Below are a list of research centers and programs affiliated with the Sociology Department:
The African Atlantic Research Team, (AART) was organized some 25 years ago to help improve the number and quality of Ph.D. from African American and other graduate and undergraduate students whose cultural communities have been historically deprived from academic higher education. To accomplish this goal, we continue to provide advising, culturally appropriate mentoring, academic exposure that goes beyond the classroom, and career development. The mission has been to ensure that sociology and other students from these communities complete an academic Ph.D. and engage in successful professional careers.
AART 2020 Grad Party
AART MSU
For more information go the the Animal Studies website.
The Consortium for Sexual and Gender Minority Health, housed in the School of Social Work, includes a large group of social scientists across the College of Social Science who study SGM physical or mental health with a focus on minority stress, the life course perspective, and intersectionality, from a social ecological approach.
MSU Sociology members include:
For more information go to the Consortium website.
The Environmental Science and Policy Program focuses on building innovative graduate education programs, linking MSU research with national and global research priorities, and making MSU more connected and visible through national and global efforts. The program also includes:
For more information go to the ESPP website.
Julian Samora Research Institute (JSRI), is a research organziation that focuses on the Latino and Hispanic community in the areas of economic development, education, and families and neighborhoods. JSRI also offers:
For more information, please visit the JSRI website.