

The department’s focus on basic science is complemented by a deep commitment to informing public and educational policy, particularly on issues related to gender and racial inequality, income inequality, poverty, drug use, economic development, school funding, organizational practices and race and ethnicity.
The department also has close ties with the many other research centers on campus. Interdisciplinary research touches on subjects such as inequality, economics, social sciences, nonlinear systems, politics and social dynamics.
Learning about sociology was fascinating, said Catherine Zhang ‘22, about her experience delving into subjects like inequality and how institutions shape social phenomena.
During her time at Cornell, she appreciated learning under the brilliant faculty members in the department and finding support in her advisor Professor Bischoff.
Learn more about Catherine's journey and her future endeavor joining pioneering technologist program Schmidt Futures.
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Haowen Zheng, a doctoral candidate in sociology from Zibo, China, now studies why people move long distances within a country and how those moves shape their lives.
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Read moreCornell experts comment on the legacy of Pope Francis, who died on Monday, marking the end of a historic papacy.
Read moreCornell-led research finds that large numbers of Americans are leaving organized religion – not in favor of secular rationality, but to pursue spirituality in ways that better align with their individual values.
Read moreLe Pen’s sentence for embezzling $3 million is going to push French politics into even more tumult, says sociology professor Mabel Berezin.
Read moreSoc Ph.D. student Hao Liang published his first sole-authored online article, investigating how language skills, housing agents, and coethnic preferences influence immigrant residential choices.
Read moreSoc P.h.D. student Álvaro Padilla Pozo published work in Nature, examining the representativeness of mosquito reports from citizen scientists and developing a method to account for their spatial sampling biases.
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