Careers of Sociology Majors

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This is a question that majors and prospective majors frequently ask. There are
pamphlets from the American Sociological Association which describe typical
careers available to those who major in sociology which we can provide for
you. This booklet identifies some of the occupations of UD alums from our
department.
A degree in sociology provides a strong liberal arts education. It provides
valuable preparation for a broad variety of careers. This listing gives a flavor
for how diverse these careers are!
To be a professional sociologist, anthropologist, or social worker requires
graduate training. Many of our majors choose this path. We take pride in the
fact that former students have been accepted at the very best graduate, law
and medical programs in the country. These schools include: Brown University,
University of California at Berkeley, University of Chicago, Columbia
University, Harvard University, University of Illinois, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ohio State University, and University of Wisconsin.
While majors find study of the social sciences fascinating and good
preparation for many of life’s challenges, most decide not to pursue graduate
education. What then do they do? Surveys of past graduates find that they do
almost anything you can imagine. Some have entered religious life, decided on
careers as writers or artists, or chosen a career in government or the military.
The largest share, however, work in a range of jobs within one of five general
areas: Business, Criminal Justice and Law, Education, Health Care, and Social
Services and Government. Read more about majors who have chosen jobs in
these areas in the following pages.
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“After obtaining my Masters in Sociology
• President/Owner:
from Loyola University, I now work in
Accurate Accounting
downtown Chicago as a qualitative analyst at
Services; American Lung
a marketing research company.”
Association; Burdzinski &
~ Jessica ’09
Goldkamp Inc.; Cornerstone
Consulting Group; Di’s
Discount Wallpaper; Direct Mail Advertising Company Inc.; Evans
Bakery; Finan Lippert Dunlap; Florida Adoption & Children’s Center,
Inc., General Insurance Agency; Heath & Company; Hercules Paving Inc.;
Innerface Architectural Signage Inc.; Jones, Walker, Waechter, Burdzinski
& Goldenkamp, Inc., Linda Vesquez Company; Northport Bay Counseling;
Reddog Industries; Seleznov Adjustment Bureau; Turner, Granzow &
Hollenkamp; Video/Station; Wicks “N” Sticks
• Vice President: ADVO Inc.; American Express Foundation; Bank One
Corporation; Baybank Systems Inc.; First Federal; Forum Corporation; H
& E Services; IMS America; Kilroy Corporation; Mellon Bank Corporation;
Mullins Rubber Products; Nations Bank Corporation; Real Estate Tax
Management; Saint Claire Hospital; Southern Ohio Medical; United Church
Homes; US Capital Management
• Manager: A. L. Williams, Allaire Travel Service; American Cyanamid
Company; American Electric Power Company Inc.; American Bakeries Co.;
AT&T Foundation; Avon Products; Bangtaills Ltd.; Brandon System; Bryant
Northern Ohio; Burke Marketing Research; Burnham America Corporate
Hyddronic; Copper & Brass Sales Inc.; Country Imports; Crone’s & Colitis
Foundation of America; Crowleys, Ameritech, Park Center Inc.; Express;
Fishing Company; Foodarama Supermarket; Glendale Federal Bank; IBM
Foundation; Kroger Company; Levi Strauss & Company; Lewin-VHI; LexisNexis; Lima Schwinn Cyclery; Manastrip Corporation; Navistar International
Corporation; New Horizons; Ohio State Employment; Owens-Corning
Fiberglass Corporation; Share Medical systems; Shove Pontiac; Syntex
Corporation; Union Carbide Corporation; UNISY’s Corporation
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“After interning at three regional economic
development agencies, I have opened a
small home bakery in the Historic South Park
neighborhood of Dayton and own Thistle
Confections, servicing area coffee shops,
selling online, and selling wholesale to retail
operations. I am also founding a not-for-profit
kitchen incubator partnership to service lowincome and minority food entrepreneurs.”
