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An immersive experience in another part of the world can open up new horizons. It did for our anthropology major Chae Eun Kim '22 when she...

The Department of Sociology & Anthropology, the Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Asian Studies Program invite applications for a tenure- track faculty position as Assistant Professor...

Need to catch up on coursework? Fulfill a requirement? For the summer, we are offering one Anthropology and three Sociology courses in the first session (May 24-June 30), and four Sociology...

The Department of Sociology & Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position as Assistant Professor of Anthropology, effective Fall 2022. Potential candidates must have...

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James Rathburn McIntosh, 84, of Bethlehem passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in his home surrounded by his loving family. He was survived by his wife...

See Associate Professor Sirry Alang's excellent interview in The Chronicle of Higher Education (June 1, 2020): "...

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY. The Department of Sociology & Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position as Assistant Professor of Anthropology, effective Fall 2020. Potential...

Data from Collegefactual.com show that Lehigh's anthropology grads are among the best-paid in Pennsylvania. Consult the data at...

Fourteen students and three faculty from the Department of Sociology & Anthropology attended a performance of the play "Human Rites" by the...

Renowned sociologist Michael Kimmel, who first studied sociology under our own Dr. Jim McIntosh during the 1960s, has published a new...

At the ceremony for Founder's Day 2017,...

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If you are considering Lehigh's Masters in Sociology program, we encourage you to attend the upcoming...

Lehigh University was a very different place in 1966 when James McIntosh arrived straight from graduate school at Syracuse. What was then an all-male institution is now co-ed; the Department of...

Students in Professor Judy Lasker's seminar "The Jewish Identity and...

Please join us for a Research Colloquium Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 4:10pm in Maginnes Rm 101. Professor Judith Lasker will present her current research, "Hoping to Help: The Promises and...

On October 3, 2015, Lehigh University President John Simon officially dedicated the newly renovated Williams Hall as part of Lehigh's 150th...

Dr. John Gatewood, Professor of Anthropology, has pursued an especially active research agenda lately, studying the factors that grain farmers in eastern Pennsylvania perceive as...

Dr. David Casagrande, Associate Professor of Anthropology, has received the 2015 Robert C. and Virginia L. Williamson Award for...

Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Kelly Austin, who has been named to the prestigious Frank Hook Assistant...

At the annual Dean's Awards banquet of the College of Arts and Sciences on March 26, Professor James McIntosh won a Schaufield Award for Advising Excellence in the social sciences. The award was...

Sociologists and anthropologists play a major role in public health research and projects. We observe this year's National Public Health Week through a number of...

Three Masters of Sociology students and one undergraduate Sociology student will be presenting their papers at the...

The Department of Sociology & Anthropology is pleased to announce that two new colleagues will be joining us this fall in tenure-track positions.

Sirry Alang, currently...

Location: Maginnes Hall, Room 113
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Nessette Falu is a Ph.D. Candidate in Socio-Cultural...

On Tuesday, October 14 at 8 p.m., renowned sociologist Dr. Elijah Anderson will present a public lecture entitled "Understanding...

Lehigh University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in social epidemiology, at the assistant professor level, effective Fall 2015. The position will be a joint appointment...

Alessandra Bazo Vienrich, who received her M.A. in sociology from our department in May, has been profiled by the Lehigh...

Dr. Judith Lasker, our N.E.H. Distinguished Professor of Sociology, has been honored by Harvard University's Graduate School...

Jackie Krasas, Associate Professor of Sociology, has been tapped to fill a newly created position: Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Programs and International Initiatives. Her appointment in...

Dr. Heather Beth Johnson, Associate Professor of Sociology, has been recognized for her service to Lehigh's College of Arts and Sciences. Her contributions as a student mentor, director of the...

Lehigh University has awarded summer research grants to three students in our M.A. program. Congratulations to Mike DeCrosta who will be doing research on fracking with Prof. David Casagrande,...

Dr Cati Coe, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University-Camden, will give a public talk on Tuesday, March 25 entitled "'Will...

One faculty member and three graduate students of the department will present their research at the Eastern Sociological...

Kelly Austin, Assistant Professor of Sociology, has co-authored an article in the journal Sociological Inquiry...

Joshua Lynn (2013 graduate of Lehigh's Sociology MA program) and Alessandra Vienrich (2nd-year student in the program) have been working on a survey of people using South Bethlehem's Greenway. See...

The Lehigh University Eckardt Scholars Program, Class of 2015 cohort, has published a book titled 'Look to the Sky' (2012). This book is a collection of fifteen short stories examining...

Dr. Judith Lasker discussed the value of short-term international volunteer programs in global health at the first event hosted by the Lehigh Bioethics Club Wednesday night [Sept. 18] in...

Misty Curreli, who earned a masters degree in sociology from Lehigh, is starting a new position as Assistant Professor of Sociology at Suffolk Community College.  She is one of ten of our MA...

Heather Beth Johnson, associate professor of sociology, has been picked to serve on the American Sociological Association's section on Children and Youth. She received this honor via a nation-wide...

On Monday, May 20, 2013, Lehigh University held its 145th Commencement. Best wishes to our newly minted...

A newly awarded Lehigh CORE grant will fund an eight-member interdisciplinary research team studying the impacts of hydraulic...

Bruce Whitehouse, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, traveled to France from April 8-13 at the invitation of the U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Information Programs. He met with...

Sociology M.A. students Krittiya Kantachote and Charlene Reidy have earned a "Level Two Certificate of Participation"  from the Teacher Development Program for...