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Featured Courses

SOCY 2031: Social Problems

Examines U.S. society from a normative perspective emphasizing theories of social change. Considers such problems as distribution of power, unemployment, poverty, racism and sexism, the changing role of the family, and drugs.

SOCY 2077: Environment and Society

Examines how both natural and built environments influence human behavior and social organization. Focuses on microenvironments and their influence on individuals; the impact of macroenvironments on societal organization; and environmental movements.

News & Announcements

9/27/18

Professor Kelsy Burke of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Fall 2018 Speaker Series. More info

7/20/18

CU Boulder Today features a focus on the new Animals and Society Certificate. Take a look.

4/24/18

Barry Eidlin of McGill University - Spring 2018 Speaker Series. More info

3/20/18

Pilar Goñalons-Pons of the University of Pennsylvania - Spring 2018 Speaker Series. More info

3/6/18

Corey Fields of Georgetown University - Spring 2018 Speaker Series. More info

12/8/17

Don Grant and co-authors Andrew Jorgenson (Boston College) and Wesley Longhofer (Emory University) have a forthcoming article in Sociological Science titled "Pathways to Carbon Pollution: The Interactive Effects of Global, Political, and Organizational Factors on Power Plants' CO2 Emissions."

12/7/17

Mathieu Desan was invited to present a paper earlier this week at the Tulane University Culture Workshop in New Orleans, LA.

12/4/17

Stefanie Mollborn and Amanda Stevenson have received two years of grant funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to support our work using the American Community Survey and Federal tax filings to assess the impact of access to highly effective contraception on women's life course trajectories at the population level in Colorado. This award was made possible by seed funding they received from the CU Boulder Innovative Seed Grant program and the Society of Family Planning Research Fund large grant program and is a collaboration with Katie Genadek (Census Bureau), Jane Menken (IBS), and Sara Yeatman (CU Denver).

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Featured Faculty

Jason Boardman

Jason Boardman's research focuses on the social determinants of health with an emphasis on the gene-environment interactions related to health behaviors. He teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses in statistics, social demography, and the sociology of race and ethnicity.

Christina Sue

Christina Sue's research is in the areas of comparative race/ethnicity, race mixture/multiracialism, Latino/a integration, immigration, and gender, with a regional focus on Latin America and the United States. In 2013 she published Land of the Cosmic Race: Race Mixture, Racism, and Blackness in Mexico.

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