Lauren Marvel: Assistant District Attorney and Guest Speaker for ASU's Walk for Awareness
Aug 29, 2016
Meet Lauren Marvel. Lauren graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology with a concentration in Legal Studies. Lauren worked hard at App State, r...
Drs. Lamont and Roach Embark on New Research Agenda about LGBTQ "Hooking-Up"
Aug 11, 2016
This fall sociology professors Teresa Roach and Ellen Lamont and undergraduate research assistant Sope Kahn will begin data collection on a ...
Sociology: Essential to General Education
Aug 8, 2016
Just like breakfast cereal, sociology courses represent an important part of a complete and total experience within a university education. In a recen...
Meet Jamie Sanchagrin: New Faculty Member
Aug 2, 2016
Jamie Sanchagrin joins the App State sociology faculty this year as a lecturer. Prior to earning a Graduate Certificate in Sociology from Appalachian ...
Check out the Sociology of Health and Aging Concentration!
Aug 1, 2016
Starting this Fall of 2016, the Department of Sociology will be offering a newly-revised Bachelor of Science concentration in the Sociology of Health ...
Meet Dr. stef shuster: New Faculty Member
Aug 1, 2016
Dr. stef m. shuster joins the sociology faculty at Appalachian State this fall as an assistant professor. They earned their M.A. and Ph.D. i...
War in Europe: Sociology 2017 Study Abroad Opportunity!
Aug 1, 2016
WAR in EUROPE!: Travel to Germany, Italy, and Spain to Understand the Consequences of War and Fascism.This interdisciplinary program offered by Histor...
Community Impact Research by Drs. Perdue and Sanchagrin: Prison Growth in Central Appalachia
Aug 1, 2016
Drs. Robert Perdue and Ken Sanchagrin recently conducted research on the dramatic growth of prisons being located in central Appalachia. Seeking to br...
Public Sociology at its Best: Dr. Ellen Lamont and Cosmo Magazine
May 13, 2016
Pick up this month's issue of Cosmopolitan magazine to see what Ellen Lamont, an assistant professor of sociology, has to say about millennials and re...
Variations on a Theme: Sociology through the Arts
May 12, 2016
Melissa Edd is an Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) major who believes that social inequality is something to sing about. Using the sociological knowled...