Earn a B.A. degree in Sociology
Department of Sociology and Criminology
Vision
Our essential mission is to prepare students to analyze, transform, and overcome conditions of oppression, exploitation and injustice.
Contact Us
Department of Sociology and Criminology
Lewis Downing Hall, Building 26
2300 6th Street NW | Suite 1124
Washington, DC 20059
Phone: 202-806-6853
Campus-Wide Announcements
University Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The University continues to closely monitor the spread of COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, as additional cases are confirmed in the United States and other countries. The University continues to formulate and adjust its plans as needed.
We live in an age of social conflict fueled by poverty, racism and other forms of inequality, but also by our knowledge that a better world is possible and our desires to make it so.
Social theory and research provide us with powerful tools for critically analyzing, transforming, and overcoming conditions of oppression, exploitation and injustice.
Our graduate and undergraduate programs give students training in the use of these tools and that prepare them for careers and lives in service to their communities and struggles for a better world.
We offer undergraduate programs in Sociology and Criminology, and a graduate program in Sociology.
Ralph Gomes, Ph.D. - Celebration of Life

The Department will host a virtual celebration of his life on October 30, 2020 at 4 pm. Use this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88900786674?pwd=M2E4YW1iSkFlSVJaOVVDTzlOSURwZz09 to join the service Meeting ID: 889 0078 6674 Passcode: s5Nj7P.
Dr. Ralph Gomes was featured in a recent article in the Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-lifetime-studying-the-black-experience--and-collecting-art-related-to-it/2020/09/22/d280b5f2-fce8-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html