Faculty, students, and staff in the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Community and Environmental Sociology are concerned with a wide array of issues from environmental degradation and globalization to sustainability and local food systems. The faculty is made up of an interdisciplinary group trained in fields ranging from sociology to science and technology studies and environmental studies. We are an engaged group whose work, while theoretically informed, is often directed at intervening in and affecting real-life situations. Our graduate program is equally dynamic and is offered jointly with the UW’s Department of Sociology.
The issues discussed in Community and Environmental Sociology classes can also be applied outside of the classroom. In the video below, alumni, students, and faculty from the department discuss their passions and how the major has helped them make a difference.

Graduate
The Department of Sociology and the Department of Community & Environmental Sociology jointly conduct the graduate program.
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EVENTS
- Third year Design Studies graduate student Henry Obeng presents WE EXIST a Master of Fine Arts Exhibit taking place April […]
- This exhibition is a collaboration between traditional textile artisan designers in the Kutch district in northwest India and students at […]
- REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT. TO REGISTER, PLEASE VISIT: https://sscc.wisc.edu/sscc_jsp/training/details.jsp?class_id=2716 "Data Wrangling" is the process of preparing data for […]
- Speaker: Susan Lynch PhD- Professor of Medicine, Director UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine, Associate Director MIBD Program, Division of […]
- Take Your Om to the Next Level Take your yoga practice out of the studio and join Outdoor UW and […]
- Keynote Presentation: "The Contraceptive CHOICE Project to Path4You: Lessons Learned" Presented by Jeffrey Peipert, MD, PhD Chair of Obstetrics and […]