Sociology Department
boston college
news and announcements
 Scholars at a conference on Secularization and the Jesuits, co-sponsored by the Jesuit Institute, the Sociology Dept, and the Vice President for Mission and Ministry, discussed the implications of secularization for Catholic religiosity. |
 Sociology and biology major Sophia Trinh has won a Gilman scholarship, which helps out with study abroad expenses. She will be studying at the University of Glasgow. |
 The ASA gave a free research Webinar featuring Sociology Professor Sharlene Hess-Biber on June 11. The webinar, which is still available for viewing, focuses on alternative tools for qualitative data analysis. |
SocialEyes SocialEyes is our undergraduate academic journal, run by the students themselves. Check out their latest issue, Winter 2013. |
Sociology Alumnus
R.A. Dello Buono, a Ph.D. alumnus of our department, is serving as the 2012-13 President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP). (Picture taken from LeftForum.)
Alumna Profile
Katherine Adam is the first BC undergraduate to have her undergraduate thesis published as a book, The New Feminized Majority: How Democrats Can Change America with Women's Values, co-authored with her thesis advisor Sociology Professor Charles Derber. She was profiled by the Chronicle.