Qualitative Sociology PhD Programs.?

[MissJackson293]

I am currently a a Master's student in the Sociology department at WVU. I am looking to apply to PhD programs for next fall (Fall 2017). I prefer qualitative methods (ethnography, urban sociology) and would like to find a program with a strong qualitative focus. Google is only decently helpful, and I hate trying to use 'official' rankings as a unit of measurement.

Does anyone have any suggestions on programs and/or faculty?

Thanks!!

Edited May 25, 2016 by MissJackson293
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[Rockerika]

@missjackson293 I am a Political Science Master's student, and am in the same boat you are. I want to attend some social science program, be it Poli Sci, Soci, anthro, history, etc but want somewhere with a good qualitative bent. From what I've discovered, these are few and far between anymore. You might look at University of Wisconsin-Madison and see if there is right for you. The program requires some quant methods, but they just picked up Alice Goffman (author of On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City), who could be an interesting professor to work with for an aspiring urban ethnographer. Northwestern and Johns Hopkins have a reputation for being more methodologically diverse as well.

I would just go to department websites and hunt down the course requirements in the grad student handbook and the faculty specialties. If you get the impression you will be taking 6 quantitative methods courses and sitting in a room running sims and regressions all day, give it a pass. That's how I've tried to answer this question myself.

Hope this provides some help, and best of luck!