Faculty of the Sociology Department at Boston College are dedicated to our theme of Social Economy and Social Justice: Gender, Race and Class in a Global Context. More specifically, faculty's areas of specialization include:
Qualitative Methodology
Global Sociology
Gender
Race and Racism
Culture, Media, and Consumer Society
Aging and Life Course
Social Movements
Environment
Economic Sociology
We also have faculty strengths in Political Sociology, Quantitative Methods, Social Theory, and Poverty, Family and Social Policy. Our faculty members are known for their engagement in public sociology-scholarly inquiries are regularly brought to inform broader public debates outside of the academy. Our department boasts supportive relations between faculty and both graduate and undergraduate students who share a common passion for themes of social justice and social change, as well as a more general love of intellectual inquiry in sociology. Graduate students work closely with faculty on research and publication projects, and we have many examples of co-authored publications between faculty and students, both graduate and undergraduate. We encourage a very broad, interdisciplinary approach to sociological inquiry, and a collaborative, flexible learning environment in which students can achieve their full potential.
