Social Sciences
Overview
Students wishing to combine study in several social science disciplines may consider a Social Sciences Divisional Area of Concentration (AOC).
Faculty in Social Sciences
Frank Alcock, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies (On Leave)
Michelle Barton, Associate Professor of Psychology
Carrie Beneš, Professor of History (On Leave)
David Brain, Professor of Sociology/Director of the Urban Studies Program (On Leave)
Kathleen Casto, Assistant Professor of Psychology (On Leave)
Tracy Collins, Associate Professor of Economics
Peter Cook, Associate Professor of Psychology
Duff Cooper, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods/Director of Social Sciences Research Lab
Catherine Cottrell, Associate Professor of Psychology (On Leave)
Erin Dean, Associate Professor of Anthropology
David Ellis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
Barbara Feldman, Professor of Sociology
Yidong Gong, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (On Leave)
Michael Gorup, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Steven Graham, Associate Professor of Psychology
Heidi Harley, Professor of Psychology/Peg Scripps Buzzelli Chair/Director of Environmental Studies Program
David Harvey, Professor of History
Sarah Hernandez, Associate Professor of Sociology and Caribbean and Latin American Studies
Barbara Hicks, Professor of Political Science/Social Sciences Division Chair
Andrew Humphries, Visiting Associate Professor of Economics
William Hustwit, Visiting Associate Professor of History
Richard Izquierdo, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
Tarron Khemraj, Professor of Economics and International Economics/William and Marie Selby Chair
T. J. H. McCarthy, Professor of Medieval History (On Leave)
Eric Nemarich, Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Frederick Pirone, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Jack Reilly, Associate Professor of Political Science (On Leave)
Xia Shi, Associate Professor of History and International and Area Studies/Marian Hoppin Chair of Asian Studies
Maria D. Vesperi, Professor of Anthropology
Jeffrey Vredenburg, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Sherry Yu, Associate Professor of Economics
Queen Meccasia Zabriskie, Associate Professor of Sociology (On Leave)
Requirements for the Divisional AOC in Social Sciences
Course requirements for the Social Sciences Area of Concentration include: one introductory and two or more advanced courses and/or tutorials in at least three social science disciplines. This would mean a minimum of nine courses or tutorials in the social sciences. A Social Sciences AOC also involves a senior thesis that uses social scientific research methods. Students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the various methodologies employed by social scientists.
The program of study will be worked out by the student and a sponsor. The Area of Concentration form must be signed by at least two social sciences faculty who are in agreement on the student's plan of study. The senior thesis must be sponsored by a social sciences faculty member. The Baccalaureate Committee must also include two other members of the social sciences faculty.
Representative Senior Theses in Social Sciences
- LatinX First-Generation Students in Los Angeles and the Fight for Four Year College Attainment
- Librarianship in the Era of Inequality: A Study on the Local Response to the Changing Roles of Public Libraries
- Race, Power, and Memory: An Oral History of Gasparilla Island's Black Community
- A Virtuous Market: School Choice and Student Access at a Florida Charter School
- Gazing Upon the Goo-Goo Land: Constructions of the Filipino Identity in U.S. Newspapers, 1898–1904
- "Somos Seres Humanos. Merecemos Vivir Dignamente": Coloniality and Human Rights in the Face of Family Separation
- Population Growth and Development in Miami, Tampa, and Orlando from 1920 to 1975