Welcome to the Department of Sociology at the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville. Our mission is the creation of a learning environment that
emphasizes the theme of SOCIAL JUSTICE.
Through course-work and research in the interest areas of
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POLITICAL ECONOMY AND GLOBALIZATION,
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ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY, and
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CRIMINOLOGY,
students develop an understanding of both everyday social behavior and the
structural factors that contribute to social injustices. In the seminar
room and in the field, students also acquire the intellectual tools to
identify and critically analyze social phenomena and trends, along with the
methodological tools to conduct high-quality research, with a particular focus
on evaluating the successes and failures of social policies.
Graduate student orientation, 1:00-3:00pm in Room 1210 McClung Tower.
Beginning of the Year Meeting between the Department Head, Director of Graduate Studies, and continuing graduate students, 11:00-12:00 in Room 1211 McClung Tower.
Reception for new graduate students: University Club, 4:30 to 6:30pm.
Theory Comprehensive Exam.
Research Methods Comprehensive Exam.
Faculty Meeting 1:00-2:30pm, 1211 McClung.
Faculty Meeting 1:00-2:30pm, 237 University Center.
Faculty Meeting 1:00-2:30pm, 1211 McClung.
Faculty Meeting 1:00-2:30pm, 1211 McClung.
Faculty Meeting 1:00-2:30pm, 1211 McClung.
Faculty Meeting 1:00-2:30pm, 1211 McClung.
Faculty Meeting 1:00-2:30pm, 1211 McClung.
Faculty Meeting 1:00-2:30pm, 1211 McClung.
American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting.
American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting.
American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting.
American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting.
Justice Studies Association (JSA) Annual Meeting.
Justice Studies Association (JSA) Annual Meeting.
Justice Studies Association (JSA) Annual Meeting.
THIRD WORLD URBANIZATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Film Series: LOVE IS A BITCH -- Library Auditorium 3:00-5:30 pm.
THIRD WORLD URBANIZATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Film Series: CYCLO -- Library Auditorium 3:00-5:30 pm.
THIRD WORLD URBANIZATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Film Series: SALAAM BOMBAY -- Library Auditorium 3:00-5:30 pm.
THIRD WORLD URBANIZATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Film Series: CITY OF GOD -- Library Auditorium 3:00-5:30 pm.
THIRD WORLD URBANIZATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Film Series: BLACK ORPHEUS -- Library Auditorium 3:00-5:30 pm.
XIV International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology, Bar Harbor, Maine -- http://www.societyforhumanecology.org/index.html.
XIV International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology, Bar Harbor, Maine -- http://www.societyforhumanecology.org/index.html.
XIV International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology, Bar Harbor, Maine -- http://www.societyforhumanecology.org/index.html.
XIV International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology, Bar Harbor, Maine -- http://www.societyforhumanecology.org/index.html.
Stephen Turner (Philosophy, University of South Florida): "Practice Theory: A Lecture" (Library Auditorium, 4pm)
Stephen Turner (Philosophy, University of South Florida): "Practice Theory, Cognitive Science, and Ethics"--
A Panel Discussion with Bruce MacLennan-Computer Science, John Davis-Philosophy, and Harry F. Dahms-Sociology (1210 McClung Tower, 10am-12:30pm).
Stephen Turner (Philosophy, University of South Florida): "Public Sociology and Democratic Theory" Luncheon sponsored by the Department of Sociology. RSVP required.
Peter Kivisto (Sociology, Augustana College, Illinois): "Citizenship: Discourse, Theory, and Transnational Prospects" (1210 McClung Tower, 1:00-3:00pm).
An Evening with Howard Zinn (Issues Committee): 7:30pm, Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.
An Evening with Angela Davis (Issues Committee): 7:00pm, UC Auditorium.
Faculty Meeting 1:00-2:30 in Tyson Conference Room
Faculty Meeting 1:00-2:30 in Tyson Conference Room
Faculty Meeting 1:00-2:30 in McClung 1210
Faculty Meeting 1:00-2:30 in Tyson Conference Room
Graduate Colloquium: Prof. Emeritus Tom Hood on "Professional Ethics in Sociology" -- Parlor, Tyson Alumni House 1:45-3:00pm.
Graduate Colloquium: Assist. Prof. Lo Presser on "The Stories Of Offenders and the Long Road of The Critical Criminologist" -- Melrose Hall E 308, 1:00-2:15pm
Graduate Colloquium: Assist. Prof Ben Feldmeyer on "Studying Violence across Race/Ethnicity and the Path from ABD to Assistant Professor" -- Melrose Hall E 308, 1:00-2:15pm
Graduate Colloquium: PhD Student Randall Adams on "Migration and Remittances: Strategies and Determinants" -- Melrose Hall E 308, 1:00-2:15pm
Graduate Colloquium: Master's Student Sarah Hendricks on "Skin Color Effects in the Immigration Process" -- Melrose Hall E 308, 1:00-2:15pm
Graduate Colloquium: Assistant Professor and Special Assistant to the Provost Terrell Strayhorn, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, on "Expanding Explanations of Labor Market Disparities among College Graduates: Implications for Social Justice Research" -- Melrose Hall E 308, 1:00-2:15pm
Graduate Colloquium: Professor Emeritus Donald "Chip" Hastings on "Searching for similarities: Same old problems – same old solutions (An exercise in ethnography as conducted by a retired sociologist instead of an anthropologist)" -- Melrose Hall E 308, 1:00-2:15pm
Graduate Colloquium: Associate Professors Stephanie Bohon and Harry F. Dahms on "How to Choose a Thesis and Dissertation Topic and Committee" -- Melrose Hall E 308, 1:00-2:15pm
Graduate Colloquium: Associate Professor Stephanie Bohon on "Transportation and the Adjustment Experience of Latino Migrants" -- Melrose Hall E 308, 1:00-2:15pm
Graduate Colloquium: Department Head Scott Frey and Associate Professor Suzanne Kurth on "Ready for the World in the Classroom" -- Melrose Hall E 308, 1:00-2:15pm
Fall Department Party, 3pm (West Knoxville)
Fall 2007 Social Justice Film Series: THE CORPORATION -- Hodges Library 101 – Auditorium, 3:00-5:30 pm
Fall 2007 Social Justice Film Series: THE CONSTANT GARDENER -- Hodges Library 101 – Auditorium, 3:00-5:30 pm
Fall 2007 Social Justice Film Series: SYRIANA -- Hodges Library 101 – Auditorium, 3:00-5:30 pm
Fall 2007 Social Justice Film Series: BLOOD DIAMOND -- Hodges Library 101 – Auditorium, 3:00-5:30 pm
Fall 2007 Social Justice Film Series: WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? -- Hodges Library 101 – Auditorium, 3:00-5:30 pm
Social Justice Lecture Series: Professor Larry W. Isaac, Vanderbilt University and President of the Southern Sociological Society, on "The Making of the Labor Problem Novel in the American Gilded Age", Executive Dining Room, University Center, 6:30-8:00pm.
Harry F. Dahms
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Emmet Jones
Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Committee of Undergraduate Studies
