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Exploring Society and Culture

At the heart of our disciplines lies a determination to understand complex social issues – both past and present – so that we may inform the future.

Community Spotlight

  • Dr. Melvin Thomas receives Choice’s Outstanding Academic Titles in Sociology award for his edited book: Race, Ethnicity, and the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023).
  • Congratulations to Tom Leppard for winning the 2024 Himes Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award from the North Carolina Sociological Association, “Hold Tight Centrality and Big Up the Network: Network Position and the Career Success of Grime Musicians.”
  • Dr. Jennifer Carroll has been selected as the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty in Social Sciences for 2023-2024.
  • Morrissey, B., El-Sabawi, T., & Carroll, J. J. (2024). Prosecuting overdose: An exploratory study of prosecutorial motivations for drug-induced homicide prosecutions in North Carolina. International Journal of Drug Policy, 125, 104344. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104344,

The department has been nothing short of welcoming and helpful in my journey here at NC State.

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Justice Cass

Criminology ’22