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The Department of Sociology at Rice University aims to educate undergraduate and graduate students and further on-going sociological research. As a member of the School of Social Sciences, we offer four-year Bachelor of the Arts degrees and Ph.D. degrees. For those seeking further education/research-opportunities past a doctoral level, we also offer a post-doctoral program.
$2 million grant from Templeton World Charity Foundation to support Rice study of science and religion around the world
A $2 million grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation will enable sociology professor Elaine Howard Ecklund to conduct the first cross-national study of how scientists around the world view religion and science.
Discrimination may harm your health, according to new Rice study
Racial discrimination may be harmful to your health, according to new research from Rice University sociologists Jenifer Bratter and Bridget Gorman. The study found that approximately 18 percent of blacks and 4 percent of whites reported higher levels of emotional upset and/or physical symptoms due to race-based treatment.
Sociology Department Spring 2012 Speaker Series
January 12 Ted Mouw, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Talk Title “Binational Social Networks and Immigrant Assimilation A Test of the Importance of Transnationalism.” Time and Location 12 noon, 301 Sewall Hall Februrary 1