Welcome to the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. The department offers a BA in sociology or criminal justice. We have a long tradition of quality teaching and are proud of the fact that five of our faculty have earned the university's Excellence in Teaching Award.
Graduate students may earn an MA or a Ph.D. degree in sociology or criminology. Teaching assistantships, research assistantships and fellowships are available on a competitive basis. The department is home to the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies and affiliated with the Disaster Research Center.
You can find information on this site about our graduate and undergraduate programs and faculty, but if you have a specific question please contact us.
General inquiries can be directed to the department or you may contact individual faculty directly. For information about the Sociology Undergraduate and Graduate Programs e-mail sociology-program@udel.edu. For the Criminal Justice Undergraduate Program e-mail criminaljustice-program@udel.edu. |
Honors Students Take Trip to IKEA
"Students in Dr. Perez's Honors Introduction to Sociology course visited IKEA in White Marsh, MD,to study how Ritzer's principles of McDonaldization were being utilized. The environment proved to be one embracing efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control, concerning both the product and the experience."
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Jamie Longazel
Jamie will be leaving us to accept a fellowship from the American Bar Foundation
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Jennifer Griffin
The Office of Women's Affairs awarded Jennifer Griffin the Bessie B. Collins award. Read more... |
UD Sociology Alumna Helps Rebuild New Orleans
University of Delaware Alumna Meredith Grabek, B.A. Sociology, has moved to New Orleans to help the rebuilding effort.
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