Sociology

About Us

At a public institution located in one of the country's most exciting cities, we are proud to be a department that offers undergraduates a top quality education, and that provides a haven for faculty and students to apply their sociological lens to "real world" issues. You will have access to a faculty who focus on the larger forces of globalization as well as on the social realities of our local urban landscapes. As part of your broader education at UIC, we believe that an undergraduate degree in Sociology will prepare you for work in a wide range of fields.

UIC Sociology Colloquium Series

Our fall 2011 of talks and presentations on a variety of topics will start this coming Wednesday, September 7th. Click here for complete schedule for the Fall colloquia series.

University of Illinois at Chicago

and Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy

Department of Sociology Colloquium

April 4, 2012

Urban Violence and the State in Latin America

Dr. Javier Ayuero

12:00 - 1:30 PM

BSB 4105

Based on 30 months of ethnographic fieldwork in a violence-ridden, low-income district located in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, this presentation examines the state's presence at the urban margins and its relationships to widespread de-pacification of poor people's daily life. Contrary to descriptions of destitute urban areas in the Americas as either governance voids deserted by the state or militarized spaces firmly controlled by the state's iron fist, this presentation argues that law enforcement in Buenos Aires' high-poverty zones is intermittent, selective, and contradictory. By putting the state's fractured presence at the urban margins under the ethnographic microscope, the presentation reveals its key role in the perpetuation of the violence it is presumed to prevent.

News, Events and Announcements

Assistant Professor Matt Hall recently discussed lessons from the census for the state of Illinois. Watch video here.

Professor Moshe Semyonov was recently interviewed by Science Watch in response to one of his papers on attitudes towards immigrants being the most cited in the social sciences.

Keep up with the UIC Sociology Department on the UIC Sociology Calendar

Download "Of Note", the UIC Sociology Department Newsletter, with recent news and accomplishment from throughout the department.

TIME recently covered a new CCF study co-authored by UIC Sociology's Rachel Gordon. Congratulations to Dr. Gordon for the important work she does!

Congratulations to Kiana Cox for receiving the competitive Provost Award for Graduate Research in recognition of her work and accomplishments. This award will support her dissertation work, "African American Social Justice Organizations and the Contemporary Civil Rights Agenda.”

Congratulations to Anna Guevarra and Lorena Garcia for receiving awards in UIC's Teaching Recognition Program!

Congratulations to Barbara Risman, the head of UIC Sociology! She has received the American Sociological Association’s 2011 Public Understanding of Sociology Award. This award is given annually to a person or persons who have made exemplary contributions to advance the public understanding of sociology, sociological research, and scholarship among the general public.

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University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Sociology (MC 312)
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Chicago, IL 60607-7140