News

Feb 14, 2025

Academic Advisor Spotlight: Dr. Tara Clarke

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology has an amazing Advising Team of ten Faculty Academic Advisors and a Director of Academic Advising and we would like to share with you more information about them so you can get to know them better!  In today’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology Newsletter get to know Dr. Tara…

Feb 11, 2025

Welcome New Faculty & Staff!

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is excited to welcome 4 new faculty and staff starting in 2025. Taylor Braswell, Assistant Professor of Sociology Ph.D. in Sociology. Northeastern University Taylor Braswell researches the social, environmental, and political economic dynamics of urbanization and infrastructure development in the United States. His recent and ongoing projects examine topics…

Jan 23, 2025

Introducing the Spring 2025 Student Ambassador Team

The department's student ambassadors are a team of undergraduate student volunteers who help with student activities, new student recruitment and more.

Dec 11, 2024

Celebrating the Summer and Fall Class of 2024

Congratulations to the Summer and Fall 2024 graduates in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology! The Department will honor students graduating on December 13, 2024 at 2:00 PM at NC State University’s Talley Union (tickets required). Our students study and practice in disciplines that critically analyze human society, culture and behavior. Undergraduates pursue studies in…

Nov 20, 2024

Anthropology Students and Faculty Attend the Southeastern Archaeological Conference

The 2024 Southeastern Archaeological Conference was held in in Williamsburg, VA November 13 – 16. SEAC was founded in the 1930s, and is regarded as a premier regional organization in the Archaeology field. At SEAC, anthropologists from all over the world meet to share research and ideas, and advance the work of Archaeology in the…

Sep 30, 2024

Dr. DeSoucey Gives Lecture at SAR Humanities Festival: Food for Thought

On September 29th, Associate Professor of Sociology, Dr. Michaela DeSoucey gave a lecture at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) Humanities Festival: Food for Thought. In her lecture, “Complex Cultural Meanings of Moral Eating,” Dr. DeSoucey discusses the moral arguments and politics of food production and promotion and how they intertwine with social identities, cultural…

Aug 28, 2024

Study Raises Concerns About Residential Opioid Treatment Providers in N.C.

Only 12% of organizations that claim to provide residential opioid substance use services in N.C. were licensed by the state to provide residential substance use treatment. Associate Professor of Anthropology Jennifer Carroll explains the research.

Jul 22, 2024

Even in ‘Care Work,’ Women Face Lower Wages if They Have Kids

Mothers get paid less than either men or women without children, even in fields that are traditionally thought of as being “women’s work.” We discussed the research with co-author and professor of sociology Anna Manzoni.

Jul 1, 2024

Dr. Mia Brantley Named to CCF’s 2024 Early Career Scholars

Congratulations to Dr. Mia Brantley, who was named a 2024 Early Career Scholar for the Council of Contemporary Families (CCF). CCF’s Frank F. Furstenberg Early Career Scholars Program provides processional development opportunities to scholars whose research centers around the American family. https://sites.utexas.edu/contemporaryfamilies/early-career-scholars-program/ “Mia Brantley (@_MiaBrantley) is currently an Assistant Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State…

Jul 1, 2024

Sociology Graduate Student Publication News

Congratulations to the following Ph.D. in Sociology Graduate students on their recently scholarly endeavors! Lindy Olive – 3rd Year Ph.D. Student Abstract In 2018, a “Blue Apron type” meal kit for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was announced. Like many food initiatives, there was no input from the intended audience. In contrast, we used…