Cornell's Department of Development Sociology prepares tomorrow’s leaders and assists today’s leaders to secure human well-being and environmental sustainability. It seeks solutions for problems related to social and economic change and engages organizations and people at all levels of society who are working to build community and local/global problem solving capacity.
The Department of Development Sociology conducts theoretical and applied research, teaching, and outreach on the causes, dynamics, and consequences of social, cultural, political and economic change.
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Cornell University’s Department of Development Sociology seeks a distinguished scholar to conduct research and teach in the area of global development. The endowed Polson Professor of Development Sociology is expected to provide intellectual leadership and conduct cutting-edge research in the field of development sociology. Qualified applicants must have an established record of scholarship and funded research on global development. Women and minority candidates especially are encouraged to apply. For the complete position description, click here.
Seniors can access online add/drop on Tuesday, January 13 from 7AM to 11:59PM
Juniors can access online add/drop on Wedensday, January 14 from 7AM to 11:59PM
Sophomores can access online add/drop on Thursday, January 15 from 7AM to 11:59PM
Freshman can access online add/drop on Friday, January 16th from 7AM to 11:59
ALL students can access online add/drop on Saturday, January 17th starting at 7AM
The Deadline to add classes and change the grading option will be Friday, February 6th.
The Deadline to drop a class is Friday, March 6th.
Wednesday, February 11th - Tomorrow's Nature Seminar
Monday, February 16th - Maria Kefalas
Friday, March 6th - DSOC/CRP Seminar - Jason Moore
Friday, March 27th - Gustavo Flores-Macias
Friday, April 3rd and Saturday, April 4th - 'Visible Warnings? The Meaning of the World Food Crisis'
Wednesday, April 22nd - Tomorrow's Nature Seminar
Click here for details and to view the Department Calendar.
Mary M Kritz
Senior Research Associate
Overview
My research focuses on migration and development linkages and differentials in immigrant group experiences. In 2007, I obtained Special Sworn Status at the U.S. Census Bureau; SSS authorizes me to conduct research on confidential census data files at the New York State Census Research Data Center... Read More
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Jason Cons
I work on issues of state formation, exception, and rights in a series of enclaves along the India Bangladesh border. My research focuses on two questions. First, how have disputes over enclaves along the India-Bangladesh border shaped understandings of territory, nation, and citizenship in India and Bangladesh; Second, how are these understandings reworked within enclaves facing complicated border and institutional configurations? I answer these questions through a combination of archival and ethnographic research in both India and Bangladesh that focuses on the mutually constitutive relationship between enclaves and their home and bounding states.