~ Hilary, SOC minor ’07
• Account Executive: AMF
Foundation; AT&T Corporation;
Carlson Marketing
Group; City Food Service;
Compath; Cummins-Wagner
Corporation Inc.; Dillion Auto
Parts; Dubois Chemicals, Inc.; Ed Larkin Motor Sales; Hobart Corporation;
Interians; L.J. Hooker; Long & Associates; McGraw-Hill, Inc.; MCI
Telecommunications; McMaster-Carr Supply Company; Michael’s Realtors;
New York Life; O’Connor J.B.; People Places Things; Pitney Bowes, Inc.;
Prudential Foundation; Recreations Maternity; Reichert’s; SCM Corporation
Allied Papers; Southwestern Bell; Standard Glove Safety Equipment; Tatone
Buick; Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S.; Timber Creek Realty
Inc.; Xerox Foundation
• Executive Director: Adams-Brown C.E.O. Inc.; City of Poughkeepsie;
Lancaster Employment & Training Agency; Ohio Presbyterian Retirement;
People Working Cooperatively; William F. Chambers Funeral Home;
Wisconsin 4H Foundation
• Director of Human Resources/Personnel: AT&T; Ford Motor Company;
Holiday Rambler Corporation; Infonet Services Corporation; Information
Resources Inc.; Kaiser Permanent Hospital; Lexis-Nexis; Megas
Manufacturing; Mercy Health Systems; NCR Corporation; Neiman-Marcus;
Park Ridge Inc.; Texas Tenants’ Union United Biomedical Inc.; Vaughan’s
Seed Company
• Director of Educational Programs: Ameritech
• Director of Sales: AMF Foundation; Standard Glove Safety Equipment
• Leasing Marketing Director: First Property Manager
• Director of Administration: Buckeye Center for Public Policy Solutions
• Program Coordinator: Central Florida Regional Planning; Chrysler
Corporation Fund; City of Dayton; Delphi Chassis Systems; Reed Randee
Ford/Benefits Alliance; Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
• Assistant Area Personnel Director: Kaiser Permanent Hospital
• Information Technology Analyst: Aetna Property & Surety
• Employee Relations: Bank One Dayton; Motorola Inc.; Motorola Oil
Corporation; Prudential Securities Inc.
• Buyer: Rich’s Department Store
• Executive Assistant: Zimmerman Development
• Claims Representative: Camden County; Motorists Mutual Insurance
Company; Social Security Administration
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“I currently work as an Admissions
Coordinator at Strayer University in Fairborn
OH and recently started graduate studies in
Information Systems. I enjoy the opportunities
my job provides to interact with students of
all ages, races, social classes, work and family
situations, all striving for the common goal of
furthering their education.”
~ Joe ’10
• Market Consultant:
Bloomberg Financial Markets;
Flagship Financial Inc.
• Business Banker: Colorado
National Bank
• Consultant: Department of Public Assistance; Discovery Toys; Lucent
Technologies; Mary Kay Cosmetics; Plante & Moran; Sandra Solomon
Associates; Self-employed
• Travel/Tour Coordinator: Huffy Corporation; Saga Holidays
• Marketing Associate: First Boston Corporation; Xerox Foundation
• Administrative Assistant: Griffith David Associates; M. Kimelman & Co.;
Personnel Pool of America Inc.; Prudential Securities Inc.
• Purchasing Agent: Danis Companies Inc.
• Computer Specialist: NCR Corporation
• Customer Service Representative: Lyons-Magnus; Time Warner Inc.
• Corporate Collector: Citizens Federal Savings & Loan
• Tax Consultant: H & R Block Foundation
• Recycling Coordinator: Forsyth Country Day
• Special Events Consultant: Self-employed
• Business Systems Analyst: American General Corporation; Benjamin
Steel Company; Kemper National P&C; State of Michigan
• Assistant Vice President: Art Workshops of Ohio Inc.
• Program Analyst: Navy Finance Center; Rail Company
• Certified Financial Planner: Self-employed
• Landscape Contractor: Self-employed
• Customer Service: WaWa Food Stores
• Research Analyst: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
• Operations Supervisor: Continental Can Company Inc.
• Fashion Consultant: Victoria’s Secret
• Corporations Recruiter: Cap Gemini America
• Compensation Specialist: Motorola Inc.
• Baker: Great Tastes
• Trust Officer: Bank One Dayton
• Foreman-Systems: RCA Corporation
• Media Director: Arnell Bickford Association
• Real Estate Sales: Penn Square Real Estate; Urban Housing Development
• Municipal Bond Specialist: Clifford Drake & Company
• Employment Counselor: Children’s Hospital Medical Center
• Director of Human Services: Sequin Services, Inc.
