People
Faculty
Social and political theory, history of social thought, Africa and the Middle East, Sociology and Politics of Crime and Law
Migration, social stratification based on skin color, and the effect of social programs on socio-economic and demographic outcomes
G. H. Mead, human sexuality, socialization, capitalism, micro-macro synthesis
Race, Ethnicity, Nation; International migration; Urban Sociology; Culture; Ethnography/Qualitative Methodology
Gender, Sexualities, Masculinities, Families, Cultural Sociology, Inequalities, Qualitative Methods
- SSMS 3320 Faculty Office
- SSMS 3439 Men & Masculinities Journal
Gender, Transnational and Global Sociology, Intersectional Inequalities, Work, Education, Demography
Race and ethnic relations, critical mixed race studies, comparative race and culture, comparative and historical sociology
Culture, Social Theory, Sociology of Knowledge
revolutions, global justice movements, radical social change, development and globalization, Middle East studies, Latin American studies, Third World cultural studies, social theory, political sociology, comparative historical methods
Social Networks, Influence Systems, Social Psychology, Complex Organizations
Sociology of law; sociology of human rights; political sociology; state theory; Middle East Studies; American Studies; law and conflict; torture; war crimes; international humanitarian law.
Specializes in the global dimensions of religion in public life, South Asian religion and society, religious violence, neo-nationalism, and conflict resolution
Environmental politics, urban sociology, economic sociology, global/comparative sociology, ethnography, South Asia
(im)migration, race & ethnicity, education, family, culture, punishment
social movements, human rights, reproduction, intersectionality
globalization, development studies, global political economy, cultural studies, emerging societies, ethnicity, multiculturalism, future studies
Conversation Analysis, Ethnomethodology, Policing
Urban ethnography, juvenile justice, Latino sociology
Globalization, Global Political Economy, Political Sociology, Development, Latin America, Inequality, Crisis of Capitalism
Chicana and Chicano Studies, feminist studies, gender, family, work, race-ethnic relations, education
Gender, work, health, social psychology, and social inequality
social movements, gender, sexuality, culture, health and mental health
- SSMS 3008 Faculty Office
- SSMS 3109 Chair Office
Gender, families, social psychology, economic sociology, organizations, work
The Body, Ethnography, Intimacy, Privilege, Feminist Theory, Critical Race Theory, Visual Sociology, Comparative Racial Studies (Europe/US/South Africa)
Race and racism; social categories and identities; ethnomethodology and conversation analysis; interactions in conversational and institutional settings; conflicts and violence in interactions
race and racism, political sociology, comparative/historical sociology, social theory
Race & Ethnicity; Gender & Sexuality; Urban Sociology; Social Psychology; Education; Qualitative Methodology; Medical Sociology; Mixed Methodology
Creative industries, culture, markets, valuation, sociological theory, ethnography
Lecturers
Criminology, Law & Society, Legal Communication, Social Psychology (small groups), Communicating Science, Power, Sociology of Science, Cheating, Methodology, Statistics
Global environmental governance, climate change, sustainable development, political economy, international organizations and governance
Sociolinguistics, language and gender, language and identity, gender identity, gender and migration, language and youth, youth culture and globalization
Cultural Sociology, Collective Memory, Inequality, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Ireland
Emeriti Faculty
World-system theory; global production and labor; science, technology, and society
Culture, gender, work, and social psychology/life-course
Organizational inequality, workplace discrimination, media & popular culture.
Work and gender, feminist inquiry, feminist theory, research methods
Cultural theory; architecture; religious nationalism; institutional theory; space, time and social theory
Social theory, radical thought and practice, militarism, imprisonment, art and literature
conversation analysis, social life of very young children, social aspects of syntax
Race, Culture and Social identities, 20th-century U.S. history, urban history and culture, social movements
Comparative historical sociology, comparative politics, globalization. Latin American politics, organized labor
Sexuality, feminist and gender studies, social movements, health/AIDS, lesbian/gay studies
Organizations, law, crime and punishment, comparative sociology, culture
Social stratification, comparative sociology, methods and statistics, sociology of economic change, demography
Affiliated Faculty
- Comparative Politics
- Middle East Politics
- Social Movements and Revolution
- Critical Security Studies
- Police and Military Studies
- Human Rights / Socio-Legal Studies
- Latin American Studies (especially Brazil, liberalization, human rights, sexuality/race/religion, urban inequality, state theory, regionalism)
- Middle East Studies (esp. Egypt, Persian Gulf, Lebanon, regionalism, public security, state theory, globalization, urban development, morality, masculinity, gender/sexuality)
- Theories of state, governance, institutional and legal change
- Queer Theory
- Post-Colonial Studies
Race, labor, empire, social movements, urban studies, Latin American studies, Central America, Marxism, liberation theology
Sociocultural Anthropology (South Asia, social theory, nationalism, religion, cultural studies, feminist theory, public memory)
Sociocultural Anthropology (medical anthropology, psychological anthropology, risk and perception, environmental and health inequality, science, technology and society, gender, race and new technologies, public engagement/deliberation, immigration and health, mixed methods for social research, collaborative interdisciplinary research)
Sexual and reproductive politics; health advocacy movements; feminist analysis of public health, medicine and science; qualitative research methods
Ph. D, University of California, Berkeley, Jurisprudence and Social Policy
Immigration law and policy, race theory, political theory and public law.
