NEWS

Sam Stroope’s Team Wins Grant to Study Retired Athletes
Heather Rackin's Team Wins Grant to Study Maternal Vaping and Birth Outcomes
Tim Slack's research on the informal economy is cited in the New York Times
Tim Slack LSU professor coauthors book on Rural America
LSU Professor Investigating Connections Between Religious Attendance, Health in Older Mexican Americans
Dr. Tim Slack featured in the Advocate on natural decrease in Louisiana
Dr. Tim Slack quoted on the COVID rural rebound

 

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Founded in 1928, the LSU Department of Sociology is home to a tradition of excellence in research, teaching, and service. Our faculty carry out nationally and internationally recognized research on basic and applied social science questions. Every semester our undergraduate teaching program serves approximately 600 undergraduate majors, hundreds of minors, and thousands of additional students as part of our contribution to LSU’s education mission.  We are also home to a vibrant graduate teaching program with more than 50 students, which offers the only PhD in sociology in Louisiana.

We invite you to explore our faculty's scholarly interests.


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For questions about our undergraduate program, contact:

Skylar Gremillion
Director of Undergraduate Studies

For questions about our Ph.D. program, contact:

Mark J. Schafer
Director of Graduate Studies

For general questions about the Sociology Department, contact:

socl@lsu.edu

 

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