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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.

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Children of married parents less likely to be obese

Children living in households where the parents are married are less likely to be obese, according to new research from Rice University and the University of Houston.

Chavez to study migration with award from Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Rice University sociologist Sergio Chavez will expand his research on internal and international migration during the next academic year, thanks to a career-enhancement award from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Professional culture contributes to gender wage inequality in engineering

Women engineers are underpaid for their contributions to technical activities, due to cultural ideologies in the engineering profession, according to Rice University research.