Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Since all human behavior is social, few fields have such broad scope and relevance for research, theory, and the application of knowledge.
Spring 2021 Course Offerings
Welcome to our new faculty member, Fithawee Tzeggai!
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My work engages the history of social science theories and methods as a window into the politics of race and social policy. My dissertation project examines this relationship within the politics of urban school desegregation in the 1960s. I argue that new government-sponsored research on race and education, originally intended to support progressive education reform, actually narrowed the framing and scope of school desegregation, driving a wedge between activist demands and official calls to end segregation. My other work compliments this line of inquiry, including a working paper that examines the legacy of the politics of school desegregation for contemporary models of urban school reform. I am currently preparing an article manuscript on the political history of experimental design in welfare policy evaluation research. |