Sociology Department

Sociology professor Tim Delaney looks at five centuries of how humans studied and tried to improve society in his second, extensively updated edition of “Classical and Contemporary Social Thought: Investigation and Application.”

As more international experiences become available, SUNY Oswego’s Office of International Education and Programs focuses on encouraging abroad experiences for all students who want them, exemplified by December 2021 graduate Awa Dembele’s “Being Abroad” podcast.

Awa Dembele, a Peer Reference Assistant at Penfield Library, has been selected to receive SUNY Oswego’s 2021 Northern New York Library Network Outstanding Student Employee award.

“Darkened Enlightenment,” the latest book by sociology professor Tim Delaney, finds the prolific author seeing society at a crossroads, with a choice between rational thought and anti-intellectualism.

Two SUNY Oswego graduates from the Class of 2020 -- Ajaneé Fryar and Laura Piekunka -- are among 100 honorees statewide for the new Chancellor’s Undergraduate Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships for the State of New York.

SUNY Oswego professor and sociology chair Tim Delaney recently published his 21st book in 21 years, one he has contemplated doing for much of that time: "Common Sense as a Paradigm of Thought: An Analysis of Social Interaction."

Convening in a monastery on the slopes of the Knockmealdown mountains in Ireland, scholars from across the globe -- including sociology chair Tim Delaney of SUNY Oswego and philosophy chair Tim Madigan of St. John Fisher -- met for a unique conference on the subjects of friendship and happiness.

From the theories of Aristotle to relationships on Facebook, the latest co-authored book by SUNY Oswego sociology professor Tim Delaney examines "Friendship and Happiness: The Connection Between the Two."

SUNY Oswego sociology professor and chair Tim Delaney recently published the textbook "Social Deviance," which he says is the natural heir to nearly all of the books -- 16 of them -- he has written before.