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Tim Slack LSU professor coauthors book on Rural America
LSU Professor Investigating Connections Between Religious Attendance, Health in Older Mexican Americans
Dr. Tim Slack featured in the Advocate on natural decrease in Louisiana
Dr. Tim Slack quoted on the COVID rural rebound
Dr. Kevin Smiley's research finds that Hurricane Harvey hit Latinos the hardest
Dr. Tim Slack featured in Congressional Briefing on the Demography of Rural America
Dr. Dana Berkowitz quoted in the New York Times about Botox use

 

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Founded in 1928, the LSU Department of Sociology is home to a tradition of excellence in research, teaching, and service. Our faculty carry out nationally and internationally recognized research on basic and applied social science questions. Every semester our undergraduate teaching program serves approximately 600 undergraduate majors, hundreds of minors, and thousands of additional students as part of our contribution to LSU’s education mission.  We are also home to a vibrant graduate teaching program with more than 50 students, which offers the only PhD in sociology in Louisiana.

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For questions about our undergraduate program, contact:

Skylar Gremillion
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Mark J. Schafer
Director of Graduate Studies

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