SOCIOLOGY COMMUNITY STATEMENT

The Department of Sociology’s Community and Belonging Committee is committed to:  

• Fostering and advocating for cultural transformation with regard to community and belonging in our curriculum, programming, and our departmental community, 

• Serving as a liaison between students, faculty, and staff regarding ideas and concerns related to community and belonging, 

• Offering information and resources to students, staff, and faculty to foster more community and belonging, and 

• Standing with students, faculty, and staff to support human rights and belonging for all. 

The committee comprises faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate student representatives in Sociology and Criminology majors.  

Vision:  

The Sociology department upholds and is committed to the values of community and belonging in principle and in practice. 

Each year the Department of Sociology holds a benefit to raise funds for our Sociology Community Scholarship. This event is titled, “Sociology & U: Performance Art on Race, Class, and Gender” and is held at Salt Lake Acting Company, a longstanding community partner.  The scholarship was established to assist our students with the challenges of meeting the rising costs of attaining a degree.

If you have any ideas about community building in the department, please contact us at socoff@soc.utah.edu.

Interested in meeting fellow sociology and criminology students? Want to network and interact with professors? Wish to attend both academic and social events? Join the Sociology and Criminology Student Association. Find us on our social media page https://www.instagram.com/uofu.scsa/.