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Division of Sociology

Auguste Comte first realized the need for a science of society while writing during the French Revolution. Those revolutionary days cried out for sociological analysis to answer how and why such events occurred. Today, sociology is a diverse field where researchers use scientific tools to understand and improve society. Sociologists study things like racial inequality, the healthcare system, environmentalism, gender inequality, religion, economic inequality, and popular culture.

A Bachelor’s of Science degree at Tarleton State University equips students with the lasting skills employers seek. Our programs show students how to think critically, understand and conduct research, communicate effectively, and adapt to the ever-changing social world.

Tarleton Sociology offers two pathways to earning a Bachelor’s of Science degree:

General Sociology Degree Concentrations

Social Justice Degree Concentrations

Learn More about a B.S. in Applied Sociology

Tarleton has access to the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

ICPSR is an international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions research organizations and provides leadership and data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community. ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism and other fields.

Student Organizations

Tarleton’s Sociology Club

Tarleton’s Sociology Club was founded in 1995 as a resource for students interested in broadening their sociological knowledge. The Sociology Club facilitates the open discussion of important events and social phenomena and welcomes all students. For more information, contact Dr. Derek Lehman.

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Alpha Kappa Delta Honors Society

Our organization seeks to acknowledge and promote excellence in scholarship in the study of sociology, the research of social problems, and such other social and intellectual activities as will lead to improvement in the human condition. For more information, contact Dr. Robert Cavazos.

Faculty

Name	Title	Expertise	Degree-granting Institution	Office	Phone
Dr. Jason LaTouche	Professor, Associate Provost, and Associate Vice President for Academic Administration, Operations, and Accreditation	Theory; Race, Class, and Gender; Popular Culture; Social Movement	Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Administration Building, Room 212A	254-968-9981
Dr. Atsuko Kawakami	Associate Professor	Social Gerontology; Social Support Groups and Systems; Transnational Migration; Health Care/Services Utilization; Japan Studies	Ph.D. Arizona State University	EJ Howell 408	254-968-9882
Dr. Robert Cavazos	Assistant Professor	Environmental Sociology; Water Scarcity; Food Justice; Urban/Rural Sociology; Race/Stratification/Inequality;GIS	Ph.D. University of Florida	EJ Howell 402	254-968-9619
Dr. Derek Lehman	Division Director and Assistant Professor	Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Gender, Political Sociology	Ph.D. Southern Illinois University	EJ Howell 405	254-968-9918
Dr. Michael Ohsfeldt	Instructor	Culture, Social Theory, Religion	Texas A&M University	EJ Howell 406	254-968-1750