Department of Sociology

Advising

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The first point of contact is with the faculty. If you have an interest in Sociology (SOC) or Social Analysis & Research (SAR), you should contact and meet with any member of the department. Ideally, you should choose someone whose work, areas of teaching, and research you find of most interest. All faculty who are in residence hold office hours. The faculty can review with you what sociology is, what sort of careers it leads to, help you make a decision about concentrating in SOC or SAR, or simply which classes you should take given your interests. All of the faculty are also available as capstone or thesis advisors.
If you decide you are interested in concentrating in SOC or SAR, you should go to the office hours of one of our faculty or make an appointment to meet with one of the concentration advisors listed below. The undergraduate advisors can go over requirements and discuss your course of studies. Undergraduate advisors can also advise you on transfer credits and can approve petitions to have courses outside of the department count for the concentration.

Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve

Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies

nvancleve@brown.edu