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Welcome to Georgetown's Sociology Department

Welcome to Georgetown's Sociology Department website. A leader in scholarship and research, the department is home to important players in the academic world whose work is fresh, exciting, and innovative, and who are dedicated to bringing that same intellectual spirit into the classroom. 


Welcome to the Georgetown University Sociology Department website. Browse around and see what exciting courses are being offered this semester and what programs of study are available (a sociology major, minor, or Social Justice Analysis concentration). You can also check out what our faculty are doing in their research. Later this semester, the Department is co-hosting the conference, “Societies, Families and Planet Earth: Exploring the Connections.” For complete information about the conference, please go the conference website. And if you would like to find out more about the outstanding teaching taking place here in the Department, please check out this piece on Professor Timothy Wickham-Crowley and his recent award for Excellence in Teaching from Georgetown College.

Sam Marullo, Chair
Department of Sociology and Anthropology

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Graduating seniors Arthur Woods and Neil Shah work to promote student-owned businesses with an eye toward social responsibility.
In a unique course, students wrote grant proposals for local nonprofits, acted as foundations by reviewing the grant proposals, and ultimately awarded $15,000 to local nonprofits.
Students take their skills from the classroom into the city to help nonprofits and small businesses become more socially responsible to the areas they serve.

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