In the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences .
Course Offerings
Environmental, demographic, social and economic changes affect individuals, communities, and the global order. At Cornell, Development Sociology students study these and other facets of social change in both domestic and international settings.
Courses offered by the department cover topics such as:
- sociological theories of development
- research methods
- community development
- sociology of the environment
- agriculture and the food system
- population dynamics and linkages with development and the environment
- technology and social change
- social movements
- globalization
- gender and development
- class, gender, and ethnic stratification
- migration and immigration
- health status and differentials
Development Sociology is home to the Polson Institute for Global Development, which supports faculty and student research initiatives. The department also houses multiple programs that combine applied research and outreach education, including:
Department faculty actively engage in research and teaching that contributes to comparative studies of societies and institutions associated with the following area and ethnic studies programs at Cornell:
- American Indian Program
- Latino Studies Program
- Africana Studies Center
- Asian American Studies Program
- Southeast Asia Program
- South Asia Program
- Institute for European Studies
- Latin American Studies Program
- East Asia Program
- Institute for African Development
Faculty
P. Eloundou-Enyegue, chair (240B Warren Hall, (607) 255-3163); A. Basu, R. Bezner Kerr, J. Goldstein, T. Hirschl, L. Leonard, F. Makki, P. McMichael, S. Peters, M. Pfeffer, J. W. Sipple, L. B. Williams, W. Wolford, J. Zinda