The graduate program of the Department of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma is nationally ranked. We provide rigorous training for our graduate students and cultivate a collaborative and collegial atmosphere. Our faculty members and graduate students work closely together to develop cutting-edge research.
Graduate Applications Due December 15th
Our award-winning graduate faculty are active in research, demonstrating a clear adherence to our department’s mission of fostering state-of-the-art research. Our faculty have published in top sociology and criminology journals as well as books in top academic presses. The sociology/criminology faculty have also won numerous awards and honors at the university and national level, celebrating both our excellence in research and in teaching.
Across all these degrees/certificates, we provide rigorous training in methods, statistics, and theory as well as advanced coursework in the substantive areas of inequality/stratification, criminology/deviance, global/environmental sociology, family, gender, race/ethnicity, sexualities, and sociology of religion. Our programs also offer numerous research opportunities through collaborative work with faculty.
Welcome to the graduate program in Sociology at OU! Our program is built upon three pillars: excellence and rigor in cutting-edge research; creating a warm, collegial, and inclusive learning environment; and fostering dynamic connections with our local and national collaborators through community outreach and the development of strategic partnerships. We are building something special here in Norman and we are excited to share that with you!
Associate Professor and Graduate Liason
Office: Kaufman 343
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: cyrus.schleifer@ou.edu
Ph.D., Duke University, 2015
Over the years, the department has placed its graduates in tenure-track jobs in universities and colleges including West Virginia University, The University of New Hampshire, Brigham Young University, The University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, The University of Nevada – Las Vegas, Sam Houston State University, The University of Wisconsin – River Falls, The University of Louisiana – Lafayette, to name some recent examples. We have also placed several graduates in postdoctorial positions at Indiana University and Purdue University. Our graduates have also achieved positions in a wide variety of public and private agencies including the Office of the US Census, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oklahoma Department of Corrections and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, to name some recent examples.
