Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology - Race and Ethnicity

The Sociology Department at UT Austin is one of the largest and most highly ranked Sociology departments in the country. Its faculty and students come from every part of the United States and the world, including the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, Mexico, Chile, Turkey, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Israel, and others. Its outstanding group of faculty offers an excellent range of opportunities - both inside and outside the classroom - for students. The US News and World Report Guide to Graduate Departments ranks UT Austin Sociology 6th among public universities, and tied for 11th among all universities. This high esteem, along with the high quality of life in the Austin metropolitan area, makes it easy to see why the Department has become an extremely attractive place for some of the leading young sociologists and graduate students to make UT Austin their home. The sociology of race and ethnicity examines questions of global racial formations in reproducing social inequalities. Ongoing interdisciplinary and multi-method research by faculty and graduate students explores the complex effects of racism and ethnic differentiation in relation to culture and identities, gender and sexuality, education, poverty, socioeconomic mobility, health and mortality, immigration and citizenship, law, and labor.