{"id":127,"date":"2019-08-27T21:30:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-sociology\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2024-05-28T16:58:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:58:00","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/sociology\/","title":{"rendered":"Sociology"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"callout-feature-text block-container\" >\n    <div class=\"callout-feature-text__inner\">\n        <div class=\"callout-feature-text__container\">\n            <div class=\"callout-feature-text__feature-wrapper\">\n                <div class=\"callout-feature-text__feature-card\">\n                    <div class=\"base-lockup\">\n                                                                            <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Why study Sociology at Macalester?<\/h2>\n                                                                            <p class=\"base-lockup__copy\"><!-- wp:heading -->\r\n\r\nWhy are things the way they are? By studying the context of people\u2019s lived experience\u2014from family life to complex organizations\u2014you will learn the hows and whys of power and inequality, social norms, and social change.\r\n\r\nIn sociology, you will be trained in multiple methods of quantitative and qualitative research so you can research and understand issues like migration, border security, wealth gaps, education, eviction, incarceration, identity, and political participation. In our department, faculty members\u2019 doors are always open for you, and you will develop close mentoring relationships that grow throughout your academic career. Sociology is closely connected to nearly every one of the college\u2019s concentrations or interdisciplinary minors, including urban studies, legal studies, and data science.\r\n\r\nOur academic structure and tight-knit department fosters connections. Your peers will know and care about you and your research, and you will inspire each other to do great work.\r\n\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the Sociology Department<\/h3>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n \t<li>Inclusive and transformational classroom experiences, with classmates from all over the world, help students learn critical skills and find their futures<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n \t<li>Our meaningful and high-quality student\/faculty research experiences have real-world impact on the campus and in the community, from surveying students about political participation, to conducting transit research for the Metropolitan Council<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n \t<li>Students can apply for the Mahnaz Kousha Student Research Fund\u201410 weeks of paid summer research with a faculty mentor<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n \t<li>Our research both spans borders and closely observes issues right here at Macalester<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\r\nStudying sociology provides an excellent grounding for many careers. Post-Macalester, sociology students work in the United States and abroad in fields such as law, social work, public policy, medicine, and user experience, and pursuing graduate study in sociology.\r\n\r\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                     <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<accordion-container\n    tag=\"section\"\n    class=\"accordion-group block-container\"\n    >\t\n\t<div class=\"accordion-group__outer\">\n\t    \t        <h2 class=\"accordion-group__heading\">Life after Macalester<\/h2>\n\t    \t    <ul class=\"accordion-group__list\">\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        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class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-2\"\n\t                        id=\"accordion-group-heading-button-2\"\n\t                    >\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__button-text\">Recent Graduate Schools<\/span>\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__icon-wrap\">\n\t                        \t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol accordion-group__button-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-plus-small.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t                        <\/span>\n\t                    <\/accordion-container-header-button>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-header>\n\t                <accordion-container-panel\n\t                    id=\"accordion-group-2\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-panel\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <div class=\"accordion-group__item-panel-inner\">\n\t                        <p><p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>University of Minnesota<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>Carnegie-Mellon University<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>City U of New York<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>Columbia University<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>Cornell University<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>Free University of Berlin (Freie Univ)<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>Hebrew Union College<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>Johns Hopkins University<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>Massachusetts Inst of Tech (MIT)<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>Mitchell Hamline School of Law<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>Northwestern University<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>UC Berkeley<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>University of Michigan<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li>University of Missouri \u2013 Columbia<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p><\/p>\n\t                    <\/div>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-panel>\n\t            <\/li>\n\t        \t    <\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/accordion-container>\n\n\n<section class=\"statistic-group block-container\" >\n\t<div class=\"statistic-group__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__header-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__header-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Sociology in the Cities<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stats\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stat\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stat-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"statistic-group__stat-copy\">Explore policy issues at the state legislature 5 miles from campus or any number of institutions and civic organizations<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stat\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stat-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"statistic-group__stat-heading\">16<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"statistic-group__stat-copy\">Internships mentored by sociology faculty recently<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stat\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stat-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"statistic-group__stat-copy\">Courses regularly partner with local institutions and civic organizations, such as the International Institute of Minnesota<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Join the community<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We build the sociology community at the large, wooden table in our department. On Pickle Fridays, students and faculty members gather to chat and munch on pickles and other snacks. Even if there\u2019s not a formal event taking place in the department, you will always find students at the table, studying over coffee and tea, talking sociology, and catching up with classmates and staff. At the end of the fall semester, you and other sociology majors can support your peers as seniors present their research over lunch. At our annual holiday party, everyone is invited to celebrate the season and the hard work we\u2019ve accomplished over the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"link-group block-container\" >\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-row\">\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-container\">\n                <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Department Links<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"link-group__links-row\">\n        <ul class=\"link-group__link link-group__link--\">\n        \t                <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"\/sociology\/majorsminors\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Majors &amp; Minors\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"\/sociology\/facultystaff\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Faculty &amp; Staff\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"\/sociology\/aftermacalester\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    After Macalester\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Department happenings<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Aaron (Xunwen) Zou &#8217;22<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>While pursing a Masters in Public Health in Disasters from Universidad de Oviedo\/University of Nicosia, Sociology alum Aaron (Xunwen) Zou (&#8217;22) conducted field research on the historically high numbers of Chinese migrants passing through Colombia and Panama to reach their final destination, the United States. Zou&#8217;s research and subsequent report aimed to close in the knowledge gap relating to Chinese immigrants so that humanitarian organizations can better enhance communication and safety for these migrants. His report, entitled &#8220;Examining the Information Needs of Chinese Migrants Crossing the Darien Gap,\u201d can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/internews.org\/resource\/communication-and-information-in-the-darien-gap-a-bridge-between-migrants-and-host-communities\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"callout-featured-media block-container\"\n >\n    <div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"callout-featured-media__accent callout-featured-media__accent--cyan\"><\/div>\n    <div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"callout-featured-media__accent callout-featured-media__accent--red\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-row\">\n        <div class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-column\">\n                    <div class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup\">\n                                                    <h2 class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-heading\">60-Second Syllabus: Political Divides<\/h2>\n                                                    <p class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-copy\">What actually happens in a college course? 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