Sociology Department

Faculty Profiles

Sarah Babb
Associate Professor

PhD, Northwestern University

Curriculum Vitae

Economic Sociology, Latin America, Political Sociology, Comparative and Historical Sociology, Organizations, Globalization


Charles Derber

Charles Derber
Professor

PhD, University of Chicago

Curriculum Vitae

Political Economy, Culture, Social Change

Lisa Dodson

Lisa Dodson
Research Professor

PhD, Brandeis University

Curriculum Vitae

Women, Families, and Poverty, Policy Analysis/Public Policy, Qualitative Methodology

Bill Gamson

Bill Gamson
Professor

PhD, University of Michigan

Curriculum Vitae

Political Sociology, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Mass Communication/Public Opinion

Brian Gareau

Brian Gareau
Assistant Professor

PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz

Curriculum Vitae

Environmental Sociology, Science, Knowledge and Technology, Globalization, Rural Sociology/Agrofood Studies, Global Environmental Governance

Eva Garroutte

Eva Garroutte
Associate Professor

PhD, Princeton University

Curriculum Vitae

Religion, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Native American Studies

Paul Gray
Associate Professor

PhD, Yale University

Curriculum Vitae

Social Change and Development, Methods, Business and Society

Jeanne Guillemin

Jeanne Guillemin
Research Professor

PhD, Brandeis University

Curriculum Vitae

(Research only, no teaching) Medical Sociology, Preventative Health Care, Cross-Cultural Studies

Sharlene Hesse-Biber
Professor

PhD, University of Michigan

Curriculum Vitae

Qualitative Methodology, Race/Class/Gender, Women and Health

Lynda Lytle Holmstrom

Lynda Lytle Holmstrom
Professor

PhD, Brandeis University

Medical Sociology, Family, Violence Against Women

David Karp

David Karp
Professor

PhD, New York University

Curriculum Vitae

Social Psychology, Qualitative Methodology, Mental Health

Ritchie Lowry

Ritchie Lowry
Professor

PhD, University of California at Berkeley

Economy and Society, Political Sociology, Military Sociology

Zine Magubane

Zine Magubane
Associate Professor and Chair

PhD, Harvard University

Curriculum Vitae

Gender and Sexuality, Colonialism and Post-Colonialism, Globalization, Race and Class

Michael Malec

Michael Malec
Associate Professor

PhD, Purdue University

Curriculum Vitae

Sports, Undergraduate Education/Teaching, Statistics

C. Shawn McGuffey

C. Shawn McGuffey
Assistant Professor

PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Curriculum Vitae

Childhood, Family, Race/Class/Gender, Qualitative Methods, Social Psychology, Trauma

Sara Moorman

Sara Moorman
Assistant Professor

PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Curriculum Vitae

Aging and the Life Course, Family, Medical Sociology, Quantitative Methods, Social Psychology

Stephen J. Pfohl

Stephen J. Pfohl
Professor

PhD, The Ohio State University

Curriculum Vitae

Theory, Cultural Studies, Crime, Deviance, and Social Control

Catherine Riessman

Catherine Riessman
Visiting Research Professor

PhD, Columbia University

Curriculum Vitae

Leslie Salzinger

Leslie Salzinger
Associate Professor

PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Curriculum Vitae

Gender/Feminist Theory, Economic Sociology, Globalization and Ethnography

Natasha Sarkisian

Natasha Sarkisian
Associate Professor

PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Curriculum Vitae

Race/Class/Gender; Quantitative Methods; Family; Aging and the Life Course

Paul G. Schervish

Paul G. Schervish
Professor, Director of the Center for Wealth and Philanthropy

PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Center for Wealth and Philanthropy

Religion, Theory, Philanthropy

Juliet B. Schor

Juliet Schor
Professor

PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Curriculum Vitae

Economy and Society, Cultural Sociology, Gender

Eve Spangler

Eve Spangler
Associate Professor

PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Curriculum Vitae

Occupations/Professions, Occupational Health, Race/Class/Gender

John Williamson

John Williamson
Professor

PhD, Harvard University

Curriculum Vitae

Aging/Social Gerontology, Policy Analysis/Public Policy, Quantitative Methodology

Sev Bruyn

Sev Bruyn
Professor Emeritus
PhD, University of Illinois

Curriculum Vitae