News & Events
Dr. Karner interviewed about the diversity of Houston
Congratulations to Victoria Rindlisbacher for receiving the 2024 Graduate Student Paper Award for her work, "Effects of Familial Leave on Maternal Mental Health in the United States."
Congratulations to Charis Wu for receiving the 2023-2024 Undergraduate Student Paper Award for the paper “Autism Spectrum Disorder, Transgender Identity, and Multiple Minority Stress in an Era of Restrictions on Gender-Affirming Care”
Congratulations to Yadira Hermosillo for receiving the Undergraduate Scholarship for Sociology Majors for 2024-2025
Innovative Online International Learning Project with Sociology Students in Armenia
April 22: Harmony Across Borders
Sociology in Action Lecture | Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. CST | Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion
New Class Alert! "Comparative Health: USA and Africa" (AAS 3394 / SOC 3397)
UH STUDY FINDS NEW ABORTION AND LGBT POLICIES NEGATIVELY IMPACT INTERSTATE MIGRATION
Congratulations Dr. Langa for her National Science Foundation grant
Professor Samantha Kwan interviewed by USA Today on body image standards
Congratulations to Carli Copell for receiving the 2023 Graduate Student Paper Award for her work, “Mothering with Grace: Millennial Women’s Intensive Mothering Deep in the Heart of Texas"
Congratulations to Aolani Wheeler for receiving the Undergraduate Student Paper Award for the paper “Media, and by Extension, Society’s Representation of Disability Sports”
Congratulations to Kaylea Marin (not pictured), Manal Mathew, Katerina Munoz, Jachi Okoro (not pictured), and Katerina Solyst for receiving the newly instituted Undergraduate Scholarships for Sociology Majors for 2023-2024.
How the Overturning of Roe v. Wade Stands To Financially Harm Women
Diminishing Inequalities in Maternal Health in Africa & the USA
Photography Book Launch | “Making a Scene!”
Sociology in Action Lecture
Congratulations to Rebecca Shields for being selected to take part in the Student Roundtable with President Khator
Africana's Aging and Health (SOC 3377/ AAS3394)
SSA November 2022 Events
Congratulations to Dr. HS Hwang for winning the Best Paper Award at the annual conference of 2022 Midwest Academy of Management in Detroit, MI.
Undergraduate Student Spotlight
Congratulations to CMALS for receiving a $500,000 gift from the Houston Endowment Foundation
Congratulations to Rebecca Shields for receiving the WGSS Elizabeth Smith Chenoweth Fellowship for their work on "Intersecting Stripes: A QueerCrip Approach to Understanding Gender Disparities in hEDS Diagnoses"
Dr. Neema Langa joins UH to teach Gender and Health Care in Africa
Dr. Sheila Katz is featured in a Houston Chronicle article "Texas' safe haven law allows parents to give up newborns, but it's rarely used. Here's what to know."
Dr. Sheila Katz was featured in a FOX 26 article "Women of color most affected by abortion reversal"
Congratulations to Sloan Rucker for receiving the Graduate Student Paper Award for their work on “An Intersectional Look at Black Women’s Experiences in Texas Prisons”
Sociology in Action Lecture - March 28th - Skills of the "Unskilled": Work, Gender, and Mobility Among Mexican Migrants - Recording Available
Congratulations to Carlos Campos, Jr. on receiving the Undergraduate Student Paper Award for “A Contemporary Analysis of the U.S. Indigenous Peoples Movement”
Congratulations to former Sociology M.A. student Chelsea Cooper for being awarded the Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award from the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools
The sociology department welcomes our new assistant professor, Hyunseok Hwang
Congratulations to Professor Anderson for her National Science Foundation grant
About Sociology at UH
The department of sociology at the University of Houston is comprised of an innovative and highly productive faculty, producing cutting-edge research in the areas of social inequality, health, work, education, social psychology and culture. We offer training to undergraduate and graduate students in sociological theory, statistics, and quantitative and qualitative research methods. Graduates of our undergraduate and M.A. programs are equipped to enter the workforce in fields such as social science research, education, social services or data analysis or to pursue advanced degrees in sociology or related disciplines. Learn more
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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
3551 Cullen Boulevard, Room 450
Houston, TX 77204-3012
Phone: 713.743.3940
Houston, TX 77204-3012
Phone: 713.743.3940