Welcome to Vanderbilt's Ph.D. Program in Sociology
Our department offers a vibrant and flexible Ph.D. program, with 19 faculty members and 25 graduate students in residence. Faculty and students often work in close collaborative relationships that allow students to gain hands-on research experience. We are engaged in a variety of research endeavors including study of the arts and culture; deviant behavior; gender and sexuality; health and the life course; race, ethnicity, and immigration; social movements; and work and occupations.
We provide our graduate students with training in the fundamentals of graduate sociology as well as experience in doing theoretically-informed and empirically-grounded research with top scholars in the field. Our faculty members and students use an array of both qualitative and quantitative methods of research to pursue topics at the cutting edge of sociology.
Three scholarly journals, including the American Sociological Review, are edited in our department. In addition, we contribute to and benefit from interdisciplinary research centers such as African American and Diaspora Studies; the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society; the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy, Latin American Studies; and Women's and Gender Studies.
Please follow the links below for further information about our program.
Graduate Brochure
How to Apply
Curriculum
Funding Opportunities
Robert Wood Johnson Fellows
Departmental Specializations
Current Graduate Students and Graduate News
Student Placements
Resources for Current Students
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