The Department of Sociology at Memorial University is one of the largest and most research-intensive sociology departments in Atlantic Canada. Our faculty and students are known for leading impactful work across a wide range of research, teaching, and community-engaged initiatives, locally, nationally, and internationally. 

Our research spans many areas of sociology, criminology, and related fields, with recognized strengths in areas such as environment and society, social inequalities, work and employment, health, culture, cognition and social psychology, deviance, social control, social networks, gender, sexualities, race and ethnicity, and science and technology. Our undergraduate and graduate programs in sociology and criminology develop foundational knowledge and skills in critical thinking and theory, qualitative and quantitative research methods, communication, and community engagement across diverse core and elective courses.