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The Department of Sociology & Anthropology combines the study of people and cultures and produces students who are not only aware of the history and significance of humankind but who are also cognizant of how our actions impact the world in which we live.

Department News

Congratulations to Maha Hassan, 2020 recipient of the Henry H. Stewart scholarship and Jaide Hinds-Clarke, 2020 James A. Sartain winner!

Faculty Highlights

  • Sweis Awarded
    Sweis Awarded

    Rania Kassab Sweis, associate professor of anthropology and global studies, was awarded the 2020 SERMEISS Academic Article or Book Chapter Prize in recognition of outstanding scholarship in Middle Eastern Studies for her article “Doctors with Borders: Hierarchies of Humanitarians and the Syrian Civil War.”
  • Husain Published

    Atiya Husain, assistant professor of sociology, published “Deracialization, Dissent, and Terrorism in the FBI’s Most Wanted Program” in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
  • Sweis Published
    Sweis Published

    Rania Kassab Sweis, associate professor of anthropology and global studies, published “Hospital Warzones: What Syrian and US Health Workers Now Share” in The Global Post.
  • Richards Interviewed
    Richards Interviewed

    Bedelia Nicola Richards was interviewed on the No Jargon podcast of the Scholar Strategy Network on "Creating Inclusive Campuses".
  • Sweis Published
    Sweis Published

    Rania Kassab Sweis, Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Studies, published DOCTORS WITH BORDERS: HIERARCHIES OF HUMANITARIANS AND THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR in the International Journal of Middle East Studies. 
  • UR Community Dives into Book about Flint Water Crisis This Summer
    UR Community Dives into Book about Flint Water Crisis This Summer

    Dr. Rania Sweis discusses her plans to use What the Eyes Don’t See in the classroom in the spring.
  • Richards Published
    Richards Published Dr. Bedelia Richards published a chapter entitled 'Faculty Assessments as Tools of Oppression: A Black Woman's Reflections on (Colorblind) Racism in the Academy'.
  • Jan French inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa
    Jan French inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa

    Dr. Jan French has been inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society. The award recognizes her excellence in teaching and contributions to anthropology in developing future leaders.
  • Global Health
    Global Health

    Rania Kassab Sweis is an anthropologist whose ethnographic research traces the long term social effects of international aid and global health interventions with vulnerable populations. She can also speak to the ways in which young people in vulnerable populations consume, negotiate, and reconstitute global health care in specific ways.
  • French Named Distinguished Educator
    French Named Distinguished Educator

    Anthropology professor Jan French was named a 2018 University of Richmond Distinguished Educator.

Scholarship Repository Readership

The University of Richmond's Scholarship Repository shares faculty publications with a world-wide audience. The map below shows where articles from sociology and anthropology faculty are being read around the globe.

Feature Stories

A&S hosts Contested Spaces event about walls and borders around the world
On February 28th in the Richmond Room, the departments of history, sociology & anthropology, and languages, literatures, and cultures hosted a scholarly conference entitled “Walls, Borders, and Partitions in Global Perspective.” The conference was held as part of this year’s Contested Spaces in which the 2019-20 focal point is “This Ground.”
Erin Sorady, '19
Combining majors in leadership studies and anthropology with sorority service, student charts path to servant leadership.
Black joyMariah Williams, '13, talks about creating public spaces to welcome and celebrate people of color.
Ellie Reece, '04
Ellie Reece, ’04, works as executive director of the largest pediatric neurology practice in the world.
UncoveRVA: Archeology for Our Past, Present, and Future
Students in Dr. Derek Miller's Archeology in the City course curate an exhibition for UR Downtown's Wilton Companies Gallery.
The System
Students in The System SSIR examines the relationship between people and society’s systems.
Maddy Dunbar, '17
Senior credits WGSS class with introducing her to the joy of working with young children and a possible career in early childhood education policy.
Alicia Jiggetts, '19
With every document Alicia Jiggetts, ’19, scans and enters in a database, she knows she’s helping to restore the voting rights of Virginia’s ex-felons.
Natasha Shannon, '18
Natasha Shannon, ’18, observed how nomadic Bedouins receive health care.
Daniel Harawa, '09
Forbes named Harawa to its 30 Under 30 list for law and policy, recognizing his appellate advocacy for the D.C. public defender's office.
Emily Gove, '17
Helping produce a video for Zagat provided a fun, informative, and delicious experience for a junior majoring in anthropology.
Mary Allen, '16
Scholar-athlete Mary Allen, '16, gives back to her Northside Richmond neighborhood through her class and volunteer work.
University of Richmond to host lecture by Alicia Garza, activist and co-creator of the Black Lives Matter movement
University of Richmond will host a lecture focusing on Black Lives Matter by the movement’s co-creator, Alicia Garza. The event is March 22 at 4 p.m. in Tyler Haynes Commons, Alice Haynes Room. It is free and open to the public.
University of Richmond to host lecture by Alicia Garza, activist and co-creator of the Black Lives Matter movement
University of Richmond will host a lecture focusing on Black Lives Matter by the movement’s co-creator, Alicia Garza. The event is March 22 at 4 p.m. in Tyler Haynes Commons, Alice Haynes Room. It is free and open to the public.
Emily Onufer, '17
Bonner Scholar uses her Bonner summer of service and a Civic Fellowship to explore climate change in the South Pacific.

Resources

Sociology Library Research Guide

Anthropology Library Research Guide

Anthropology Writing Guide

Center for Civic Engagement

Office of Sustainability

Contact Us

Mailing Address:
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
302 Weinstein Hall
231 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173

Phone: (804) 289-8067
Fax: (804) 287-1278

Department Chair: Miguel Diaz-Barriga
Administrative Coordinator: Diane Zotti