Academic Resources

Academic Honesty Office > ensures that the learning environment at the university is honest and fair.

W.E.B.Du Bois Library and Science & Engineering Library > Librarians can help you start your research, request materials, organize your citations, or mage your data. The librarian liaison to the Sociology Department is Rachel Caldwell (rcaldwell@umass.edu)

Writing Center > offers face to face and online consultations to help grad students and postdocs clarify ideas, reorganize text, set writing goals, and build productive writing practices.

Additional Study Spaces

UMass offers spaces throughout campus specifically for graduate student use. To book space, please use this link.

Student Support and Services

Accessible Van Service > Part of UMass transit, the accessible van service can provide free transportation around the UMass Amherst campus to students, staff, and faculty with mobility impairments. They provide an on-call and reservation service for passengers with both temporary and permanent disabilities, both on and off campus.

Center for Counseling and Psychological Health (CCPH) > offers a community of care to UMass Amherst students to help them cope with stress or anxiety, find strategies to overcome challenges, promote mental wellbeing, and succeed in college life and beyond.

Center for Women and Community (CWC) > promotes gender equity by building the capacity of the community to interrupt, address, and transcend sexism and its connection to all forms of oppression.

Dean of Students Office > assists students with personal or academic challenges.

Disability Services> provides direct support to students with all types of disabilities and information for instructors on appropriate accommodations.

Financial Aid Services> Assists students with university costs and information about different types of aid available.

Graduate Student Senate (GSS)> The purpose of the GSS is to ensure the representation of all degree-seeking graduate student members of the campus community in the governance of the Amherst campus and the University as a whole

Graduate Employee Union (GEO)> Union for the graduate employees at UMass Amherst.

International Programs Office (IPO) (Now Office of Global Affairs) > provides support and resources to international students enrolled at UMass.

Office of the Bursar > manages student accounts and bills.

Office of Equity and Inclusion > offers resources to develop and maintain a diverse and inclusive campus community.

Office of Inclusion and Engagement (OiE)> part of the UMass Amherst Graduate School's commitment to fostering diversity and a positive campus climate to promote graduate student success.

Office of Professional Development (OPD) > supports skill-building in Career Preparation, Communication, Grants & Fellowships, Personal Development, and Teaching.

The Stonewall Center > a LGBTQIA+ Resource Center

Student Parent Programs > supports students who are parents as they work toward their personal, professional, and educational goals.

University Health Services > provides comprehensive medical care to a diverse population of UMass Amherst consistent and promotes campus health.