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New and First Penn Global Seminar for Sociology Department: Dr. Iliana Kohler's new course, "Global Aging—Challenges and Opportunities" - Travel to Malawi, coming in Spring 2025!
Letícia Marteleto, Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Sociology, was interviewed by Penn Today regarding her research as a Principle Investigator for Decode Zika and Covid (DZC) and her recent publications surrounding her research
Information on Penn's Environmental Innovation Initiatives Course Inventory for Registration
Pilar Gonalons-Pons, Associate Professor of Sociology, was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) in Sociology grant for her project on, "The Care Work System as a Fundamental Cause of Economic Inequalities"
Elena van Stee, PhD candidate in Sociology, new co-host of Podcast: Moral Matters
W.E.B. Du Bois, Erving Goffman, Dorothy Swaine Thomas, and E. Digby Baltzell all broke new sociological ground while working at the University of Pennsylvania. As one of the oldest departments of sociology in the country, Penn Sociology continues its tradition of excellence with twenty-plus award-winning, distinguished faculty recognized for their scholarly achievements and leadership in the field.
Faculty Bookshelf
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Race, Class, and Residence in Los Angeles
Camille Zubrinsky Charles, Ph.D.
Sociologist Camille Zubrinsky Charles explores how modern racial attitudes shape and are shaped by the places in which people live.
In Defense of Disciplines
Interdisciplinarity and Specialization in the Research University
In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity.
On the Make
The Hustle of Urban Nightlife
David Grazian’s riveting tour of downtown Philadelphia and its newly bustling nightlife scene reveals the city as an urban playground where everyone dabbles in games of chance and perpetrates elaborate cons.
Gender Inequality at Work
This book addresses many of the dimensions of gender inequality at work, looking at a number of important topics including: pay equity; the impact of feminization on certain professions; and barrie
American Zoo
A Sociological Safari
David Grazian takes us on a safari through the contemporary zoo, alive with its many contradictions and strange wonders.
The Changing Face of Medicine
Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America
By Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs
Planning and Control of Land Development: Cases and Materials
By: Lance Freeman Daniel Mandelker, Carol Necole Brown, Stuart Meck, Dwight H. Merriam, Peter W. Salsich, Jr., and Edward J. Sullivan
University of North Carolina Press