Oakland University Sociology Program

11/21/2018

Dr. May's recent publication in Society and Mental Health is one of the American Sociological Association's featured articles on the Sociology of Health and Medicine. The full article is available for download from the ASA website.

Religious affiliation is generally associated with better mental health. The nonreligious, however, currently constitute one of the fastest-growing religious categories in the United States. Since most of the nonreligious were raised in religious homes, their growth raises important questions about....

11/15/2018

Students and faculty listen to Dr. Cedric Taylor, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Central Michigan, speak about his research and documentary on the Flint Water Crisis on 11/8. Thanks to Sociology Club and other sponsors who made this possible and everyone who attended this event.

10/25/2018

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10/15/2018

10/11/2018

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2018/10/09/protests-women-policy-change/1574941002/ Dr. Reger was interviewed in the Detroit Free Press. Check it out.

10/10/2018

To know Heidi Lyons is to love Heidi Lyons. As a member of the Oakland University (OU) faculty since 2010, Dr. Lyons has taught Sociology and Women and Gender studies while focusing on Family, Population, Social Demography, S*x and Gender, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Intimate Dyad and the....

10/09/2018

Today, register to vote outside the oc!

09/27/2018

This event has been canceled: The Sociology Club is co-sponsoring an event with Pi Sigma Alpha. Elissa Slotkin (candidate for the MI 8 US House District) will be on campus Tuesday, October 2, 2018, from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM. She will be speaking in 302 Pawley Hall. We hope to see you there.

09/26/2018

http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/CrUHth2PHFgkDdS5WA9k/full

Check out new research in the ASA journal of Teaching Sociology by Professors Condron, Becker, and Bzhetaj.

To what extent, and why, do social science undergraduates experience anxiety about taking statistics courses? Despite holding assumptions of rampant statistics ...