Sociology Department
6104 Silsby Hall, Room 111
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 646-2554
Fax: (603) 646-1228

Chair
Denise L. Anthony
(Denise.L.Anthony@Dartmouth.edu)

Department Administrator
Anne F. Ivey
(Anne.F.Ivey@Dartmouth.edu)

Sociology recently renumbered a majority of our courses as well as changed course designations.  Please visit our Courses page to see the changes.

Department Announcements

Faculty Announcements

This year, two of our faculty members will be on sabbatical, Matissa Hollister and Deborah King. The department has hired two visitors, the following is a listing of the courses they will be teaching.  Please visit our Courses page for a complete description of their courses. 

Douglas Goodman

• 09F - SOC 16 Constructing Social Theory
• 09F - SOC 79.3 Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in Society
• 10W - SOC 49.8 Consumer Culture
• 10S - SOC 7 This Generation
• 10S - SOC 50 Sociology of Law

Ben Herzog

• 09F - SOC 49.6 Citizenship in the Modern World
• 10W - SOC 2 Social Problems
• 10W - SOC 49.7 Nationalism and Society
• 10S - SOC 2 Social Problems
• 10S - SOC 49.6 Citizenship in the Modern World

Reitman/Degrange Memorial Lecture Series

• October 15 3:00- Sarah Soule, Stanford University, "Private and Contentious Politics and Corporate Social Responsibility"
• November 11 3:00 - Vincent J. Roscigno, The Ohio State University, "Cultural Disjuncture, Legitimation Dynamics, and Political Repression:  The Case of the Sioux Ghost Dance of 1890"

2009 Sociology Prize Winners

The Sociology Department congratulates all graduating Majors and Minors.  Click here to see a list of our 2009 department prize winners announced at our annual luncheon at the Hanover Inn to honor our students.

2009 Honors Thesis

This year, we have four Honors Thesis students:

• Rembert M. Browne, II, "Upper-Class Black Identity and Social Distancing (Denise L. Anthony, Advisor)
• Maria L. Castilla, "Socioeconomic Status and Hispanic Identification in Part-Hispanic, Multiracial Adolescents: A Microsociological Approach (Melissa R. Herman, Advisor)
• Lisel A. Murdock, "Human Capabilities: The Effects of Neighborhood Trust and Food Insecurity on Emotions" (Kathryn J. Lively, Advisor)
• Tessa M. Winter, "The Post Election Violence and Social Networks of University Students in Nairobi, Kenya (Denise L. Anthony, Advisor)

Presentations were held on Wednesday in May, May 20 and May 27, from 4:00-5:30 in the Rockefeller 1930 room.  Copies of their theses are on file in the Sociology Department.