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** The Sociology Graduate Program is SUSPENDING ADMISSIONS for Fall 2023. ** The Ph.D. program in Sociology at UC Davis emphasizes rigorous preparation in sociological theory and research methodologies as the basis of sound scholarship. Sociology graduate students are encouraged to begin active research early in their academic careers. Students gain advanced knowledge of collective behavior and social movements; comparative/ historical culture; gender; development; economic sociology; law, deviance and social control; political sociology; social psychology; race and ethnicity, and immigration; and community and urban sociology. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in sociology.
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College of Letters and Science
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Primary Program Contacts
Program Coordinator
Jacqueline Leaver
530-752-5015 | jjleaver@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Program Chair
Maxine Craig
(530) 752-8642 | mbcraig@ucdavis.edu
Department Chair
Laura Grindstaff
(530) 754-0778 | lagrindstaff@ucdavis.edu
Additional Contacts
Advisor: General
Maxine Craig
Sociology
(530) 752-8642 | mbcraig@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: Primary Contact
Erin Hamilton
Sociology
(530) 754-0786 | erhamilton@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: Admissions Only
Jacob Hibel
Sociology
(530) 754-0792 | jhibel@ucdavis.edu
Internal Fellowship Analyst
Heidi West
(530) 754-9473 | hewest@ucdavis.edu
External Fellowship Analyst
Yvette Garcia
ycgarcia@ucdavis.edu