Prospective Graduate Students
The UWM Sociology department is very proud of the accomplishments of its students, staff, and faculty. We are a department of engaged teachers and active researchers. Our graduates have gone on to some of the best Ph.D. programs in the country, as well as a host of fascinating jobs ranging from banking to teaching to social services. We look forward to reading your application, and hope you will consider joining this exciting and collegial department.
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Sociology Program for Prospective Students
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Sociology Success Stories: Careers
Our graduates have also gone on to positions in all levels of education, including teaching at local colleges, middle schools, high schools, college admissions counseling, directors of student life and student activities, and (after receiving their Ph.D.) as professors at colleges and universities across the country. Graduates have also gone on to work as police officers and sheriffs.
Our graduates have also gone on to exciting careers in both the non-profit and commercial sectors, including:
- AC Nielsen
- Aid Association for Lutherans
- Alliance for Children and Families
- American Society for Quality
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- American Dental Association
- Center for Addictions and Behavior Health Research at UWM
- Center for Human Resource Development in Indiana
- E JJ Olson and Associates
- Family Health Council in Pittsburgh
- Kohl’s (research analysis)
- Market Probe
- Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council
- M&I Bank
- Planned Parenthood
- The Progressive (in Madison, WI)
- Strong Investment
- United Way
Sociology Success Stories: Higher Education
Our graduates have gone on to topnotch Ph.D. programs, including the University of California, Florida State, University of Illinois at Chicago, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, Western Michigan, University of Nebraska, State University of New York, Notre Dame, University of Rhode Island, University of Texas-Austin, Tulane University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Master's Paper: A Wealth of Possibilities
We offer both an exam option and a thesis option. Many of our students find the thesis option especially appealing, because it gives them an opportunity to explore questions they find particularly compelling. Below is a selection of the diverse array of master’s paper topics that our students have written just in the last decade. For a more complete list of the papers written in the last decade, click on the link below.
Recent master's paper topics have included:
- Challenges to the Urban Growth Machine: The Case of Light Rail in Milwaukee
- Avoiding Stigma in "Public" Places: The Efforts of Mothers of Autistic Children to Control the Stigmatization of their Children
- Increasing Diversity, Maintaining Hierarchy: An Assessment of Medical Specialization
- Toward a Sociology of the Automobile
- Preemptive Neighborhood Control: An Analysis of Anti-Black Hate Crime in the Police Districts of Chicago, Illinois
Complete list of master's papers