The goal of the anthropology and sociology honors programs is to allow students with superior interests and talents to explore these fields, personal intellectual interests, and themes beyond the limits of typical courses.
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology also offers students the opportunity to join two honor societies. Alpha Kappa Delta seeks to acknowledge and promote excellence in the scholarship and study of sociology, the research of social problems, and other social and intellectual activities that will lead to improvement in the human condition. Lambda Alpha supports scholarship and research by acknowledging and honoring superior achievement in the discipline among students engaged in the study of anthropology.
Transformational gift will support the priorities of the Accelerate Richmond campaign, including a $50M matching fund for endowed scholarships.
Jeffrey Hass, professor of sociology, published “Discursive Power, Civilian Agency, Wartime Duress, and Resilience: Letters to the Authorities in the Blockade of Leningrad” in the Russian Review and “Soviet Power and Civilian Agency in the First Months of World War II: the View from Leningrad” in The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review.
Bedelia Richards, associate professor of sociology, was awarded the Public Scholarship Award by the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at the ninth annual Engage for Change Awards.
Jeffrey Hass, professor of sociology, published “Violence as Capital: Violent capital and the case of social hierarchies” in Theory and Society.
Jeffrey Hass, professor of sociology, published “Power and Praise: The Case of the Late Brezhnev Era” in Sociology Lens.
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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: Dr. Matthew Oware
Administrative Coordinator: Diane Zotti