UNC Charlotte Sociology Department

09/24/2026

We're hiring!

The Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is seeking applications for a tenure track position as Assistant Profe...

10/21/2025

We're hiring!

The Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is seeking applications for a tenure track position as Assistant or Associate Professor of Sociology (9 month term of appointment) who specializes in advanced data analyses, with an open substantive specialty to begin fall....

09/23/2025

If you live in/near Charlotte, come to campus on Monday at 4 for this great talk!

Monday, September 29, at 4:00 pm Halton Reading Room “Slavery in Two Worlds: East Africans in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans” Dr. Kristina Richardson John L. Nau III Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy Professor of History and Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages and Cultures ...

12/18/2024

Are you an undergrad who loves your sociology major? Are you interested in engaging more fully with the discipline? Apply for the ASA Honors Program! You’ll develop long-lasting networks with other sociologists while participating in special activities at the ASA Annual Meeting in Chicago this summer. Nominations are due Feb. 17. https://bit.ly/ASAHonorsProgram

03/26/2024

We are pleased to announce that Lisa Walker and Joseph Dippong, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, will be the next editors of Social Psychology Quarterly. Social Psychology Quarterly publishes theoretical and empirical papers on the link between the individual and society, including the study of the relations of individuals to one another, as well as to groups, collectivities, and institutions. It is interdisciplinary and publishes work by both sociologists and psychologists.

02/19/2020

Deadline extended!
Thursday, February 27th: Application Deadline
Monday, March 2nd: Confirmation Deadline

01/07/2020

A new study shows what these workers need, but don't often get

01/07/2020

Men who work in female-dominated fields tend to get more prestige and higher wages.

02/13/2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/02/13/glass-ceiling-is-even-higher-penthouse-women-percenters-are-rare/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8a94ccafb890

At the highest income levels, there's just one female for every 21 men.

02/08/2019