Welcome to the Department of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. We are a vibrant department with 20 full-time faculty members, approximately 40 full-time graduate students, and over 400 undergraduate majors.
The Department of Sociology has two interrelated missions: to provide the highest quality education at the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels and to foster state-of-the-art research among faculty and graduate students.
Recent OU PhD Graduate, Dr. Abby Young, has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position in the Department of Anthropolgy and Sociolgy at the University of West Virginia in Morganstown.
Congratulations to OU Sociology PhD canidate was selected as the 2025 recipient of the Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship from the Sociologists for Women in Society. The Scholarhip includes $18,000 in recognition of commitment of inclusive teaching and activism through research.
Recent OU PhD Graduate, Dr. Rin Ferraro, has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position in the Department of Sociolgy at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville.
PhD Candidate Darci Schmidgall and Dr. Sam Perry publish an article in the prestigious Social Problems Journal.
Dr. Meredith Worthen publishes her 4th book on the continuing use of LGBTQ slurs.
Dr. Cyrus Schleifer research was published in the journal Criminology, the flagship journal of the American Criminological Association.
