What We Want
We have a vision for the sociology program. We want our students --- whether as majors, minors, or just taking electives -- to be transformed by the books they read, their classroom experience, the research they conduct, the worlds they enter and explore in internships and community service, and the papers they write. We have strong expectations that these varied learning experience will help our students become:

• More informed about the world they live in; about, for example, positive and negative trends in crime and substance abuse; family structure; poverty; race relations; educational achievement;
• More critically analytic about what makes information reliable and meaningful; in the presentation of scientific findings, in media reports, in the internet, in interviews about delicate matters;
• More competent in being able to use information, to interpret ideas, and to express what you have discovered to others clearly and lucidly; in papers; in classroom discussion; with visual aids; in public forums;
• More aware of other people's and group's social situations, their needs, the policy initiatives that might make a positive difference in their lives and in the wider society;

What We Do
When you study sociology at Wheaton you pass through three stages in a progression that simultaneously focuses, deepens and broadens your understanding of how life is organized socially, and culminates in the senior seminar and symposium.

FACULTY

	Kersti Yllo received her B.A. from Denison University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. She teaches courses on families in transition, aging in America, gender inequality, and a seminar on violence against women which has a field component in which students intern at a local battered women's shelter. Her research focusses on family violence, marital rape, and feminist methods. Knapton 305, (508)286-3654, kyllo@wheatonma.edu, fax: (508)286-3640
	John Grady received his BA in Asian Studies from Boston College, his MA in Social Anthropology from Yale University and his PhD in Sociology from Brandeis University. His courses at Wheaton include: Society, Technology and the Built Environment; Urban Sociology; Sociology of Work; Sociology of Health and Illness and Global Sociology, Visual Sociology and Sociological Moviemaking. His research focuses on the impact and significance that the material world of nature and human artifacts has on social organization and daily life; the use of visual imagery in social research and analysis; and making documentary films.Knapton 304, (508)286-3655, jgrady@wheatonma.edu, fax: (508)286-3640
	Hyun Sook Kim, Department Chair, received her B.S. from University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research. She teaches courses on global capitalism, militarization, gender and race; social inequality; genocide and political violence; feminisms and feminist theory; social movements; Asian American diaspora; and immigration. Professor Kim's research focuses on transnational feminist cultural studies; gender, sexuality, nationalism; history and memory of war and violence in Korea and Vietnam; and models of reconciliation and transitional justice. She has also studied the military sexual slavery issue ("comfort women"), militarism and prostitution, and domestic violence in Asian immigrant communities. Knapton 302, (508)286-3657, hkim@wheatonma.edu, fax: (508)286-3640
	A. Javier Treviño received his B.A. from the University of North Texas, his M.A. from Northern Arizona University, and his Ph.D. from Boston College. He teaches courses in Sociological Theory, Organized Crime, Sociology of Law, Criminology, Deviant Behavior, and Latino Communities. His research focuses on contemporary sociological theory. Knapton 303, (508)286-3656,jtrevino@wheatonma.edu, fax: (508)286-3640
	Michelle Ann Harris received her B.A. and M.A.from The University of South Florida, and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She teaches courses on Media and Society, Race and Ethnicity, and Introduction to Sociology. Her research focuses on mental health dimensions of immigration and their relationship with race and ethnicity. Knapton 302, (508)286-3643, maharris@wheatonma.edu, fax:(508286-3640)

Course Offerings

AlphaKappaDelta (the International Sociology Honor Society).

If you wish to become a member please contact, A. Javier Treviño, Faculty Advisor at (508) 286-3656 or jtrevino@wheatonma.edu