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Cornell’s Graduate Field of Sociology provides top-notch training toward the PhD in Sociology, and has long been known for its emphasis on both theoretical innovation and methodological rigor. The Field, which is much larger than the Department, has close to thirty faculty members.

Erin Cornwell and Dan Lichter with Graduate Student Youngmin Yi

Graduate Spotlight: Career Placement

Students in the graduate field of sociology have gone on to achieve professional success in academia, industry, and the non-profit and public sectors. Click here to browse a comprehensive list of career placements for our graduate students.

The department also actively supports recent Ph.D. and Ph.D. candidates seeking permanent employment. Click here to explore profiles of our current job market candidates.

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OCT 26Future of the Social Sciences Symposium Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Economy and Society

NOV 02Shelley Correll - Alice Hanson Cook Distinguished Le... Shelley Correll is professor of sociology and organizational behavior (by courtesy) at Stanford University, where she directs the Clayman Institute for Gender Research and the WMware Women's...

NOV 08Robert Hummer America’s Population Health Crisis: Is it Really a Story of ‘Deaths of Despair’?

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