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Sociology

Political scientist Glory Liu
Undergraduate studies
Program prepares students to tackle challenges of a complex world
Published Nov 19, 2024
A new degree program in moral and political economy aims to give students the foundational skills and knowledge needed to think broadly about multifaceted problems
Bees from Julia Burdick-Will's hives
Buzzworthy
Beekeeping with Julia Burdick-Will
Published June 21, 2024
An associate professor in the Department of Sociology shares her apian affinity
Monica Prasad
Sociology
Sociologist Monica Prasad joins JHU
Published Dec 15, 2023
Prasad analyzes socioeconomic problems to tackle complex challenges related to capitalism, neoliberalism, and social policy
David Leonhardt (foreground) and JHU President Ron Daniels on stage
Authors+Insights
The decline of the American dream
Published Nov 9, 2023
In conversation with JHU President Ron Daniels, Leonhardt explores factors preventing many Americans from prospering
Illustration depicting cracked textbooks and a laptop on top of a ground covered in shrapnel
Shock treatment
Published Spring 2022
A recently published working paper authored by Johns Hopkins professors shows that traumatic life events heavily influence disadvantaged students' decisions about attending college / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Andrew Cherlin
Sociology
Baby carriage before marriage?
Published Sept 7, 2021
New research by sociologist Andrew Cherlin suggests a historic shift away from the traditional marriage-then-baby continuum among college-educated moms
A seat at the table
Published Spring 2021
Reviewing Sociology Assistant Professor Christy Thornton's new book, 'Revolution in Development' / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Eviction notice on a wooden door
Sociology
Poor families must move often, but rarely escape concentrated poverty
Published Oct 8, 2020
Unforeseen crises force families living in poverty to move to the safest, most convenient locations rather than to places with more opportunities and less segregation
Apartment with
Q+A
U.S. faces looming affordable housing crisis
Published Aug 5, 2020
Johns Hopkins sociologist Meredith Greif discusses the shortage of affordable housing that existed in the U.S. before the coronavirus pandemic swept through, making everything worse
Nurses load a dead body into a Red Cross wagon during 1918 Spanish flu outbreak
Q+A
How pandemics shape society
Published April 9, 2020
Sociologist and historian Alexandre White discusses how past pandemics, such as the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, have reverberated long after the disease stops spreading