Career Resources for Sociology Graduates
Sociologists work in many other professional arenas, including positions of political and national leadership. For example, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) has a doctorate in sociology and civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, J r., Jesse Jackson and Ralph Abernathy earned B.A.s in sociology. Former Atlanta Police Chief Beverly Harvard has a B.A. in Sociology, as does former Atlanta Major, Shirley Franklin. Take this list as a starting point, not as an endpoint.
Students who graduate with a B.A. in sociology will find themselves competing with other liberal arts graduates, but with an advantage — knowledge of key social factors and a firm grasp on research design and methods. This advantage of the B.A. sociology program provides breadth and the potential for adaptability.
Academic Positions
- American Sociological Association Job Bank
- Higher Education
- Academic Associations
- Chronicle of Higher Education
Postdoctoral Fellowships
- National Postdoctoral Association
- Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships
- National Science Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Non-Academic Positions
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Academic Careers Online
- HigherEDJobs
- Herc Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
- Academic 360
Non-Profits
- Idealist
- National Council of Nonprofits
- Foundation Center
- Non-Profit Career Network
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Council on Foundations
Government Jobs
- Department of Health & Human Services
- National Institutes of Health
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. Census
- U.S. Department of State
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Presidential Management Fellows Program
- Department of Defense
American Sociological Association Resources
