
Urban Community

Professor Mehrdad Mashayekhi
Sociology of Post-Revolutionary Iran
Social Movements
Globalization and Social Change
Political Sociology
Democratization and Authoritarianism
Social Inequality

Professor Sarah C Stiles
Civic Engagement
Education
Leadership
Political Sociology
Social Intelligence

Professor Joseph M Palacios
Civil Society
Community Based Research
Culture
Families
Individuals & Social Identities
Latin America
Latino Sociology
Political Culture
Political Movements
National Identities and Ideologies
New Social Movements
Religions
Social Class & Educational Systems
Social Ethics
Social Justice
Social Theory

Professor Timothy Wickham-Crowley
Development
Latin America
Social Movements
Political Culture
Political Movements
Religions
Social Class & Educational Systems
Social Theory