Auburn University Sociology

Auburn University Sociology The Auburn University Sociology program serves undergraduate majors and minors, graduate students, the university core curriculum, and the honors college.

The Auburn University Sociology program serves undergraduate majors and minors, graduate students, students in other departments and colleges, the university core curriculum, and the honors college. A primary goal of the Sociology program is to provide undergraduate and graduate majors a solid foundation within the discipline, particularly in the areas of theory, research methods and statistics, a

nd human diversity. The program is also active in Alpha Kappa Delta, the international honor society for Sociology. Faculty members in the Sociology program teach courses and conduct research in the following areas: Criminology, Social Inequalities, Social Movements, Families, Social Psychology, and Medical Sociology. Students completing the Sociology degree are required to develop and demonstrate skills in oral and written communication, critical thinking, and in research. Graduates in Sociology are prepared for careers in a variety of fields including personnel management, communication and public relations, law, the criminal justice system and resource management, among many others. Many students also choose to pursue advanced degrees in Sociology and other social sciences, law, or other related fields.

Students: please, consider applying to our graduate program in Sociology. We are happy to answer any questions, and enco...
12/18/2025

Students: please, consider applying to our graduate program in Sociology. We are happy to answer any questions, and encourage you to apply :)

09/12/2025
On April 23rd, AKD advisor, Dr. Makeela J. Wells (not pictured), inducted this year's members into Alpha Kappa Delta. Th...
05/03/2025

On April 23rd, AKD advisor, Dr. Makeela J. Wells (not pictured), inducted this year's members into Alpha Kappa Delta. This international sociology honor society honors academic excellence and promotes the scientific study of social life.

We proudly welcome the following new members: Alexis Alberson, Loren Carter, Caroline Cole, Lacey Crews (pictured), Allison Harbour, Jamia Jackson (pictured), Vikki Johnston (pictured), Denver Jones, Haley Morris, Anjolaoluwa Ogunsina, and Raymond Rowell.

Your hard work and dedication to sociology inspire us all!

Last week, we were thrilled to celebrate our Sociology Student Award ceremony. Check out this picture of this year's awa...
05/02/2025

Last week, we were thrilled to celebrate our Sociology Student Award ceremony. Check out this picture of this year's award winners: Carleigh Cutbush (Social Justice Award winner), Ashley Silva (Social Justice Award winner), and Sydney Geller (Excellence in Sociology Award winner). They are so inspiring!

Dr. Jennifer Sims was this year's Sociology Lecture Speaker. We were thrilled to host her here last week. She gave a lec...
05/02/2025

Dr. Jennifer Sims was this year's Sociology Lecture Speaker. We were thrilled to host her here last week. She gave a lecture titled, "The Physiology of Sociology: How Sociological Research, Theory, and Pedagogy Can Benefit from a Focus on Biometrics.” It was a great lecture!!!

We are excited to announce our Sociology Speaker Series event of this academic year. Our Speaker this year is Dr. Jennif...
04/07/2025

We are excited to announce our Sociology Speaker Series event of this academic year. Our Speaker this year is Dr. Jennifer P. Sims. Her lecture is titled "The Physiology of Sociology." Please, mark your calendars. We hope you can join us!!

Check out this upcoming lecture on campus: "Governing the Margins: The Colonial Origins of the Rohingya Crisis." Hope ma...
04/07/2025

Check out this upcoming lecture on campus: "Governing the Margins: The Colonial Origins of the Rohingya Crisis." Hope many can attend!

Interested in the sociology of surfing? If so, you may want to listen to Sociology Undergraduate Program Director Dr. Na...
01/27/2025

Interested in the sociology of surfing? If so, you may want to listen to Sociology Undergraduate Program Director Dr. Natalia Ruiz-Junco and Dr. Dan Morrison interviewing Dr. Ugo Corte, the author of "Dangerous Fun: The Social Lives of Big Wave Surfers," in a recent podcast. Check it out here!

Corte shares his ethnographic work on big wave surfing, risk-taking, and the difference between pleasure and fun.

Another update from the Sociology Program. Sociology Professor Dr. Furr recently gave a talk entitled“It’s Not Just the ...
01/27/2025

Another update from the Sociology Program. Sociology Professor Dr. Furr recently gave a talk entitled“It’s Not Just the Meds, It’s You Too,” to the faculty at the Advanced Eye Care Institute, which is part of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and located in Chandigarh. It is the most advanced ophthalmologic teaching and treatment hospital in north India. Congratulations 🥳

Professor Allen Furr's recent book, A Test of Morals: Surgical, Ethical, and Psychosocial Considerations in Human Head T...
01/27/2025

Professor Allen Furr's recent book, A Test of Morals: Surgical, Ethical, and Psychosocial Considerations in Human Head Transplantation, came out recently. You should check it out!

While transplanting human heads is not a new concept, the idea has largely been relegated to religious lore or as a plot device in science fiction. But now, a surgical plan to perform the complex procedure exists, and though most physicians question head transplantation’s medical veracity, bioethi...

Professor Shakita Jones recently spoke on a panel for the 83rd convening of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AID...
12/13/2024

Professor Shakita Jones recently spoke on a panel for the 83rd convening of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). Her intervention included a discussion of her policy advocacy work with Auburn University students. Congratulations, Dr. Jones!

08/02/2024

From Boddagetta email:

"Good Morning, Auburn Family. Auburn’s Sunisa Lee put together an epic Thursday to win another medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, taking bronze in the all-around final with a 56.465. Lee won gold in the all-around final at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

“It has taken so much to get here,” Lee said. “I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it because I didn’t think that I could.”

“It was just so much fun to see her out there in her element again after all that she’s been through,” Auburn head coach Jeff Graba said.

Simone Biles won gold for the United States with a 59.131."

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