Yale University Department of Sociology Welcome to the Yale Sociology Department Finding Us Directions Campus Map The Department of Sociology at Yale University provides concentrations in the fields of Comparative and Historical Sociology ( CCR ), Cultural Sociology and Social Theory ( CCS ), and Social Stratification and Life Course Research ( CIQLE ). In addition our faculty publish and teach in the areas of Gender and Sexuality, Political Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Economic Sociology, Urban Sociology and Ethnography, and Chinese Society. Department News Jeffrey Alexander Awarded Honorary Doctorate December 14, 2007 Thesis Eleven Journal and the Thesis Eleven Centre for Cultural Sociology. Stanton Wheeler Dies at 77 December 10, 2007 On Friday, very unexpectedly, Stanton Wheeler, The Ford Foundation Professor Emeritus of Law and Social Sciences, died. Stan joined Yale in 1968 and achieved a stellar reputation, among else, in the Sociology of Law, especially White Collar Crime, Adult Socialization, and the Sociology of Sports. From 1984 to 1991, he served as Member and Chair of the National Academy of Sciences on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. In 1985, he served as the President of the Amateur Athletics Foundation of Los Angeles. He was a highly respected and truly beloved member of our department whom we will greatly miss. I have conveyed the condolences of all of us to his wife Marcia Chambers. Uli Mayer Yale Law School Mourns Death of Professor Stanton Wheeler December 3, 2007 | |
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