USF Sociology

Please mark your calendars for the last event of the year: a celebration of FIVE new books from our wonderful faculty on Wednesday, April 29th, from 12.30-1.45 PM in CPR 119.

Looking forward to seeing you there!! 😊

Sociology & ISS Bulls 🤘

Internship applications are officially OPEN!

Don’t miss out on an opportunity to grow professionally and connect with your community. Apply today! 😁

Hey Bulls!! 🤘 We got another event coming your way. For our annual lecture we will be having Dr. Thomas DeGloma, Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY.

The title of his talk is "The Masks of ICE: Using a Formal and Cultural Theory of Anonymity to Illuminate the Dynamics of State Terror". For more information on the event and an abstract of his upcoming talk, please see the attached flyer.

So mark your calendars if you don’t want to miss out.

📆 March 25th
⏰ 12:30pm-1:45pm
📍 ISA 5020

So proud of Dr. Jamie Sommer, whose research in the cloud forests of Guatemala highlights how climate change and industrial farming are affecting ecosystems and the Mayan communities who care for them.

Read all about it here: https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/chronicles/2026/responsibility-and-resilience-in-the-cloud-forests-of-guatemala.aspx

USF College of Arts and Sciences

Responsibility and resilience: Reflections from the cloud forests of Guatemala University of South Florida

Excited to see our very own, Vrinda Marwah, featured in an NPR interview on how India’s egg donation laws may be fueling a dangerous black market! 🔥 A thought-provoking read-- well worth your time!
https://shorturl.at/rMKFv

USF College of Arts and Sciences 🤘

Why these women break the law to sell their eggs for IVF Women in India were told they couldn't be paid for their eggs. The result: a black market for eggs from women in need of money to survive.

Our department is home to brilliant and dedicated faculty, and Dr. Beatriz Padilla, Sociologist and Director of the Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean (ISLAC), exemplifies our commitment to global scholarship.

This year, Dr. Padilla and the incredible ISLAC team are launching their third global symposium, which brings together a multidisciplinary, globally and locally focused conversation surrounding Latin America, the Caribbean and Latino Communities.

This year’s theme, Women, Gender, and Families: Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Perspectives Worldwide, highlights powerful scholarship and insights from across the globe. 🌎

✨ Join us! For more information: https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/chronicles/events/2026/islac.aspx✨

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Join us on February 9th for a powerful and engaging talk with Dr. Zine Magubane who will be speaking about “Sociology and Slavery: A Revised History of Sociology’s Origin Story.”

⌚ 12:30pm-1:45pm
📍 FAO 102

Don’t miss out! All are welcome. 😊

: Help us congratulate Maya Brown & Zita Fletcher on being a recipient of the 2026 Outstanding Young Alumni Award. 🎉

✨Maya Brown, Sociology and Africana Studies '15, Life Member, is an educator, political consultant, lobbyist and founder and principal strategist of MB Strategies.

✨Zita Fletcher, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences '13, is an award-winning author, military historian and journalist for the Military Times and Defense News, covering the Pentagon, Congress and global defense industry. Zita is also a Forbes contributor covering Aerospace & Defense, with a focus on drones and defense technology.

Congratulations again to you both on such an incredi-bull achievement! 🤘

USF Alumni Association

Come take Senior Seminar with us next semester! ☺️ Why? 2 reasons. The class meets only 3 times on campus & there’s parking. 👀😏

Come join us next semester in a course that let's you explore real life issues through:

🎥 weekly fiction + documentary films
🏦 a trip to the museum
🚫 NO comprehensive exams!

There are still seats available! 😊