NYU’s PhD in Sociology develops scholars who interrogate inequality, institutions, culture, race, and urban transformation. The program trains students in both qualitative and quantitative methods, emphasizing fieldwork, social theory, and historical analysis. Students are encouraged to pursue interdisciplinary projects intersecting with media, education, labor, and public policy. Graduates become faculty, policy analysts, data scientists, and nonprofit researchers driving social innovation.
Longitudinal study on the effect of neighborhood gentrification on generational wealth retention among low-income families
Analyzing structural racism in hospital triage protocols during pandemic crisis care across U.S. cities
Ethnographic research on gig economy workers navigating algorithmic management and job precarity
Tracing the impact of eviction on educational outcomes in rent-burdened urban school districts
Surveillance, policing, and spatial inequality: Case study of facial recognition technology in public housing areas
Gender dynamics in unpaid caregiving labor during post-COVID economic recovery periods
Digital ethnography of community formation in online disability justice movements
Role of social capital in immigrant entrepreneurship across generational and ethnic networks
Prison labor, race, and neoliberal policy: A comparative analysis of carceral economies
Intersectionality in youth activism: Class, gender, and race in climate justice organizing
Effects of public transit expansion on social mobility in historically segregated neighborhoods
Sociological analysis of how eviction courts reproduce cycles of poverty and homelessness
Language ideologies and institutional discrimination in bilingual urban school settings
Impact of influencer culture on consumer identities and digital self-presentation practices
Comparing social stigma of welfare recipients in media portrayals vs. lived experiences
Analyzing network dynamics in protest movements before and after social media censorship
Sociology of repair work: Maintenance labor, value creation, and invisible infrastructure
Workplace surveillance and resistance among remote workers in multinational corporations
Urban agriculture as a response to food apartheid in low-income communities of color
Crowdfunding as a survival strategy for undocumented medical patients
Critically examine social structures and systems of power in NYU’s Sociology PhD program.
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