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Amy L Best

Amy L Best

Amy L. Best is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University, where she also serves as the director of the Center for Social Science Research. Her research focuses primarily on the study of social inequalities, with specific interest in how gender, ...

SOCI 360-DL1: Youth Culture/Society

Spring 2024 -  Patricia Anne Masters  Tom Gene Wells 

This course explores the social and cultural contexts of childhood as it has changed through the centuries moving from the role of children as contributors to the family economy in Colonial Times to the extended dependence on families that has effectively prolonged “childhood” in contemporary western...

BA in Sociology

The BA in sociology helps students understand the social forces that shape the world. Students learn how social movements emerge from the collective efforts of individuals. They study the role that social forces play in defining racial identities and gender roles.

Janis Woodward

Janis Woodward

Hi, I'm Janis! I am currently pursuing my master's in anthropology. This fall is my final semester. My thesis focuses on the intersections of urban design, youth street skateboarding, and urban governance. My research site is located at Freedom Plaza AKA Pulaski Park in Washington, D.C. It is one of ...

Zahra S.A Rafie

Zahra S.A Rafie

Zahra S.A. Rafie is a Social Scientist, holding a PhD in Sociology and International Relations from London School of Economic and Political Science, London, England. She obtained her master’s degree from University of Cambridge in History and Philosophy, and her BA (Hons.) from University of London, ...

Briana L Pocratsky

Briana L Pocratsky

Briana L. Pocratsky is a doctoral student of public sociology at George Mason University and managing editor of The Sociologist, an open-access magazine of public sociology supported by the District of Columbia Sociological Society (DCSS) and George Mason University’s Department of Sociology and Anth...

Patricia Anne Masters

Patricia Anne Masters

Patricia Masters, born in Philadelphia, usually responds to the question "Where are you from?" by sharing her experiences as an Army "brat" who traveled around the United States and to Germany and Iran with her family. More recently, though, Professor Masters settled in Northern Virginia where she re...