Sociology of Education
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University of Virginia
 
Contact:
  539 Cabell Hall
P0 Box 400766
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4766
  Telephone: (434) 924-7293 Fax: (434) 924-7028
  Email: sociology@virginia.edu Web: http://www.virginia.edu/sociology
  Chair: James D. Hunter,
Director of Graduate Studies: Milton Vickerman
  Aministrative Assistant(s): Brenda Tekin
 
Degrees Offered: PhD, MA, BA Academic Year System: Semester
 
In–State Tuition (2002–2003): $6442
Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): $19531
Alternative Tuition Structure:
Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships- university funded, Tuition Waivers, Fellowships from the University
Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 8
Admission Deadline: (during academic year) May 15
Financial Support Deadline: January 15
Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 35
Number of Part-Time Graduate Students:
Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: 192
Teacher Trainings Programs:
Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: 192
Graduate Record Examination: General Test Required
Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002: 
Masters: 6 PHDs: 7
 
Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:
  Cultural Sociology, Religion, Theory, Education, Law and Society, Sex and Gender, Stratification/Mobility, Family, Political Sociology, Methodology
 
Full–Time Faculty
Black, Donald (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1968) Law and Society, Social Control, Theory; Professor.
Blumberg, Rae Lesser (PhD, Northwestern 1970) Economy and Society, Development, Sex and Gender; Professor.
Bryson, Bethany (PhD, Princeton 1999) Cultural Sociology, Stratification/Mobility, Organizations-Formal/Complex; Assistant Professor.
Caplow, Theodore (PhD, Minnesota 1946) Social Change, Social Organization, Sociological Practice; Professor.
Corse, Sarah (PhD, Stanford 1990) Cultural Sociology, Social Organization, Art/Music; Associate Professor.
Fuchs, Stephan (PhD, California-Riverside 1989) Science and Technology, Social Organization, Theory; Associate Professor.
Gorman, Elizabeth H. (PhD, Harvard 2001) Social Organization, Work and Labor Markets, Sex and Gender; Assistant Professor.
Guterbock, Thomas (PhD, Chicago 1976) Community, Quantitative Methodology, Political Sociology; Associate Professor.
Hadden, Jeffrey (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1963) Mass Communication/Public Opinion, Religion; Professor.
Hays, Sharon (PhD, California-San Diego 1993) Cultural Sociology, Family, Sex and Gender; Associate Professor.
Hunter, James (PhD, Rutgers 1981) Cultural Sociology, Knowledge, Religion; Professor.
Kingston, Paul (PhD, Columbia 1980) Education, Stratification/Mobility, Family; Professor.
Kumar, Krishan (PhD, Kent 1977) Cultural Sociology, Political Sociology, Theory; Professor.
Milner, Jr., Murray (PhD, Columbia 1970) Comparative/Historical Sociology, Stratification/Mobility, Theory; Professor.
Nock, Steven (PhD, Massachusetts-Amherst 1976) Family, Quantitative Methodology, Stratification/Mobility; Professor.
Vickerman, Milton (PhD, New York 1992) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Stratification/Mobility, Development; Associate Professor.
Wilcox, William B. (PhD, Princeton 2001) Family, Religion, Cultural Sociology; Assistant Professor.
Part–Time Faculty
Coughlin, Richard (PhD, Yale 1953) Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization; Emeritus, Affiliated.
Davis, Joseph E. (PhD, Virginia 1998) Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Medical Sociology, Knowledge; Research Assistant Professor, Affiliated with: Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture.
Gansneder, Nancy (PhD, Virginia 1982) Education, Social Psychology; Assistant Professor, Affiliated.
Makarova, Ekaterina (PhD, Manchester 1999) Urban Sociology, Religion, Anthropology; Lecturer, Affiliated with: Anthropology.
Poggi, Gianfranco (PhD, California-Berkeley 1963) History of Sociology/Social Thought, Political Sociology, Theory; Emeritus.
Sykes, Gresham (PhD, Northwestern 1963) Criminology/Delinquency, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization; Emeritus, Affiliated.
2001–02 PHD Recipients and Dissertation Titles
Davis, Erin Overcoming Gender? Transsexualism and the Gender Paradigm
Hickey, Christopher Health as Identity: Alternative Medicine, Organic Individualism, and Symbolic Authority
Jones, Steven Schools, Sects and Citizens: Political Integration and American Public Life
Lake, Stephanie Homicide: Gender Disparity in Sentencing in the Richmond Felony Court
Luedtke, Karlin Making Sense of Pornography: The Gendered Interpretations of Sexual Imagery
Mahmood, Marcus Behind the White Curtain: The Moral Order of the Emergency Room
Rothenberg, Bess Typically German? National Character and the Eye of the Beholder