Revolutionary Tales: Senior Nate O’Brien Champions Voting and Civic Engagement
GW Votes program assistant Nate O'Brien, a sociology and political science major, is dedicated to ensuring the GW community is informed and ready to vote.
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UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL
STRUCTURES AND RELATIONS
through sociological research and real-life applications
Who We Are
In the George Washington University Department of Sociology, students analyze human social structures through classwork, research and practical workplace experience. Our undergraduate and graduate degree programs explore sociology’s many applications to the world around us, with options including sociological theory, criminal justice and our in-house Human Services and Social Justice Program.
Surrounded by the rich social laboratory of Washington, D.C., sociology students enjoy professional opportunities at institutions like the Department of Justice, the Supreme Court, the White House and a variety of social justice nonprofits. Under the guidance of faculty, students build the skills and networks they need for future careers as researchers, professors, child care workers, nonprofit leaders, criminal investigators, rehabilitation counselors and much more.
Departmental Focus Areas
Social Inequality
Gender
Race
Immigration
Criminal Justice
Urban Sociology
Human Services
& Social Justice
News from Sociology
"The extensive research and academic experiences GW provided in and outside the department prepared me to apply sociological and criminological theories along with statistical knowledge to substantive issues surrounding social justice."
Jacqueline Groccia
BA ‘18, Criminal Justice
MA ‘19, Criminology