Sociology at UC Merced emphasizes the areas of social stratification/inequality, immigration, race/ethnicity, gender studies, education, political and collective empowerment, and globalization. With 17 faculty members, sociology registers some of the highest course enrollments on campus.
Our students have the opportunity to work one-on-one with nationally and internationally recognized researchers to understand complex problems affecting society.
If you’re ready to immerse yourself in understanding social movements, inequality or immigration, UC Merced is waiting for you.
Professor Paul Almeida and graduate students have published the article "Working-Class Youth Participation in Climate Action: Networks, Civic Experience, and Equity" in npj Climate Action....
Associate Professor Charlie Eaton’s latest paper, "Elite Embeddedness: The Rise of Financiers on University Boards as Parallel Social Organizations", published in Socio-Economic...
Melissa Quesada has successfully defended her dissertation, titled "Just Be a Teacher: How Social Forces and Networks Guide Latines into Teaching." Her committee included Irenee Beattie (...
