Research is a
central professional activity of virtually every member of the department’s
faculty. As a doctoral degree-training department in a research-intensive
university, the creation and dissemination of new knowledge is fundamental
to our mission. The variety of research we produce reflects the breadth
of training and interests among the faculty:
- Some of our research develops new theory and methods, while some
applies existing theory and methods to the solution of social problems.
- Some of our research is quantitative, while some uses in depth interviews
and observation.
- Some of our faculty concentrate their research in the United States,
while some faculty members focus on other societies and cultures.
- Some faculty collect their own data, while others analyze large
data sets collected elsewhere or by governments.
- Our research spans many topics, including: social and cultural
change, crime, family, inequality, health and health care, workplaces,
economic organization, ethnicity, the environment, communities, agriculture,
and religion.
- We publish books, articles in scholarly journals, research reports,
magazine articles, web sites, and even photography.
We invite you to click on some of the research projects listed below
in order to learn a bit more about some of our faculty member’s
research.
NC Program for Forensic Sciences
Delinquency and Depression,
by Stacy de Coster
Money Doesn't Grow on Trees - It Grows in Caves, by Scott Fitzpatrick
Boys Are Becoming More Like Girls, at Least in their Sex Lives, by
Barbara Risman
New Methods in Forensic Identification, by Ann Ross
Organizations Preserve Indigenous Cultures in Indonesia, by Anne Schiller
Risks of Injury to Teens in Construction, by Michael Schulman
Crime Rates and City Size, by Charles Tittle
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