Information for Graduate Students

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Below are links to important information regarding the details of the Graduate Sociology Program at Michigan State University: 

• FORMS
• GRADUATION
• HANDBOOK
• LEADERSHIP AND AWARDS
• SPECIALIZATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
• SOC COLLECTIVE
• TRAVEL

Below is a list of fact sheets that help explain various aspects of our graduate program:

• RCR Training Requirements
• GOF Funding
• DCF Funding
• Graduate Assistantships
• Peer Mentoring Program

MSU Sociology is hosting a series of Professional Development Workshops for Graduate Students featuring Sociology faculty. These are required viewing for PhD students. Recordings of past workshops are available here:

• Building Cumulative Knowledge

  Building Cumulative Knowledge with Drs. Isabel Ayala, Ray Jussaume and Brendan Mullan. Nov. 4, 2022

• Delivering & Evaluating Research Talks
  
  
• Writing & Pitching a Book Prospectus
  
  
• Pathways for a Non-Academic Career
  
  
• Developing Professional Networks in Disciplinary Subfields
  
  
• Delivering and Evaluating Research Talks

  Tue, November 2, 2021 11:00 AM at Zoom

  Drs. Monique Kelly, Molly Copeland and Ning Hsieh are panelist on this second Graduate Student Professional Workshop for Fall 2021.

• Building Cumulative Knowledge

  Oct. 12, 2021. Building Cumulative Knowledge with Drs. Zhenmei Zhang, Brendan Mullan and Isabel Ayala. Moderated by Graduate Program Director Hui Liu.

• Identifying and Developing Research Projects

  Sept. 28, 2020 Dr. stef shuster (Lyman Briggs/Sociology), Dr. Amanda Flaim (James Madison/Sociology), and Dr. Aaron McCright (Professor and Chair of Sociology):

   

• Federal Research Funding Opportunities

  Oct. 29, 2020 Dr. Cathy Liu (Sociology), Dr. Tom Dietz (Sociology), and Debbie Jesswein (Sociology):

  
  

• Effective Writing
  • Nov. 17, 2020 Dr. Soma Chauduri, Dr. Xuefei Ren, Yan Zhang and Zoey Lai.
• Navigating the Changing Landscape of Scholarly Journals

  In the latest of the series MSU Sociology Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop, Drs. Zhenmei Zhang, stef shuster and Ning Hsieh discuss options for publications in scholarly journals, when and how to coauthor articles and the emergence of open access journals.

   

• Creating a Teaching Portfolio

  The second of three Spring 2021 Professional Development Workshops for Graduate Students focused on creating teaching portfolios for job applications and award nominations.
  
  March 4, 2021
  
  Presenters
  Dr. Molly Copeland
  Dr. Sarah Prior
  Dr. Aaron McCright

• Pathways to Non-Academic Careers

  The third of three workshops for Spring 2021, this workshop focused on the best ways forward to alternative careers in sociology.

  Panelists:

  Dr. Stephen Vrla

  Dr. Cedric Taylor

  Dr. Jessica Garcia

  March 22, 2021