Department of Sociology
Profile: Tricia Shimamura ’11
Tricia, a sociology major at Kenyon, now works in the Office of Government and Community Affairs at Columbia University and founded…
Crossing Borders
A sociology seminar hits the road to explore immigration issues at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Delivering Research
Aubrianna Osorio '17 studies the evolution of midwifery in the United States as a Summer Scholar.
Food for Thought
Professor Howard Sacks explores where food comes from, why it matters and what it has to do with a liberal arts education.
An Activist's Journey
Marco Saavedra '11 actually sought out arrest so that he could expose the unjust treatment of undocumented immigrants.
Theory and methods of sociology provide the tools we use to analyze social patterns, social action, and social change.
These tools also help prepare sociology majors for a variety of careers including education, research, social work, law, non-profit work, social activism, and business, politics, or graduate studies. Faculty expertise ranges from American folklore, to legal issues, race, culture, gender, globalization, health, social movements and the intellectual roots of Western social thought.