Highlights

Founded by James Coleman, the Department has had a distinguished and productive record during its more than four decades of existence. Despite its small size, it ranks as one of the major Sociology departments in the nation according to the latest surveys. The department is strong in the sociology of education, social structure and personality, family, social policy, cross-national research, sociology of development, race and gender, sociology of immigration, and world-systems studies. Its graduates teach and conduct research in many of the major universities in the nation and abroad.

Memorial for Professor Giovanni Arrighi, Friday October 30, 2009

The Johns Hopkins University Department of Sociology invites you to join us in remembering Professor Giovanni Arrighi and celebrating his life and work at a memorial event on Friday, October 30th, from 3-5 p.m. in the Sherwood Room of Levering Hall on the Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus. 

For a retrospective interview with Giovanni on his intellectual trajectory, read The Winding Paths of Capital.   For more publications see his home page.

If you can't make it to the memorial but would like to share your thoughts, you can post stories and memories about Giovanni at http://www.sympathytree.com

Directions to JHU Homewood Campus: http://www.soc.jhu.edu/directions.html

Rooms are being held at the Colonnade Hotel for out of town guests http://www.colonnadebaltimore.com/ at a discounted rate of $149 per night for reservations made before 10/23.  Rooms can also be reserved at the Broadview http://www.broadviewapartments.com/ at the JHU rate of $95 per night.

Click here for Interactive Campus Map (Levering Hall is #27)

For questions about the memorial, contact Astra Bonini

June 22, 2009 - Karl Alexander talks about the role of family life in academic achievement on Maryland Morning (link to the recording).

May 9, 2009 - The Department of Sociology celebrated its 50th anniversary with a luncheon at Café Azafran. The luncheon was followed with an afternoon reception celebrating the endowment of the Doris Roberts Entwisle Graduate Teaching Fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Club.

[Link to Photo Gallery] [Link to Video Recordings]

Doris Entwisle Graduate Teaching Fellowship Endowment - Video Recording

Sociology’s golden year - The JHU Gazette

Johns Hopkins Ranked 8th among major Sociology departments in Faculty Scholarly Productivity.

Read more: The Chronicle of Higher Education

Summer break increases achievement gap. 

Read more: The Baltimore Examiner