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Ph.D. Program

The department's 2024 cohort from l-r back row: Giora Ashkenazi, Daniel Grubbs-Donovan, Haley McKinney Gordon, Tanajia Moye-Green. Bottom row l-r: Qiwei Lin, Emily Johnson, Michelle Casas, and Monica Gao.

Photo by Vanessa Joy Onuoha. The Department of Sociology 2024 Ph.D. cohort.

The Ph.D. program is defined by a commitment to highly analytical sociology

The program trains graduate students to use a range of methods – quantitative and qualitative – and data – survey, administrative, experimental, interview, direct observation, and more – to answer pressing empirical questions and to advance important theoretical and policy debates.

The Ph.D. curriculum and degree requirements provide students with the methodological skills, substantive knowledge, and mentorship to make important and impactful contributions to sociological knowledge. The program guides Ph.D. students to work on ambitious, independent research projects about which students are passionate. Graduates finish the program well-positioned to be leaders in the field of sociology.