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
Sarah Ovink Awarded AERA Dissertation Grant Sarah Ovink was awarded one of 15 dissertation grants ($20,000) from the American Education Research Association (AERA).
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Diane Felmlee, David Orzechowicz, and Carmen Fortes's article, Fairy Tales: Attraction Processes in Same-Gender Relationships, published in Sex Roles. Article challenges stereotypes about same-gender relationships often found in discourses on same-gender marriage.
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Raoul S. Liévanos and co-authors Fraser Shilling and Jonathan K. London published in Environmental Science and Policy New article by Raoul S. Liévanos and co-authors Fraser Shilling and Jonathan K. London published in a special issue on collaborative governance and adaptive management in California’s Water Program, CALFED, in the international journal, Environmental Science and Policy.
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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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