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About
Chair
Alessandro Bonanno
Faculty
Caron Cates, Jin Young Choi, Douglas Constance, Mary Ann Davis, Furjen Deng, Karen Manges Douglas, Maki Hatanaka, Jason Konefal, Olena Leipnik, Lee Miller, Gene Theodori, Sujey Vega
Mission
The Department of Sociology’s mission is to acquire and disseminate knowledge on social life, social change and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. SHSU Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies and how people interact within these contexts. The primary objective of the curriculum is to provide students with the scientific tools to understand the functioning of society and study and understand social phenomena. The Department focuses on the study of the globalization, community and health.
Contact Information:
936.294.1512
CHSS 270
Website
www.shsu.edu/~soc_www/
Academic Programs
Highlights
Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and how people interact within these contexts. The subject matter of sociology ranges from the intimate family to the hostile mob, from organized crime to religious cults, from the divisions of race, gender and social class to the shared beliefs of a common culture, and from the sociology of the environment to the sociology of sports. Because sociology addresses the most challenging issues of our time, it is a rapidly expanding field whose potential is tapped by those who craft policies and create programs.