OU Sociology and Criminology

02/13/2026

Congratulations to our “Chocolate Committee” Valentines game winners! Especially Dr. Loretta Bass, who won three of the five vases with candy! We only let her have two of them, giving the third to the next closest guess. Other winners were Aly Stanosheck, Darci Schmidgall and Rebecca Mosier!

01/21/2026

12/18/2025

Thank you to all Faculty and Grad Students that helped "Fill the Trolly" with toys for kids that might not otherwise get a Christmas! And thanks to Santa and his elves for picking up the toys! Happy Holidays to all!

12/12/2025

Happy Fun Friday! One more week! I hope everyone does great in finals! Good luck!!

12/05/2025

Happy Fun Friday! I hope everyone has a great weekend! Just a few more weeks left so let’s finish off strong!

11/28/2025

Happy Fun Friday everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving and has an amazing weekend!

11/21/2025

Happy Fun Friday everyone! Here’s a little fun fact! Did you know that the movie The Breakfast Club (1985) has lots of sociology imbedded into it! From stereotypes to deviance, functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

11/17/2025

Dr. Chris Garneau took 52 students and invaded the Oklahoma Sociological Association conference earlier this month!

11/14/2025

Happy Fun Friday! I hope everyone has an amazing weekend!

11/07/2025

Happy Fun Friday! I hope everyone has a great weekend!

11/05/2025

Thank you Dr. Shukla for coming to speak about the effects of methamphetamine and how much of an issue it is in Oklahoma. Your thoughts and insights were very eye opening.

“There is beauty in that there are lessons to be learned even in the darkest of things.”

11/01/2025

Halloween fun in the office today! Congrats to our candy winners, Trina Hope, Taylor Gamble, Ami Frost, Mohammad Durud and Cyrus Delconte!