Values and Mission

Department of Sociology Values and Mission Statements

 

Our Values

MSU Sociology endorses our core values when fulfilling our mission and striving to realize our vision.

• We foster a collaborative intellectual community that supports rigorous and impactful scholarship.
• We advance social justice and challenge power structures through our research, teaching, and engagement.
• We employ collective decision-making processes based on transparency, accountability, and equitable access to and distribution of resources and responsibilities.
• We cultivate a climate based in mutual support, trust, and respect to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion for all faculty, staff, and students.
• We perform mentoring and teaching that strengthen our collective identity as professional sociologists.

 

 

Our Mission

MSU Sociology addresses major societal challenges through:

• generating high-quality research;
• facilitating lifelong learning; and
• performing impactful engagement.