College of Arts & Sciences

Traditionally, to study topics like race and social justice, college students have been obligated to declare their field of study in humanities or a social science like sociology or anthropology. But now, thanks to The University of New Mexico Institute for the Study of “Race” and Social Justice, graduate students from across the University are able to take a deeper look at those topics.

The University of New Mexico Institute for the Study of “Race” & Social Justice hosts a lecture and critical discussion featuring Nana Osei-Kofi, Director of the Difference, Power & Discrimination Program at Oregon State University (OSU) on Thursday,...

A Ph.D. graduate from The University of New Mexico Department of Sociology has been awarded a major prize for his dissertation by the University’s Office of Graduate Studies.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) in the United States has long been estimated at no more than three children per 1,000. A new study published in the journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence reports that the prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is between...

Jessica Goodkind, associate professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico, specializes in change. Her nine credit hour, two semester course begins each fall teaching undergraduate students what refugees are, and what kind of world conditions...

A new book written by The University of New Mexico Department of Sociology chair, Richard Wood, takes an in depth look at the work being done to overcome racial inequality in the United States and to figure out how we, as a society, work across the racial divides we’ve inherited.

In his first visit to the United States, Pope Francis made headlines around the world and was greeted by hundreds of thousands of American Catholics and non-Catholics alike. And for University of New Mexico sociology Professor Richard Wood, to see and...

Annually, the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department compiles a list of its Top-10 General News stories during the course of the year. Below is the list of UNM's Top-10 General News stories for 2014. The stories are listed in chronological order.

“Understanding and Acting on the Border Crisis: A panel discussion,” featuring several members of the University of New Mexico faculty, is set for Sunday, Aug. 24 from 5 – 6:30 p.m. at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa NE, one block east ...

Richard L. Wood, chair, University of New Mexico Department of Sociology, announced the July 16 death of Tomás Atencio, a sociology alumnus who also served many years as a lecturer in the department. Atencio was 81. “Tomás Atencio was deeply dedicated ...