"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:
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."
R. Scott Frey
Professor and Department Head
Sociology News
- Ph.D. Candidate Dima Sarbo received Oxford-Princeton Global Leaders Fellowship
- UG Student Shannon Parker to represent UT as SEC-GSL Scholar at Queen's University Belfast, Summer 2009
Event Calendar
- Friday, April 10
Osama (2003)
3:00p in Library Auditorium - May 14 -16, 2009
Re-visioning the Future Modernity Between Utopia and Dystopia: An Interdisciplinary Conference
Offices
- Executive Office
Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
- Secretary Treasurer
Southern Sociological Society (SSS)
- Editor
Current Perspectives in Social Theory
Contact Information
Harry F. Dahms
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Emmet Jones
Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Committee of Undergraduate Studies
901 McClung Tower
Knoxville, Tennessee
37996-0490
Phone: 865-974-6021
Fax: 865-974-7013