Sociology Department
boston college
news and announcements
 Paul Schervish has been selected to receive the 2013 Distinguished Career Award presented by the Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section of the American Sociological Association. |
 Ph.D. alumna Shelley White received the Professor of the Year Award at Simmons College. The award, nominated and selected by the senior class, is presented each year to a faculty member who is outstanding in teaching, advising and providing support and guidance to students. |
 Sociology undergrad student Rayana Grace received the Donald Brown Award, awarded by the Office of AHANA Student Programs. |
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.