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Attorney: Hunton & Williams Law Firm; Loeb & Loeb;
Lovejoy Hefferan; Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office;
Murphy & Murphy Company; Self-employed; United States Government
Judge: CIGNA Corporation; Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court;
Montgomery County Magistrate; State of New York
Court Referee: Los Angeles County Superior Court
Chief Security/Law Enforcement: New England Division Corporation
Chief of Facilities, Management & Security: NASA
Probation Officer: City of Dayton; Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court;
Dupage County; Hamilton County Juvenile Court; Logan County Juvenile;
Montgomery County
Pre-trial Investigator: Oakland County
Parole Officer: State of New York
Special Agent: United States Government; U.S. Department of Justice
Bailiff: Montgomery County
Legal Clerk: Huffy Corporation
Legal Secretary: Larry B. Morris
Preliminary Review Referee: Montgomery County Government
Field Representative - Department of Labor: United States
Deputy Sheriff: Boward Sheriff Office
Domestic Relations Officer: Lehigh County, Court of Common Pleas
Alleghany
Labor Negotiator: San Diego
“I work for the George Washington University
County
Police Department in Washington, D.C. and
Law Enforcement
will soon achieve my Master of Forensic
Consultant: Self-employed
Science. After graduation, my goal is to obtain
Mark-up Clerk: United States
a position as an investigative analyst for the
Postal Service
U.S. Department of State.”
~ Monica ’09
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“I just finished up my first year of teaching in
a two-year service program called LANCE,
run by Christian Brothers University in
Memphis, TN. While teaching in an underresourced Catholic school, I am taking
classes at CBU to obtain an MA in Teaching.”
~ Kathy ’10
• Faculty, Private & Public
Universities:
Catholic University; New
York University; Syracuse
University; University of California; University of Pittsburgh; University of
Illinois; University of Michigan; University of Hawaii; University of Miami;
Washington State University; Wright State University
• Teacher, Secondary/Elementary Private & Public Schools: Palm Beach
(FL); Canton, Centerville, Dayton, Madison, St. Patrick’s/South Euclid (OH);
Charlotte-Mecklenburg/New York City (NY)
• Administrator/Director: Antioch College; Berkshire Community College;
Cleveland Institute of Electronics; Council of Independent Colleges; Indiana
University; Marianist Provincialate; Mount Saint John’s Academy; State
University of New York at Stony Brook; University of Dayton; Wittenburg
University
• Instructional Advisor: Philadelphia Board of Education
• Financial Aid Counselor: Midway College
• Residential Counselor: Bancroft School
• Assistant to Dean for Development: Vermont Law School
• Counselor: Columbus State Community College
• Research Coordinator: Case Western Reserve University
• Specialist in Program Education: Minneapolis Public Schools
• Departmental Administrator: Columbia University (New York)
• Principal: Lee County School
Board
“I completed an alternative certification
program with the organization Chicago
• Superintendent: Tuscarawas
Teaching Fellows for my Learning Behavioral
County
Specialist certification and I am now a
• Administrative Assistant:
Special Education teacher in a self-contained,
Colorado University Medical
cross-category fourth through sixth grade
Center
classroom at a west side Chicago Public
School.”
~ Natasha ’10
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• Social Worker: Abington Hospital; All Care Inc.; Allegheny County;
American Red Cross; Baxter Foundation; Brooklyn Bureau Community
Services; Butler County; Calvert County; Camden County; Catholic
Social Services of Springfield; Catholic Charities; Center for Health and
Human Services; Central Regional High School; Chicago Reed Mental
Health Center; Children’s Home; Children’s Services Board; Children’s
Medical Center; Cincinnati; Clark County; Collier City Schools; Comanche
County Memorial Hospital; Community Case; Connecticut; Crotched Mt.
Community Care; Cuyahoga County; Day Mont West Inc.; Dayton Mental
Health Center; Dialysis Clinic; E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; Family
Service Association; Family and Children’s Services; Fayette County Welfare
Department; Focus on Youth Inc.; Fort Wood Center; Fort Hamilton Hughs;
Franklin County; Friendly Nursing Home; Fulton State Hospital; Gambro
Healthcare; Genessee Mental Health Center; Glenview County; Goldwater
Memorial Hospital; Good Samaritan Hospital; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.;
Grace Hospital; Gracedale Nursing Home; Greenbrook Manor Nursing
Home; Hamilton County; Harford County Mental Health; Haverford State
Hospital; Helena Housing Authority; Heritage House; Hillsborough County
Public Schools; Home Health Agency; Hospice of Dayton; Hospital for
Joint Diseases; Illinois Masonic Medical Center; Information & Volunteer
Services; Inova Home Health; Jackson Memorial Hospital; Jefferson Hospital;
John Hopkins Hospital; Judge Nicholas Youth Center; Lake County Welfare
Department; London Psychiatric Hospital; Lucas County Probate Court;
Lutheran Medical Center; Luzerne Wyoming Mental Health; Maria Joseph
Living Care Center; Maui Psychiatry Group; McHenry County Special
Education; MCOSS Visiting Nurse; Mechlenburg County; Menninger
Foundation; Miami County; Miami
“I work at Joy Outdoor Education Center in
Valley Hospital; Monmouth
Clarksville, OH as an Experiential Educator.
