About Our Program

The Department of Sociology is small in terms of the number of faculty. As a result, you will get to know your instructors, and faculty get to know students as individuals. Our program is also unique because it focuses on the study of inequalities and social justice. Our vision is to expand understanding of inequalities and to work towards social justice. To that end, faculty teach, conduct research, and do service work that is related to multiple issues of social justice and inequalities. As you can see by reading our mission statement and goals below, we believe that the sociological perspective can make special contributions towards realizing social justice.

Click on Courses Offered to see some of the exciting courses we offer, or About Our Faculty to read about faculty work related to social inequalities. Indeed, we invite you to click all over our webpages to see what our department might offer you.

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Mission : The Department of Sociology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks to contribute to the broader intellectual mission of the university by sharing the sociological perspective through teaching and research on social issues, especially those concerning social justice and pertaining to the North and its diverse peoples.

Goals: The Department of Sociology has the following goals:

•  to facilitate student learning of the discipline and craft of sociology;
•  to prepare students for advanced study in sociology, professional schools in other fields, and life-long learning;
•  to advance sociological and social science knowledge through original research; and
•  to employ sociological expertise through service to the university, the community and the state of Alaska.