Sociology & Anthropology Research
The Sociology & Anthropology Department builds from the strengths of faculty in the disciplines of anthropology and sociology. Both sociology and anthropology study human behavior, social interaction, and social organization. Both are concerned with how societies are organized and why people act as they do, but approach these issues from different perspectives and traditions.
Our faculty conduct scholarly research in multiples areas, including social inequality, criminology, social theory, sociocultural anthropology, archaeological anthropol