Medical
I enjoy working with fourth through eighth
graders in an outdoor, ‘hands-on’ setting.”
~ Allise ’10
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“I work as a Career Transition Services
Specialist with the Management and Training
Corporation at the Hawaii Job Corps Center.
I am also applying for the Master of Arts in
Organizational Change (MA/OC) degree at
Hawaii Pacific University.”
~ Terrance ’04
Center; Montgomery County;
Moundbuilders Guidance
Center; Mount Carmel
Medical Center; Mount Sinai
Hospital; Nassau County;
Neomedia; Neurocare Inc.; New Hanover County; Ohio Youth Advocate
Program; Palos Verde Mental Hospital; Parkway School; Providence Hospital;
Purcell Center; Reese Michael Hospital; Rehabilitation Programs Inc.;
Richland County Children Services; Right Turn U.S.A.; Riverside General
Hospital; Rochester Psychiatric Center; Rome Developmental Disabilities;
St. Leonard’s Center; Salem Park Nursing Home; Salvation Army; Selfemployed; Senior Citizen Center; Sleighton Schools; South Florida
Baptist Hospital; South Suburban Hospital; Special Children’s Center; St.
Mary’s Hospital; St. Dominic’s Home; St. Clare’s Riverside; St. Elizabeth’s
Medical Center; St. Joseph’s Orphanage; St. Luke’s Hospital; St. John
Hospital; Stark County; State of New York; State of Illinois; Summit County;
United States Government; University Hospitals; University of Pittsburgh;
Upper Connecticut Valley; Van Wert Comprehensive Metal; Veterans
Administration; Visiting Nurse Association; Walther Memorial Hospital;
West Orange Board of Education; Westbrook School; Westchester County;
Western Pennsylvania Hospital; Westside Regional Center; Womanline;
YMCA
• Agency or Program Director: Alzheimer’s Association; Bridgeway
Convalescent Center; Canton Township Recreation; Catholic Charities;
Centerburg Nursing Center; Children’s Development Center; Community
Care Center; Crestview Manor Nursing Home; Dickenson Mental Health;
Family Service Association; Family Service of Cincinnati; Family Health
Center; Fredric’s Corporation; Grant Hospital; Heartland Chillicothe; Kline
Galland Nursing Center; Lutheran Social Services; Luzerne Wyoming
Mental Health; Maryann’s; National Assault Prevention; Planned Parenthood;
Seminole Nursing Pavilion; SHORE Community Services; St. Joseph School;
Township of Bordentown; Willow Knoll Nursing Center; Yorktown Health
Care Center; Youth Crisis Inc.; Youth Services Inc.
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• Counselor: Alger-Marquette
• Mental Health Therapist: Cuyahoga County Nursing; Dartmouth
• Physical Therapist: Bethesda Oak Hospital; Children’s Development
Center
• Registered Nurse: Flower Hospital; Georgetown Hospital; Good Samaritan
Hospital; Healthdyne Perinatal Services; Porter Hospital; St. Vincent
Hospital; Veterans Administration
• Administrator: Chandler Hall Health Services; Dayton Mental Health;
Dayton Head & Neck Surgeon Inc.; Heart to Heart Communications; Manor
Healthcare Corporation
• Program Manager: American Red Cross; Child Welfare League of
America; Co-op Care Center; Community Counseling Centers of Chicago;
Community Living Inc.; Greater Miami Case Management; Kentuckians for
the Commonwealth; Maryville City of Youth; Monmouth Medical Center;
Private Industry Council; Public Health Service; Saint Luke’s Roosevelt
Hospital; United Way; Valley Mental Health Service; West Side Community
Mental Health; Westside Regional Center
• Psychologist: Dayton Mental Health Center; Fairborn City Schools; Keyston
School System; Miller Dwan Medical Center; Montgomery County; State of
New Jersey; Veterans Administration; Xavier University
• Administrator: Camden County Welfare; Catholic Charities; Family
Services; Villa Care Center
• Supervisor: Allen County Children’s Home; Catholic Social Services of
Springfield; Commonwealth of Kentucky; Council on Aging; Greene County
Government; Greene County Employment Training; The Hope House;
Montgomery County; National Medical Enterprise Inc.; Richland County
Children’s Services
• Drug Prevention Specialist:
“I love my work at Berea Children’s Home
Fairbanks North Star Borough
in Cleveland OH. I also enjoy a part-time
School District
position at MetroHealth.”
