Sociology--Research

Abstract The Department of Sociology at The University of New Mexico has a mission to enhance the understanding of human relationships, social institutions, and social change. Their faculty researches and analyzes major sociological issues of global, national, and regional significance, with a focus on crime and justice, gender, health and medicine, race and ethnicity, and social movements. The collection of University Sociology Department Papers is primarily from the 1970s and 1980s, and it includes...

Abstract This collection contains the papers of Thomas Lynn Smith, Professor of Rural Sociology, whose work encompassed sociology, including rural and urban studies, population and census studies, and individual country and state studies in the United States and Latin America. The collection consists of much of his personal research library, in terms of his own papers and research; papers, articles, and correspondence with colleagues; and information about foundations, associations and courses with...