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The University of Chicago Department of Sociology is among the great sociology departments of the world. Founded in 1892 as the first sociology department in the United States, Chicago has a proud tradition of creative and foundational work.

The Inequality Podcast

The new podcast by Associate Professor Geoff Wodtke and colleagues "brings together scholars across disciplines to discuss the causes and consequences of inequality"

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How Uncertainty Motivates Our Actions in Epidemics

Professor Jenny Trinitapoli's new book is An Epidemic of Uncertainty: Navigating HIV and Young Adulthood in Malawi

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Professor Lis Clemens wins 2023 Award for Graduate Teaching and Mentoring

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Pranathi Diwakar wins 2023 Saller Prize for outstanding dissertation

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Changing Women in a Changing Society @ 50

Associate Professor Kristen Schilt hosts five panels to revisit the American Journal of Sociology's 1973 special issue on women

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