Current students can find information here about relevant policies, PhD requirements, specialty areas, specialty area exams, courses, and the graduate faculty.
Graduate Office Feedback Form
The Graduate Office continually strives to improve the services it provides to our graduate students. We welcome your feedback on things we could do better, things we are already doing well, or additional services you would find helpful. Feedback is anonymous.
Department of Sociology Graduate Student Mentoring Policy
Vibrant and intellectually dynamic relationships between graduate students and faculty mentors lie at the heart of graduate education. Successful mentoring is based on the principles of honesty, integrity, collegiality, mutual respect, responsibility, and accountability; in other words, trust. Outstanding faculty mentors are critical to graduate education and to creating a successful graduate student experience. Graduate student mentoring is an essential and central element of the job of all graduate faculty members at a research university. Consistent with this understanding, the Department of Sociology has established a Graduate Student Mentoring Policy, which can be downloaded here.
Departmental Graduate Student Grievance Process
The Departmental Graduate Student Grievance Process was adopted at the February 10, 2021, Departmental Meeting. Developed by the Equity & Justice Committee, the process provides both informal and formal mechanisms for graduate students to report behavior that "is discriminatory, unethical, unjust, uncivil, or otherwise creates a hostile learning or working environment." The process is not punitive, but is informed by transformative and restorative justice approaches.
You can download a PDF of the process here.
Departmental Expectations for Graduate Assistants and GA Supervisors
In spring 2022, the department endorsed a set of expectations for relationships between GAs and their supervisors. You can view the expectations here.
