Faculty Clusters

Faculty clusters are groups of faculty members with common areas of expertise who agree to serve on area examination committees on a regular basis. They are listed here to make it easier for graduate students to form committees for their area exams, as well as for their M.A. theses and dissertations. Keep in mind when viewing it that we do have faculty in specialty areas not included on this page and even the faculty listed below have other specialty areas not listed here. See our People page for a listing of faculty and individual pages for details. Students are also free to solicit faculty from other departments within Boston College and from other universities to serve on their committees.

For more information about the M.A., area exam, and dissertation requirements, see our graduate handbooks. You can also see abstracts for recent dissertations on our Recent Graduates page.

Advanced Statistical Methodology

Latrica Best, Associate Professor
Wen Fan, Associate Professor
Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor
Sara Moorman, Professor
Natalia Sarkisian, Associate Professor

Aging and the Life Course

Latrica Best, Associate Professor
Wen Fan, Associate Professor
Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor
Sara Moorman, Professor
Natalia Sarkisian, Associate Professor

Crime, Deviance, and Social Control

Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor
Josh Seim, Assistant Professor

Critical Studies of Culture, Media, and Consumer Society

Zine Magubane, Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor
Juliet Schor, Professor

Environmental Sociology

Charles Derber, Professor
Brian Gareau, Associate Professor
Lacee Satcher, Assistant Professor
Juliet Schor, Professor

Family and Carework

Wen Fan, Associate Professor
Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor
Natalia Sarkisian, Associate Professor

Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Theory

    Wen Fan, Associate Professor
    Sharlene Hesse-Biber, Professor
    Zine Magubane, Professor
    Stephen Pfohl, Professor
    Natalia Sarkisian, Associate Professor
    C. Shawn McGuffey, Associate Professor

Global and Transnational Sociology

Sarah Babb, Professor
Brian Gareau, Associate Professor
Ali Kadivar, Assistant Professor
Zine Magubane, Professor
Gustavo Morello, Professor

Health and Medicine

Latrica Best, Associate Professor
Wen Fan, Associate Professor
Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor
Sara Moorman, Professor
Lacee Satcher, Assistant Professor
Josh Seim, Assistant Professor

Political Sociology

Sarah Babb, Professor
Brian Gareau, Associate Professor
Ali Kadivar, Assistant Professor
Gustavo Morello, Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor

Social Theory

Brian Gareau, Associate Professor
Ali Kadivar, Assistant Professor
Zine Magubane, Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor
Josh Seim, Assistant Professor
Eve Spangler, Associate Professor

Sociology of Development

Sarah Babb, Professor
Brian Gareau, Associate Professor
Ali Kadivar, Assistant Professor
Juliet Schor, Professor

Work and Organizations

Sarah Babb, Professor
Wen Fan, Associate Professor
Juliet Schor, Professor
Josh Seim, Assistant Professor

Race and Inequality

Latrica Best, Associate Professor
Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor
Zine Magubane, Professor
Natalia Sarkisian, Associate Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor
Lacee Satcher, Assistant Professor
C. Shawn McGuffey, Associate Professor