A forthcoming study by Assistant Professor Jason Houle found that lower-middle-income students carry more debt load than students from either of the other economic groups, according to CNBC.

Three alumni - all Sociology majors - share their stories of working in education.

Jaclyn Wypler's senior thesis, The Future’s In the Dirt: Local Food, Community and Embeddedness in Hardwick, VT, examined an emerging local food system in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont using the theory of embeddedness.

Sociologist Jonathan Cole is the next speaker in the “Leading Voices in Higher Education” series. He will discuss his book, The Great American University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role, Why It Must Be Protected.

Professor Denise Anthony talks about the issues surrounding electronic medical records.

Professor Emily Walton examined 256 neighborhoods in large metropolitan areas across the United States and found that Asian Americans living in predominantly Asian neighborhoods reported better health as the overall educational level of their neighbors increased.

Dartmouth’s Marc Dixon, an associate professor of sociology, is part of a VPR Vermont Edition in-depth discussion that explores the idea of how the middle class is defined in America.