MaxWeberHasAPosse

Hey all. UCLA grad here. We've been receiving emails about hosting students to the degree that it wouldn't make sense to keep on admitting more students into the program. So, I think it is safe to say that all those who have been admitted, have been.

yes we offer subsidization.

sounds fucking good, man. congrats

you should probably look at UCLA as everything you listed is the strengths of the department.

you have to be invited first! I know that they've already had some people there a couple of weeks ago. But don't worry, some people don't get interviewed and get offers. You can PM me if you want to know more about how Yale works.

Tanya Stivers

UCLA is the place to be for the study of language. The department developed and continues to pioneer conversation analysis and social linguistics.

UCLA and Yale are great.

UC San Diego is the place to be for STS.

Yale is the place to be for your interests. The focus of the program is cultural and historical sociology, and the whole cultural trauma thing was developed by Alexander and Eyerman. It's a very selective program; I think they only admit five students a year. I had an interview last year and I think it really helped.

ummmm... just about any mainstream American sociology department has a bunch of people doing quantitative work... If you're having a hard time finding departments that do quant work, then you should get your eyes checked! At any event, you need a substantive focus, not just a methodological one.

yes, you're competitive. Nobody even looked at my GRE scores at the departments where I was accepted. Your scores are super high. Write an awesome SOP and you'll be fine. And, rank matters (when it comes to getting a job). Don't let anybody convince of something different. Look, as sociologists we study how important status and prestige are. There's no reason to think that those things don't make a difference in a soc phd program.

No. Not at all.

They do this kind of stuff at CU Boulder. Check out Leslie Irvine.

They do this kind of stuff at CU Boulder. But you can study gender and violence at most any sociology department. Just frame it in such a way that it appeals to a general audience.

You don't need to be in a program where there is someone studying whiteness etc. You need to be in a program that has a strong emphasis on race. In that case, your options are huge. Berkeley and UCLA are both good places to look. Try to frame your interests in generalist terms. Figure out how to get someone who doesn't study race at all to want to admit you into their department (remember, you can't be sure who is on the committee). I'd start reading the Annual Review Sociology (they are literature reviews that talk about the state of X subfield). Find out what basic theoretical problems need to be addressed and then explain how you can be the one to do it. That's what I did.

No, your response is good. But here is the thing: the sociological study of whiteness is not the same thing as CWS. That's the point I'm trying to make. It's important to study whiteness sociologically; all for it and there's plenty of space in the discipline for it. The only point I'm trying to make is that CWS is a particular project founded with normative intentions. Usually the normative stuff doesn't fly well with mainstream American sociology departments. CWS is seen as not analytical enough because of its normative agenda. I'm not criticizing CWS, just want you to be informed about the state of the field. I wish people in good phd programs would have given me the same kind of (sometimes hard to swallow) advice when I was applying. Also, ethnic studies and communication use a lot of sociology. You don't need to be in a sociology department to do sociology. The reason I'm pushing the issue is that you would be wise to apply to departments that are doing the kinds of things that you're interested in, and there aren't many (worth going to) that do CWS.

Critical Whiteness Studies is not the same thing as race/ethnicity and social movements. Critical Whiteness Studies is normative research program often found in ethnic studies and communications departments. Instead of taking my word for it go look at the state of the field of American sociology. Look at what professors are publishing.

Check out UCLA sociology. The home of conversation analysis, ethnomethodology, and the department has a few socio-linguists.

You're a math major? You'll do great in sociology (being serious). Math requires very deep analytical skills, and in general, the discipline values the quantitative skills. You need to find some area that you find interesting, but you'll do well.

terrible advice.

You might do better in a cultural studies department--maybe even American studies. Critical race stuff is not really a part of the mainstream of the discipline and is often seen as being not analytical and too normative. You might reframe the issue in a way to appeal to sociologists...

UC San Diego

If you want to hit it from a Science Studies dimension then UCSD is the way to go.

UFO research in New Mexico.