Institution name

Brandeis University

Total number of students

5598

Contact address for international enquiries

415 South Street
WALTHAM 02453

Telephone

+1 781 736 3480

Venue / office name

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology

Address

Brandeis University
415 South Street M S 071
WALTHAM
Massachusetts
02454

Venue description

The Brandeis Department of Sociology is a distinguished small department that has nurtured a distinctive culture and has produced nearly two hundred PhDs. since the founding of the graduate program in the early 1960s (see selected listing for each substantive area). Its faculty and graduates over the years have done innovative, often path breaking work in the discipline, and their engaged scholarship has influenced the formation of significant movements and policies for democratic change. Its founding traditions of European theorizing and "Chicago School" field studies have been continually enriched with feminist and other critical theoretical approaches, as well as through comparative institutional analyses in a globalizing world. While the department offers a range of methods, including historical, quantitative and comparative, the program has specialized in qualitative analysis. In addition to theory and methods, the department currently focuses especially on three substantive areas: Gender and Feminist Studies, Sociology of Health and Illness, and Politics and Social Change.

Telephone number

+1 781 736 2631

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

Brandeis has nine campus residence areas, with a 10th scheduled to open in spring 2009. Students are guaranteed four consecutive semesters of on-campus housing, unless they are part of an entering midyear class. Charles River Apartments: Apartment complex that houses upper-class students and graduate students. For More Information, Contact: Richard DeCapua-Director of Residence Life,781-736-5060. E-mail:decapua@brandeis.edu. Room and board charges $9908 per year.