Brian O'Neill, who received his PhD is December 2022 has accepted a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington, which starts in October. Additionally, he was invited to be a visiting scholar at the École des...
Alumni Spotlights
We have the distinct honor of announcing Dr. Chloe Bird as the 2023 Outstanding Alumni Awards recipient. Every year our Sociology at Illinois alumni make us proud through all the work they are doing in their communities and the world. The Outstanding Alumni Awards are given to those whose work we...
I am pleased to have this opportunity to introduce Leslie Vermillion as this year’s BA recipient of the Sociology Outstanding Alumni Award. Leslie and I worked together in the Office of Advancement for the College of LAS here at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The advancement team is...
Dr. Douglas Barnes graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a PhD in sociology in 1979. However, rather than taking the more orthodox route towards a career in academia, he became involved in work that today we call the sociology of development, as well as applied sociology...
Dr. Clarenda Phillips Congratulations to Dr. Clarenda Phillips our 2022 Outstanding Alumni Awards Recipient. Every year our Sociology at Illinois alumni make us proud through all the work they are doing in their communities and the world. The Outstanding Alumni Awards are given to those whose work...
Congratulations to Illini alumnus Chloe Bird (Rand) for being awarded the Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology from the American Sociological Association. Chloe received her PhD from the UIUC Sociology Department in the early 1990's. Chloe recently gave a talk about her research...
Every year our Sociology at Illinois alumni make us proud through all the work they are doing in their communities and the world. The Distinguished Alumni Awards are given to those whose work we want to highlight and specifically celebrate this year. In 2020, those alumni were Douglas Barnes, Eboo...
Every year our Sociology at Illinois alumni make us proud through all the work they are doing in their communities and the world. The Distinguished Alumni Awards are given to those whose work we want to highlight and specifically celebrate this year. In 2020, those alumni were Douglas Barnes, Eboo...
We want to recognize one of our 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients, Doug Barnes, for the generous gift he made to the Sociology Department. Barnes’ gift establishes a Fund to support graduate research in the Unit. Recipients shall be students whose research relates to development issues,...
Generous Gift Creates the Wilbur A. Weder and Gregory L. Lambert Sociology Endowment Fund The Sociology Department recently received news of a bequest in the name of Wilbur A. Weder (Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, 1964) and his partner, Gregory L. Lambert. The endowment will be...
Sociology Alumni working in a variety of fields visited the SOC 199: "Exploring Careers with a BA in Sociology" course and were asked to reflect on their career paths and how an education in Sociology helped them get there. Hear what they had to say about how Sociology prepared them for their...
Sociology Alumni working in a variety of fields visited the SOC 199: "Exploring Careers with a BA in Sociology" course and were asked to reflect on their career paths and how an education in Sociology helped them get there. Hear what they had to say about how Sociology prepared them for their...
Sociology Alumni working in a variety of fields visited the SOC 199: "Exploring Careers with a BA in Sociology" course and were asked to reflect on their career paths and how an education in Sociology helped them get there. Hear what they had to say about how Sociology prepared them for their...
Sociology Alumni working in a variety of fields visited the SOC 199: "Exploring Careers with a BA in Sociology" course and were asked to reflect on their career paths and how an education in Sociology helped them get there. Hear what they had to say about how Sociology prepared them for their...
Sociology Alumni working in a variety of fields visited the SOC 199: "Exploring Careers with a BA in Sociology" course and were asked to reflect on their career paths and how an education in Sociology helped them get there. Hear what they had to say about how Sociology prepared them for their...
Sociology Alumni working in a variety of fields visited the SOC 199: "Exploring Careers with a BA in Sociology" course and were asked to reflect on their career paths and how an education in Sociology helped them get there. Hear what they had to say about how Sociology prepared them for their...
Sociology Alumni working in a variety of fields visited the SOC 199: "Exploring Careers with a BA in Sociology" course and were asked to reflect on their career paths and how an education in Sociology helped them get there. Hear what they had to say about how Sociology prepared them for their...
Sociology Alumni working in a variety of fields visited the SOC 199: "Exploring Careers with a BA in Sociology" course and were asked to reflect on their career paths and how an education in Sociology helped them get there. Hear what they had to say about how Sociology prepared them for their...
Sociology Alumni working in a variety of fields visited the SOC 199: "Exploring Careers with a BA in Sociology" course and were asked to reflect on their career paths and how an education in Sociology helped them get there. Hear what they had to say about how Sociology prepared them for their...
Sociology Alumna Paris Streeter talks about her time at Illinois.
Derek Cazeau Executive Director Bolingbrook Hospital Foundation Class of 1993, B.A. Sociology After graduating in 1993 with a BA in Sociology, Derek first worked as a Subsidy Specialist for Child Care Initiatives of Illinois. Over the years, Derek took on increasing...