Environmental Justice Studies, Race and Ethnic Studies, Social Change, and Social Movements
Women's Movements,
Sexualities,
Transnational History
Race, ethnicity, international migration, global inequality
Staff
- Manages Sociology's administrative office
- Handles confidential faculty and staff matters for the department and insures compliance with and implementation of procedures and policies
- Addresses space, equipment, computing, or other facility’s needs
- Oversees department payroll
- Administers the department merit and promotion processing for tenure, retention, and other advancements.
- Processes all faculty and lecturer recruitment for permanent and short-term hires.
- Issues SSMS room and mailbox keys
- Orders supplies
- Handles mail distribution
- Oversees the graduate program
- Provides administrative counseling to current and prospective graduate students
- Handles payroll for TAs and Associates
- Balances department monthly ledgers and tracks faculty research expenditures
- Processes reimbursements, invoices, and contracts
- Hires student assistants and readers and addresses payroll questions
- Provides counseling to Sociology majors and prospective majors
- Assists with curriculum planning and course development
- Oversees undergraduate program
- Provides counseling to Sociology majors and prospective majors
- Prepares curriculum plans
Graduate Students
Education; Health and Well-being; Rural, Suburban, and Urban Sociology; Children and Youth; Ethnography; Race, Class, and Gender; Community-Engaged Research
Aesthetics, Political Culture, Feminist Theories and Activism, Central America
19th century U.S. historical feminisms, Intersectionality studies, Feminist epistemology, Social movements, Historical and collective memory
Gender, Social movements, Violence, Criminology, Critical theory, Participatory research
Environmental sociology, Critical environmental justice, Energy democracy, Prison ecology, Labor, Political sociology, Science and technology studies, Infrastructure, Marxism, Anarchism.
Culture, popular culture, play, fandom/audience studies, DIY
LGBTQ Inequalities, Public Opinion, Gender, Sexuality, Social Change, Demography
Conversation Analysis, Ethnomethodology, Policing, Criminology, Science and Technology Studies, Critical Data Studies
Utopian Studies, Sociology of Communities, Society-Nature relations, Decolonial Epistemologies.
Gender, sexuality, feminist theory, queer theory, intersectionality, social psychology, qualitative & mixed methods, narrative analysis
Social Psychology; Race and Racism; Gender, Race, and Class; Health; Social Inequality
migration, gender & sexuality, race, political economy, Central America, incarceration, postcolonial feminist theory
Medical Sociology; Community Health; Health Policy; Health Services; Equity; HIV/AIDS; Immigration; Theory; Queer of Color Analysis; Race, Class, and Gender; Latina/o/x Studies; Social Movements
Migration, Political economy, Labor, Globalization, Political sociology
Marxist theory, socialist theory, dialectics, ecology, race and class, sociology of law, social movements, communology
Gender, Masculinities, Friendship, Intimacy, Feminist theory, Intersectionality, Social psychology
Medical Sociology, Sociology of Knowledge, Economic Sociology, Organizations, Culture, Health disparities, Qualitative Methods
Gender and Sexuality, Education, Organizational Culture, Sexual Violence
Latinx Sociology, Masculinity, Education, and Critical Youth Studies
Race, Social Movements, Gender, Asian American Studies
Race and Racism; Law, Crime, and Punishment; Policing; Black Feminism; Social Movements; Critical Race Theory; Black Europe and African Diaspora Studies; Culture, Media, & Discourse; Hip Hop
Climate change, power, politics, ecology, social movements, futures
Health, immigration, race, social inequalities.
Race and ethnicity, Latin American studies, Racialized national identity, Racial inequalities
Race and ethnicity, class, South Asian migration and identity, diaspora, transnationalism, Islamophobia, multiculturalism
Carceral systems, abolitionist praxis, policing, race, surveillance, social movements
Race, Gender, Culture, Elites, Sociology of the Body, Work and Occupations
Race, Ethnicity, Nation; Adoption Studies; Culture; Sociology of Family; Critical Mixed Race Studies; Latinx Sociology
Sexualities, Gender, Masculinity, Sex/Gender-Based Violence, Qualitative Methods, Inequalities
Radical Criminology, Barrio Criminology, Barrio Pedagogy, Globalization, Revolutionary Theory, Radical Perspectives on Prisons and Corrections, Prison Pedagogy, Global Political Economy, Transnational Migration, Urban Studies
Race and ethnicity; International migration; Political sociology; Nation and nationalism; Ethnomethodology and conversation analysis; Comparative and historical methods; German studies
Gender, Intersectionality, Families, Latina/o/x Sociology, Qualitative Methods
Astrology as a Social Phenomenon, Gender and Masculinities, Sociology of Science, Sociology of Knowledge, Sociology of Fun