Upcoming Events
Graduate Student: Lunch Talk
Date: Fri., Oct. 2, 2009
Time:11:30am - 12:45 pm
Location:G20 - Flanner
Speaker: Rory McVeigh
Title: Open Forum
Spring 2010 Registration Begins
Date: Mon., Nov 16, 2009
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Sociologists at Notre Dame are engaged in innovative research on a wide range of topics. Our faculty members have published influential books and numerous ground-breaking articles in academic journals. In fact, a recent study shows that Notre Dame Sociology ranks fifth in the nation when it comes to placing articles in the discipline's top three journals. The Department is particularly strong in the sociology of education, sociology of religion, marriage and family, social movements, political sociology, and cultural sociology. However, research in the Department cuts across sub-disciplinary and disciplinary boundaries.
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Christian Smith explores the science of generosity.
http://generosityresearch.nd.edu/
The University of Notre Dame has launched the Science of Generosity, a project funded by a $5 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to Christian Smith, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology and director of the University’s Center for the Study of Religion and Society.
“The goal of the project is to mobilize top-quality research across various disciplines on the origins, expressions and effects of generosity,” Smith said, noting that the project defines generosity as the spirit and practice of giving good things to others freely and abundantly. “This includes time, aid, attention, blood, possessions, encouragement, emotional investment and more. In countless ways, the world wants for significant growth in the virtue of giving.”
The grant is the largest ever received by a faculty member in Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters. Notre Dame is supporting the project with additional funding of approximately $200,000. Read full story >
Rory McVeigh and Juli Sobolewski published "Red Counties, Blue Counties, and Occupational Segregation by Sex and Race" in the American Journal of Sociology. The article received honorable mention in the 2008 American Sociological Association Political Sociology section's "Best Article" competition. The article was also featured in the Stanford Social Innovation Review and in the "Discoveries" section of Contexts.