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My education at ISU has been excellent. The price is right, the professor's are at the top of their games, and the smaller class sizes allow for a more comfortable interaction among students and teachers. This goes for my undergrad and grad experience. I've learned a great deal not only about anthropology but about life in general especially during my four summers I spent as part of the Grand Island Archaeological Research Project.

The Department of Sociology & Anthropology is an exciting and progressive department that prides itself on individualized attention to its students and a faculty that is actively engaged with scholarship, teaching and service from the local to global scales.

Our department is among the most diverse in the University in terms of faculty interests and expertise. As a joint department, we use the alliance between sociology and anthropology colleagues to build disciplinary bridges that positively impact our students, the faculty, and our programs. We offer many exciting programs for both undergraduate and graduate students and we encourage you to spend some time learning more about who we are and what we can offer YOU!

Calendar of Events

Annual Department Picnic
Saturday, September 13
Underwood Park, Normal, IL , 4:30 PM

News & Updates

After an extensive national search, the College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the appoitment of Professor Fred Smith as the new chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Click Here to read the full story.
2008 Student Awards Ceremony and Luncheon Photos [The Sign-in ], [Just Visiting ], [Great Food ], [Gerontology Award Winner], [Kinneman Winner & Dean's List ], [AKD Inductees & 2007-08 Anthropology Outstanding Seniors ], [Anthropology Student Travel Award], [Graduate Awards], [Keeley Award Winners], [Sociology Travel Award], [Misc. 1 ], [Misc. 2].
Tom Gerschick, associate professor in the department of sociology and anthropology, has been named the Registered Student Organization Advisor of the Year for his work with ISU Habitat for Humanity. Click here to read the full story.
Senior Sociology major, Tracy Deyell has been accepted into the University of Colorado at Boulder's Ph.D. program in Sociology where she will specialize in criminology. She received a six-year funding offer. This summer she will intern with the Youth Services Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario in order to finish her second major, Criminal Justice. Deyell has been a member of the Dean's List all four years and has maintained a 4.00 grade-point-average for six semesters. She accomplished this while being a Varsity swimmer. Deyell, was awarded the Most Valuable Swimmer honor for the 2007-08 season. She holds the 200-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard Individual Medley school records. She recently broke the Missouri Valley Conference record in the 400-yard Individual Medley.
Graduating Sociology student, Sarah Torbeck, has been honored with a $1200 scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh's Russian and East European Summer Language Institute to study intermediate level Russian. Her documentary film, "Vstrecha: A Meeting," a film about the Cold War experiences of her parents and her Russian partner's parents, was named the Best In-Course Honors Project of 2007.
Michael J. Schaefer, who graduated last year with his BS in anthropology, has received a Fulbright Full Grant to conduct archaeological research in Brazil from March through December of 2009.To read the full story in CAS News, please click here.
Sura Roten's Daily Vidette Column
Sociology GA Teaching Assistant Positions : Job posting numbers are 0700996 and 0700997. www.jobs.ilstu.edu