• Therapeutic Prevention
~ Tiffany ’07
Specialist: Wayne County
• Rehabilitation Specialist:
State of Ohio
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“After completing a year of service through
AmeriCorps *VISTA I currently work for
a nonprofit organization in Kentucky as a
Bilingual Client Services Specialist, handling
patient intake and Spanish interpreting.
~ Lizz, SOC minor ’09
• Placement Specialist:
Dayton Public Schools
• Staffing Specialist: United State Government
• Assessment Coordinator: Family Service Association
• Education Coordinator: C. M. Russell Museum; Developmental Evaluation
Center; Family/Child Program; Moraine Museum Society; New Jersey Office
of Education
• Genetic Educator: Children’s Medical Center
• Genetic Counselor: Michigan State University
• Outreach Technician: Veterans Administration
• Mental Health Technician: Dettmer Hospital; Middletown Hospital
• Medical Technologist: United States Government
• Intensive Care Manager: South Community, Inc.
• Guest Relations Manager: Saint Louis University Hospital
• Unit Clerk: Emery University Hospital/Atlanta
• Service Coordinator: Monroe County, Quality Care Nursing Home
• Office Manager: Health Institute/San Diego
• Marketing Coordinator: Swedish Covenant Hospital
• Evening & Weekend Coordinator: Harding Hospital
• Youth Coordinator: Pathways
• Nursing Home Program Coordinator: Veterans Administration
• Residential Coordinator: Ferland Foundation Specialist; Orchard Mental
Health
• Residential Manager:
Catholic Charities; John Dillon
“I am a Job and Family Services Specialist
for the Montgomery County Department of
& Company
Job and Family Servces. I am also pursuing
• Intake Crisis Worker:
a Masters in Public Administration at Wright
Montgomery County
State University. My career goal is in city
• Community Organizer:
government or working for a governmental
Northside Conference
agency.”
• Patient Resource Analyst:
~ Whitney ’08
Good Samaritan Hospital
• Social Science Analyst: U.S.
Office of Land Government
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“After graduating from law school at Case
Western, I recently started a job with HUD’s
office of fair housing in Washington DC as a
Presidential Management Fellow.”
~ Allison ’08
• Planner: Montgomery County
Government; Village Mount
Prospect
• Village Manager: Caracole
Inc.; Owen Brown Community; Suffolk County
• Management Assistant: Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority
• Medical Assistant: New Jersey
• Veterinarian Assistant: Potomac Animal Hospital
• Assistant Administrator: Stephans Nursing Home
• Assistant Regional Supervisor: State of New Jersey
• Family Support Assistant: The Arc-Warren County Chapter
• Social Service Assistant: Benjamin Rose Institute
• Assistant Therapy Aid: West Seneca Development Center
• Chiropractor: Self-employed
• Consultant of Health Care: City of Tampa (FL)
• Protective Supervisor: Health & Rehabilitation Service
• Health Faculty Supervisor: State of Ohio
• Community Resource Consultant: United Way
• Program Development: Department of Social Services
• Outreach Worker:
Appalachian Ministries
“I have taken a position with Marvin’s Organic
Gardens, a garden center and landscape
• Volunteer: Peace Corps
service in Lebanon OH. Very committed to
eco-friendliness and community service,
the company has hired me to help start
a non-profit organization that will enable
communities to organize environmentally
friendly gardening projects.”
~ Emileah ’09
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You can also call us or stop in for a visit. The department office is open
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The Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Dr. Laura M. Leming, FMI, Chair
St. Joseph Hall, Room 429
University of Dayton
300 College Park • Dayton, OH 45469-1442
937-229-2138 • FAX 937-229-3900
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The Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Dr. Laura M. Leming, F.M.I., Chair
St. Joseph Hall, Room 429
University of Dayton
300 College Park • Dayton, OH 45469-1442
937-229-2138 • FAX 937-229-3900