{"id":28,"date":"2025-04-09T15:13:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T19:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-07-08T16:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:04:58","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left\" style=\"min-height:30rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-300\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/research-hero.jpg\" style=\"object-position:65% 40%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"65% 40%\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-element-caption\">Professor Shelly Tenenbaum with alumnus Claude Kaitare (class of 2005) outside MCI-Norfolk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-work-that-questions-power-and-changes-lives\">Work that questions power and changes lives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\">Sociology at Clark is grounded in inquiry that connects the classroom to the wider world. Our faculty lead research on some of today\u2019s most critical issues\u2014racial and gender inequality, immigration and displacement, access to health care and education, and the role of culture and institutions in shaping everyday life. Student research explores how power operates and how communities navigate, resist, and reimagine systems around them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-gray-100-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faculty-research\">Faculty research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\">Rooted in communities, relevant to the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover promo-block\" style=\"min-height:36rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1566\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-416\" alt=\"Jack Delehanty teaching a class on status and power\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019-Class-Status-Power-11-scaled.jpg\" style=\"object-position:62% 28%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"62% 28%\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"clarku-promo\" style=\"--promo-xaxis-slider:5;--promo-valign: center;--promo-height: 100%;--promo-alignSelf:50;--promo-width:28rem;\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-promo-contents has-background\" style=\"background-color:#000000cc\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1983c2dad8f5dfbfa4cc0f367b08c580\" id=\"h-research-profiles\">Research profiles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22f2381e1ef9ed767d3f8cd6dc2c9681\">Clark Department of Sociology faculty publish in top journals, win national research grants, and speak at international conferences\u2014but they also teach introductory classes, guide student theses, and care deeply about mentoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c4dcc0e470db57600d8006547b79ffe2\">Want to explore how your interests might intersect with faculty work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/faculty-research\/\">Explore faculty research<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element has-white-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-space-to-grow\">Space to grow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark sociology students are part of a department where research is visible, accessible, and personal. Faculty regularly mentor undergraduate projects, and many students contribute directly to faculty-led studies. You might conduct interviews, analyze data, collaborate on conference presentations, or even publish your own work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you\u2019re pursuing an honors thesis, enrolling in a capstone seminar, or explore an interest in depth, you\u2019ll find support to grow as a researcher and a thinker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-deep-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/research\/undergraduate-research\/\">undergraduate research opportunities<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-block-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"undergraduates research\" class=\"wp-image-45 size-full\" style=\"object-position:6% 46%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-block-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-block-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-block-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-block-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-block-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile padded\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017-Mosakowski-Institute-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Torres Stone conducting research with colleagues\" class=\"wp-image-410 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017-Mosakowski-Institute-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017-Mosakowski-Institute-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017-Mosakowski-Institute-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017-Mosakowski-Institute-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017-Mosakowski-Institute-5-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-health-inequality\">Health inequality<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Rosalie Torres Stone\u2019s central research focus is on the complex social and structural inequities in the fields of health and mental health well-being, with particular emphasis on racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States. In addition, community engaged research and social policy have been at the heart of her scientific career, as community-based approaches are essential to finding sustainable solutions that are effective in bringing positive change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/Professor Torres Stone\u2019s central research focus is on the complex social and structural inequities in the fields of health and mental health well-being, with particular emphasis on racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States. In addition, community engaged research and social policy have been at the heart of her scientific career, as community-based approaches are essential to finding sustainable solutions that are effective in bringing positive change. She has had the privilege of guided training in the grounded discipline of Sociology and of working at Clark University, a setting devoted to public health and social policy.\">Social determinants of health<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-style-panel has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/Class-Status-Power-3-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"A student leans forward to speak to a peer during a class on class, status, and power\" class=\"wp-image-206 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/Class-Status-Power-3-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/Class-Status-Power-3-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/Class-Status-Power-3-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/Class-Status-Power-3-1536x918.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/Class-Status-Power-3-2048x1224.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Office Location<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group icon map is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Jefferson Academic Center, Room 401<br>950 Main Street<br>Worcester, MA 01610<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"icon tel\">1-508-793-7243<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"icon fax\">1-508-793-7754 (Fax)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Shelly Tenenbaum with alumnus Claude Kaitare (class of 2005) outside MCI-Norfolk. 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