Welcome to Sociology

The University of Montana Sociology program includes a broad range of topics and issues.  At the undergraduate level, students can focus on General Sociology, Criminology, or Inequality and Social Justice.  At the graduate level, students can focus on General Sociology, Criminology, Inequality and Social Justice, or Rural and Environmental Change. Faculty and student interests range from social issues facing local communities, to national questions about the impact of legislation on poverty programs or the causes of criminal behavior, to global concerns such as climate change and worldwide structures of inequality. We offer both an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and the only Master of Arts degree in Sociology in the state of Montana.

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Jakes Hammond and Erica Rednar-Vera

Sociology Welcomes Visitors this Fall

The Sociology Department is welcoming two visitors this academic year. Visiting Criminologist Erica Rednar-Vera recently completed her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. Her dissertation is titled: “Examining the Treatment of American Indian Defendants in...

Dr. Alexis Harris

McNall Speaker Series Welcomes Dr. Alexis Harris

Dr. Alexes Harris presented this year’s McNall Lecture Series guest lecture --“A Permanent Punishment for the Poor,” based on her book, A Pound of Flesh: Monetary Sanctions as a Punishment for the Poor (Russell Sage 2016).  She explained the ways in which fines and fees sentenced to defendants...

Doyles in Ethiopia

Doyles in Ethiopia

Professor Emeritus Dan Doyle and his wife Marje Doyle spent 6 weeks in Gondar, Ethiopia, where they served as Fulbright Specialists at the University of Gondar.  Dan was busy working with the new Criminology program, while Marje helped train librarians and faculty in information literacy.  We...

Hollist

Hollist Scholarship

Former department chair and professor, Dusten Hollist, passed away on 10 February 2019 after a brief battle with cancer.  He had earned both his B.A. and M.A. in the University of Montana’s Sociology Department and joined UM’s Sociology faculty in 2002.  A fund has been set up with the UM...