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Department of Sociology

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    (left to right) Prof. Shelley Clark, Prof. Kathleen Fallon, and administrative staff coordinator Daniela Caucci chat at the 2010 Sociology Welcome Party (Anne Farray)

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    (left to right) Graduate students Jason Jensen, Diya Bouchedid, and Pablo Quinta

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    Graduate students Nicole Denier (left) and Kalyani Thurairajah (right) pose for a photo (Anne Farray)

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    Graduate students Jennifer Sigouin (left) and Leslie Cheung (right) chat with a colleague (Anne Farray)

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    Graduate students Charles Plante (left) and Raphaël Charron-Chénier (right) catch up during the 2010 Welcome Party (Anne Farray)

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    Prof. Eran Shor (left) and graduate student Andrew Dawson (right) engaged in conversation (Anne Farray)

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    Professors Jason Carmichael and Eran Shor (background), along with graduate student Claudia Masferrer (left foreground), await Prof. Morton Weinfeld to address the crowd (Anne Farray)

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    (left to right) Prof. Axel van den Berg, Claudia Masferrer, and Prof. Jason Carmichael look on as department chair, Prof. Morton Weinfeld, welcomes graduate students and faculty to a new academic year (Anne Farray)

Letter from the Chair

On behalf of the McGill Department of Sociology, faculty and staff, I welcome you to our website.

The McGill Sociology Department has a long and illustrious role in the history of sociology in Canada. Training in sociology can equip students with knowledge, skills, and critical analytical ability to help them to become informed citizens and to compete successfully on the job market while developing meaningful careers. Our outstanding faculty blends experience and youth, with training from the best universities in North America and abroad. Our graduate program has successfully prepared students for careers in academia, government work, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector. Our undergraduate program offers a superb foundation for further graduate study in sociology, study in other disciplines or professions, or employment. And at both levels, we can promise an exciting intellectual experience, nurtured by committed professors who are dedicated to their students and who are both accessible and stimulating. These professors each have a strong research record of their own, and together they cover a wide range of substantive areas and issues, and diverse theoretical and methodological orientations.

We hope your exploration of this website will make our department come alive. And if you have further questions, do not hesitate to send an email to individual professors for additional clarification. Thanks for your interest in our department.

Michael R. Smith
Chair

Updated on Mon, 2012-06-04 13:58
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