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Student Honors

In the past few years, the sociology department has had a ribbonshandful of students who have participated in the Colleges' Honors Program. The Hobart and William Smith Colleges' Honors Program makes possible the most sustained and sophisticated work available in the College's curriculum. Qualified students take two or three self-designed courses that concentrate on the same project and are sponsored by the same faculty adviser. Most or all of the work is done in the senior year, although it may be begun earlier. In addition to the Honors project, which culminates in a research or critical paper or its counterpart in the creative arts, an Honors candidate takes a written examination in the Honors field and an oral examination that covers both the Honors project and the written examination. Each candidate has an Honors committee consisting of a field and faculty examiner from the Colleges' faculty and an outside examiner.

Sociology honors projects include
2003 Emily Stoehr, High Honors "High Risk Communities"
Adviser: Jack Dash Harris

2000 Michael Thomas Harms
"The Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Meeting the needs of Vietnam's Children Through Children's Rights and Child Advocacy"
Adviser: Jack Dash Harris

1999 Asako Hirose
"KOGYARU: A Study of Japanese Youth Culture"
Adviser: Dunbar Moodie

1998 Ada Barrientos-Collins
"A Feminist Assessment of Women in Development: The Case of the Dominican Republic"
Adviser: Jack Dash Harris

1998 Sarah A. Tillson
Where are the Boys? Involving Male Adolescents in the Issues of Contraception, Pregnancy, and Parenthood
Adviser: Jack Dash Harris

Departmental Honors
Each year, the sociology department recognizes students for their achievement with a several awards and honors. Recent award recipients include:

The Larry Young Prize in Sociology - To the sociology major who has made the greatest contribution to intercultural communication.

2003 Recipients: Gretchen Lasda & Nicole Traino

The James Mickel Williams Prize in Social Science - Awarded to the junior social science major with the highest G.P.A. in the division.

Other Honors
Sociology majors are also often recognized for their outstanding achievements outside of the Social Sciences. Some such recent honors and awards include.

Lester Powell, Inducted into the Druid Society, Hobart College's Senior Honor Society

Michael Thomas Harms, Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

Elizabeth Masten,UCAA All-Conference Honorable Mention, William Smith Basketball


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Stern Hall

Department Of Anthropology & Sociology

Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Pulteney Street
Geneva, NY 14456
phone:(315) 781-3420
fax: (315 781-3422


Department Chair

Jack D. Harris, Professor of Sociology, ext. 3439, 215 Stern Hall


Dept. Secretary:

Jean Salone
(315) 781- 3420

Fax: (315) 781-3422