Sociology Careers
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Here are just a few of the positions that our W&M Sociology Alumni are in today:
Global careers:
- Overseeing regional development portfolios as a Research Analyst at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
- Joining government efforts to address social and economic development worldwide as a Program Assistant at the U.S. Agency for International Development
- Programme Analyst for the United Nations Office of Project Services in Amman, Jordan
Careers in public health and medicine:
- Supporting programs targeting malaria, reproductive health, child survival, and HIV in Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, and Haiti while working for Populations Services International, an international NGO.
- Managing clinical research protocols for the U.S. Air Force at Travis AFB in Northern California.
- Performing outreach and education as Postpartum and Breastfeeding Coordinator for the community-based program sePARE in Puerto Rico
Legal and criminal justice careers:
- Working for criminal justice reform as a Policy Analyst for Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth
- Assessing the impact of mass incarceration on communities as a Prisoner Reentry Researcher
- Educating the next generation as an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
- Fighting against the abuse and mistreatment of children as a Child Advocate Attorney
- Supporting campus safety as a University Police Chief
Social change and public policy careers:
- Director of Corporate Relations of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
- Community Planning and Development Specialist of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Program Coordinator of the Congressional Hunger Center
- Doing research and advocacy for victims of sexual and domestic violence at the Virginia Department of Health
- Working to achieve good government as a Research Associate at the Partnership for Public Service in Washington, D.C.
Sociology Alumni are also making a difference in business, the arts, and teaching, just to name a few fields. For example:
- Evaluating contracts as a Business Development Associate at Dexis Consulting Group in Washington, DC
- Launching an award-winning technology startup called Heat Seek NYC to help vulnerable tenants in the wintertime when their landlords don't provide adequate heat (as required by law)
- Restoring and operating a family farm in Maine
- Pioneering a new meditation and art therapy program at the Roanoke Rescue Mission homeless shelter in Virginia (4/5/2016)
