Through our teaching, research, and service we seek to foster vibrant communities characterized by inclusiveness, sustainability, and creative problem solving. We engage in the work needed to build a more just society.
The Department offers majors in Anthropology, Criminology, Sociology, and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and offers minors in Anthropology, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Studies, Sociology, and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies.Â
News & Events

January 29, 2021
Thursday, February 25 at 4:00PM CST
An online discussion, reading and Q & A.

October 30, 2020
Pam Spencer is Assistant to the Dean for the College of Liberal Arts at UMD

October 16, 2020
Archiving the Coronavirus Pandemic Through the Lens of Humanities