Sociology

Organization Description

The Sociology Department guides students in the development of their sociological perspective, and provides them with the skills necessary to analyze issues in social, global, and even personal life, and to improve their quality.

Louis Hicks

- Professor of Sociology

lehicks@smcm.edu

(240) 895-4395

330 Kent Hall

Tredway Published in the Journal, Ethnic and Racial Studies, one of the American Sociological Association's top-tier journals

September 10, 2019

Visiting Professor of Sociology Kristi Tredway's article, "Serena Williams and (the Perception of) Violence: Intersectionality, the Performance of Blackness, and Women’s Professional Tennis," has been published in the journal, Ethnic and Racial Studies, one of the American Sociological Association'… Find Out More

Tredway published in Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture

September 9, 2019

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Kristi Tredway's article, "Rainbow Flags Over Margaret Court Arena: Commemoration vs. Grassroots LGBTQ Social Activism at the Australian Open Tennis Championships," has been published in the journal, Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture. The… Find Out More

Professor Andrew Cognard-Black Published in the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council

September 3, 2019

Andrew Cognard-Black, professor of sociology, is the lead author of an article in the most recent issue of the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council. Using data on more than 100,000 university students at 19 major research universities, the article is the first large-scale national… Find Out More

Andrew Cognard-Black Elected to the National Collegiate Honors Council Board of Directors

February 4, 2019

Andrew Cognard-Black of the St. Mary’s College department of sociology recently was elected by the National Collegiate Honors Council membership to serve on the board of directors. Selected from a slate of 10 nominees, he will fill one of three vacant seats on the Council’s board beginning this… Find Out More

Undergraduate Research Fellowship Students at St. Mary’s College Present Research Projects

June 28, 2018

Rhoda, Emerson and SURF students pictured

For eight weeks this summer, nine students participated in the annual St. Mary’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), diving into research topics of their own choosing with guidance from faculty mentors representing a diverse sampling of the college’s departments.

On Friday, July 6,… Find Out More

Sam Rosenblatt ’18 Presents Original Research at Annual Meeting of the Southern Regional Honors Council

April 9, 2018

Sam Rosenblatt ’18 presented the results of his original research at the annual meeting of the Southern Regional Honors Council in Arlington, Va., April 5-7.

His talk, titled “Making the Most of the Network Data We Have: The Robustness of Efficacy for Targeted Immunization Strategies,” presented… Find Out More

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