Colloquia

Join the Sociology Department as we welcome Dr. Jan E. Stets to campus, hosted by the Sociology Graduate Student Society. Dr. Stets is Distinguished Professor of Sociology. She is a sociological social psychologist and Director of the Social Psychology Research Laboratory at UCR. Professor Stets is a micro-theorist. She works in the areas of self and identity, emotions, and morality. She uses identity theory to understand individuals' self-views…

Please join the Sociology Department in presenting a job talk by Doctoral candidate Keely Fox entitled: "Naming the Unnamed: An Exploration of Menopausal Symptom Recognition and Care-Seeking."

"Law and Order Leviathan: A Theory of America’s Extraordinary Penal State”Abstract: Why is America, that storied land of liberty, home to mass incarceration, police killings, and racialized criminal justice? My lecture traces the structural sources of America’s extraordinary penal state and the community-level processes through which they impact crime and policing. I argue that America’s carceral regime will remain an international outlier until…

Sponsored by the Sociology Graduate Student Society, please join us as we welcome Dr. Lisa Wade from the University of Tulane for her talk titled "Tested: Life with Covid at an American Party School" What is the value of social science to STEM? Dr. Lisa Wade argues that knowledge based in the STEM fields—science, tech, engineering, and math—cannot be successfully deployed in a vacuum. Using a case study of students navigating co-residence,…

Join us Friday, March 21 from 3 - 4:00 pm at MLC 214 for a book presentation by Dr. Diana Graizbord (Sociology and LACSI, University of Georgia). Her new publication is titled "Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico" from Stanford University Press.

Friday, February 7, 2025   12:40 - 1:30pm | MLC 214 | Abstract Dr. Katherine Sobering (Sociology & Women's Studies, University of North Texas) IWS's Friday Speaker Series: "The Queer Birth Project: Feminist Interdisciplinary Methods and LGBTQ+ Family-Building in the 21st Century."    3 - 4pm | MLC 214 | Abstract Dr. Katherine Sobering (Sociology & Women's Studies, University of North Texas) LACSI Research Talk: "Equality…

Join UGA Sociology as we welcome Dr. Tim Liao from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign for his talk titled "Do Birds of a Nest Flock Together? A Study of Home Provinces and Migration Paths among Filipina Domestic Workers in Hong Kong" Biography PhD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tim Liao is Professor of Sociology & Statistics and LAS Alumni Distinguished Professorial Scholar. He is President of the Sequence Analysis…

Join UGA Sociology as we welcome Dr. Jenny Davis from Vanderbilt University.   Jenny L. Davis is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair and Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University, with an Honorary Professorship at the Australian National University. She works at the intersection of social psychology and technology studies, focusing on the ways social forces embed within and are affected by, technological systems. Her book, How…

Join UGA Sociology as we welcome Dr. Meghan Rogers, Assistant Professor / Department of Sociology and Criminology from the University of Iowa.   Dr. Rogers research focuses on the complexities of crime across nations. Drawing from a diverse array of theoretical and methodological approaches, her recent research addresses femicide, the gender gap in homicide, explanations for variation in homicide victimization across nations, and crime…

Please join the Sociology Department in presenting a job talk by Doctoral candidate Chelsey Adams entitled: “Black-White Differences in Wealth, Health, and Healthcare Access in the Rural South.” Chelsey currently teaches SOCI 3000 Sociology in Film.