February 2010
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Give to Sociology at UVA! →
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UVA Sociology faculty in the news →
UVA Sociology Colloquium Schedule →
“My high school was the first in Mississippi to integrate. We were all touched by...”
– Hoo could this be? It’s Teresa Sullivan, the University’s newly announced 8th president and a fellow Sociologist!
Professor Brad Wilcox, quoted in The New York... →
Our own Professor Wilcox is quoted on the how the recession is effecting marriage in the US.
The Sociology Department at UVA →
“The first lesson of modern sociology is that the individual cannot understand...”
– C. Wright Mills. White Collar: The American Middle Classes, 1951.
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An Interview with Dr. Justin Snyder
Justin Snyder is currently a lecturer in the sociology department at the University of Virginia. Recently he has taught such classes as “Sociology of Violence” and “Race and Ethnicity in American Society”. After receiving his degree in History at the University of Illinois-Urbana, he enrolled in the Graduate program here at the University.
-Interview conducted by Florette King
Florette: What brought you to UVa?
Dr. Snyder: I was interested in the strong emphasis on culture and history. I was interested in studying people’s interpretations on culture. It took a little while to find out what my specific interest were. I studied Race and Ethnicity for a long time and even planned on doing my dissertation on it, but I couldn’t find anything new to talk about. Then I talked to Jeff Olick and was steered in the direction of studying Violence.
Florette: What aspects of violence are you studying?
Dr. Snyder: Well, my primary research was using memoirs of first hand accounts of violence. I am focusing on violence from the Vietnam War to the current war. For my book I am looking at rape, genocide; in Rwanda and Bosnia, the Vietnam and Iraq war, and first hand accounts of 9/11.
Florette: If you could teach any class at UVa what would it be?
Dr. Snyder: Sociology of Violence is my ideal class because it is closest to my research. In the future I would like to teach a class on medical sociology, but I would have to do more research on it first.
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Sociology Movie Night: Crash
On Wednesday, November 18th, the Sociology Society hosted a movie night, viewing the 2004 highly acclaimed film, Crash. The film explores the controversial topics of racism, stereotyping, discrimination, and class conflict in Los Angeles. The film provides a complex perspective on each character- revealing a racist attitude or behavior the character may exhibit, but also delving further into his...
“Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood...”
– C. Wright Mills
December 2009
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Class Picks, Fall 2009
Here are some class favorites from the Sociology Society Exec Board:
Sociology of Death and Dying: a common favorite, we talked about very taboo topics and discussed a wide range of sociological phenomena. Not as depressing as it sounds! Deviance and Social Control: Really interesting! We talked about the how deviance is defined based on people’s perceptions and looked at different social...
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New Research: The Foundations of Marital Quality...
-by Anika Holloway
Professor Brad Wilcox, Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, is currently working on: 1.)The Foundations of Marital Quality and Stability: This project is investigating whether a “soulmate” or an “institutional” model of marriage is more likely to foster higher levels of marital happiness and marital stability among young adults....
September 2009
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Sociology Alumni Panel, Fall 2009
The Sociology Alumni Panel took place on Thursday November 12, 2009 from 7-9pm at Bryant Hall. There were two guest speakers: Heather Higgins, the business manager for Dominion Digital, and Elizabeth Bass, Interim Executive Director at Madison House. At UVA, Heather was involved with the drama department as well the Jazz club and the local radio station, WUVA. She knew she wanted to start off in...
February 2009
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