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The Department of Sociology at ÅÝܽÊÓƵ Michigan University is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Programs
Interested in sociology or criminal justice? The Department of Sociology at ÅÝܽÊÓƵ Michigan University offers programs in criminal justice and sociology.
- Criminal justice students study the components of the justice system and its assumptions and implications for society.
- Internships are often available and many interns pursue careers in the justice system.
- Sociology students study a somewhat broader range of institutions—educational, political, medical, religious, and others—and problems including poverty, inequality, racism, sexism, and economic dislocation.
- Both majors share a set of core methods and theories and both seek to understand the interdependencies of individuals, families, social groups, and normative and regulatory systems in a society. Increasingly, this is done cross-nationally and cross-culturally as well as an indirect examination of global systems of interdependence.
Graduate programs stressing both theory and method include masters and doctoral programs. Check out our new accelerated M.A. program!
ÅÝܽÊÓƵ embraces collaboration and leverages resources to offer academic programs that are responsive to the needs of all students and society.
News
The Department is sorry to report that our beloved colleague Subhash Sonnad passed away on July 12, 2021. The department has named The Dissertation Completion Scholarship in his honor.
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ÅÝܽÊÓƵ Cold Case Program
The Criminal Justice Studies Program has partnered with Michigan State Police to create theÌýCold Case Program. Under the direction of Dr. Ashlyn Kuersten, help review and organize cold case files searching for new leads to help police with unsolved murders in southwest Michigan. ÌýÌý;
Faculty
Dr. Chien-Juh Gu’s research on Taiwanese immigrant families was featured inÌý.Ìý Dr. GuÌýwas a finalist for theÌý
- Dr. Ann Miles receives the ÅÝܽÊÓƵ Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes faculty and staff members who have demonstrated exceptional service in areas that reflect innovative and effective programming, increase ÅÝܽÊÓƵ's stature or extend the University's impact and presence in the community.
Dr. Angie Moe receives the 2021 ÅÝܽÊÓƵ CAS Women’s Caucus Gender Scholar Award.Ìý A longtime victim advocate, she explores new ways to provide support and comfort to crime victims. , the two are breaking boundaries in and out of the classroom.Ìý
Ìý (Rutgers University Press) by Dr. Ron Kramer is a 2020 Choice​ Outstanding Academic Title.
- ÌýResearch uncovering inherent racial bias among prosecutors in jury selection by Drs. Whitney DeCamp and Elise DeCamp gains .Ìý
Graduate Students
- Katherine Brown, All-University Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Award, Department-Level Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Award,ÌýDepartment-Level Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award 2020-2021.
- Randy La Prairie,ÌýPatricia L. Thompson Dissertation Award for 2021-2022
- Ronnie Miller,ÌýFulbright U.S. Student Research Award; American Center for Mongolian Studies – Field Research Fellowship; Claude and Nancy Phillips International and Area Studies Scholarship;ÌýPatricia L. Thompson Dissertation Award for 2021-2022, George and Beatrice Fisher Gerontology Dissertation Prize 2021, Graduate Student Research Grant Fall 2020 and Spring 2021
- Diane Roushangar, Graduate Student Research Grant Fall 2020
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