Department of Sociology

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When you take courses in Dartmouth's Sociology Department, you'll be introduced to a unique way of asking questions, examining problems, and viewing the world. Sociology is really about learning analytical thinking in the best tradition of the liberal arts.

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The Hidden History Behind America’s Immigration Debate

2/3/2026

Sunmin Kim illuminates how the foundations of America’s immigration debate contain the seeds of today’s crisis.
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Seeking Lecturer for 2026-27

2/3/2026

The Department of Sociology at Dartmouth College seeks to appoint one non-tenure-track Lecturer for the academic year 2026-2027. Applicants...
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Oscar Cornejo Casares ’17 Explores Immigration’s Lasting Trauma in the U.S.

1/29/2026

The scholar discussed the impact of immigration status on individual lives and American society.

Recent Publications

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"Collective Past as a Community-building Initiative: Teaching Asian American Studies through the History of Student Activism."

Sunmin Kim and Daniel Lin

Journal

““First Phone Call is Usually Family”: Informal Borrowing Among Low-Income Debtors.”

Chanda, Trisha, Jason Houle, Lisa Klein-Vogel, Rachel Dwyer, and Lonnie Berger.

"Is Belonging What You Do, Who You're With, or Who You Are? Three Pathways of Belonging among Latina/o Co-Ethnics at a Predomina

Estéfani Marín , Janice M. McCabe

"Subordination to Women, Anger, and Endorsement of Violence Against Women: A Test of General Strain Theory."

Maria N. Scaptura, Kaitlin Boyle, Kimberly B. Rogers

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