Welcome!
Welcome to the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Davis! If you are a sociology major or considering becoming a sociology major; if you are trying to decide where to attend graduate school; or if you hope to learn more about who our faculty are and what we do -- you've come to the right place.
We teach over 8,000 students each year and have about 600 majors. Our graduate program has approximately 70 full-time students. Sociology has 25 faculty members as well as faculty affiliates from departments around the campus, including Community and Regional Development, Ethnic Studies, African American and African Studies, and the Graduate School of Management.
Our core areas of research expertise revolve around critical studies of gender, race, and class; organizations, economic sociology, and work; immigration and globalization; law and society; culture; social psychology; and social movements and political sociology. We also have research strengths in medical sociology, and health and welfare policy.
Enjoy your exploration of UC Davis sociology!
Vicki Smith
Professor and Chair
News & Announcements
Professor Natalia Deeb-Sossa and Eric Nelson nominated for Teaching Award Professor Natalia Deeb-Sossa and Eric Nelson have been nominated as finalists for the 7th annual Excellence in Education award in the College of Letters of Science.
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Graduate students present at PAA 2009 Four sociology graduate students – Cassie Hartzog, Dan Herda, Robin Pleau and Jesse Rude – recently presented their research at the 2009 meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) in Detroit, Michigan. This is the most successful showing of our students at PAA to date. They presented in regular paper sessions and poster sessions, received a lot of interest and positive feedback from discussants and session participants, and were even the subject of a Wall Street Journal blog entry.
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Bruce Haynes designated the 2009 Martin Luther King Outstanding Educator by the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund Bruce Haynes has been designated the 2009 Martin Luther King Outstanding Educator by the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund. Last week, he was honored for this at a large dinner and awards ceremony which also honored new mayor of Sacramento, Kevin Johnson, and others who were recipients of scholarships, lifetime achievement awards, and outstanding community service awards.
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Ryken Grattet's paper, "The Urban Ecology of Bias Crime: A Study of Disorganized and Defended Neighborhoods" published in the February issue of Social Problems Ryken's article examines the neighborhood characteristics that affect bias crime and compares bias crime to other kinds of criminal offending.
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