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The faculty of the Sociology Department is composed of more than 25 full time members, many of whom are also part of the Population Studies Center. The Department also has a number of affiliated faculty from the Education, Medical, Nursing, Social Policy and Practice, and Wharton Schools; as well as associated faculty from other departments.
Our faculty is highly diversified and conducts research on central sociological issues of theoretical and empirical relevance. It maintains strong international connections, and each year welcomes students and visitors from a number of foreign countries. Currently, the department ranks among the top ten in the United States based on faculty research and productivity.
Chair: Irma Elo
Graduate Chair: Jason Schnittker
Undergraduate Chair: Chenoa Flippen
Standing Faculty
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Linda H. Aiken, PhD, FAAN, FRCN, RN
Medical Sociology
Health Services Research
Health and Social Policy
Health Outcomes Research
Health and Population
Curriculum Vitae -
Regina Smalls Baker, MSW, Ph.D.
Poverty
Social Stratification/ Inequality
Family
Social Demography
Curriculum Vitae -
Courtney Boen, Ph.D.
Social Determinants of Health
Racial Health Inequalities
Aging and the Life Course
Social Demography
Medical Sociology
Racial and Ethnic Inequality
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Charles L. Bosk, Ph.D.
Medical Sociology/Professions and Professionalization
Deviance and Social Control
Field Methods of Research
Curriculum Vitae -
Camille Zubrinsky Charles, Ph.D.
Urban inequality
Racial attitudes and intergroup relations
Racial residential segregation
Minorities in higher education
Racial identity
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Daniel Aldana Cohen, Ph.D
Climate Change
Critical Urban Studies
Critical Theory
Social Movements
Political Economy
Historical Sociology
Latin America -
Irma T. Elo, Ph.D.
Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic differences in health and mortality
Family Sociology
Medical Sociology
Mathematical Demography
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Chenoa Flippen, Ph.D.
Racial and ethnic inequality
Urban poverty
The Hispanic population of the United States
Aging and the life-course
Immigration and immigrant adaptation
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Pilar Gonalons-Pons, Ph.D.
Gender
Family
Social stratification
Social policy
Quantitative Methodology
Cross-national comparative studies
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David Grazian, Ph.D.
Sociology of Culture
Popular Culture and Mass Media
Urban Sociology
Symbolic Interaction
Ethnographic Methods
Curriculum Vitae -
Michel Guillot, Ph.D.
Social and Formal Demography
Medical Sociology
Health of Populations
Curriculum Vitae -
Emily Hannum, Ph.D.
Education
Social Stratification
Poverty and Child Welfare
Gender and Ethnicity
Economic Development
Chinese Society
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Jerry A. Jacobs, Ph.D.
Working Time and Work-Family Conflict Work
Gender and Education
Gender and Careers
Interdisciplinarity -
Hans-Peter Kohler, Ph.D.
Social, Economic and Formal Demography
Global Health
HIV/AIDS
Social Networks and Social Interactions
Low and Lowest-Low Fertility
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Annette Lareau, Ph.D.
Social Stratification
Family Education
Ethnographic methods
Childhood
Curriculum Vitae -
Robin Leidner, Ph.D.
Sociology of Work
Sociology of Gender
Feminist Movement
Organizations
Curriculum Vitae -
Hyunjoon Park, Ph.D.
Education
Social Stratification
Family
Social Demography
Social Change in Korea and other East Asian countries
Curriculum Vitae -
Emilio A. Parrado, Ph.D.
Demography
International Migration
Hispanic Immigrant Adaptation
Social Change in Latin America
Family and Fertility Behavior
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Dorothy Roberts, J.D.
Gender and Race
Family
Criminal Justice
Bioethics
Sociology of Science
Curriculum Vitae -
Wendy D. Roth, Ph.D.
Race and Ethnicity
Curriculum Vitae
Immigration & Immigrant Adaptation
Genetics and Race
Latino/a Populations & Latin America
Prejudice & Discrimination -
Jason Schnittker, Ph.D.
Medical Sociology
Social Psychology
Stratification Methods
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Benjamin Shestakofsky, Ph.D.
Sociology of Work
Technology and Society
Economic Sociology
Qualitative Research Methods
Organizations
Curriculum Vitae -
Herbert Smith, Ph.D.
Research Design
Demography and Demographic Forecasting
Curriculum Vitae -
Xi Song, Ph.D.
Social Inequality/Stratification/Mobility
Population Studies
Family
Quantitative Methodology
Curriculum Vitae -
Melissa Wilde, Ph.D.
Sociology of Religion
Inequality
Culture
Curriculum Vitae -
Guobin Yang, Ph.D.
Social Movements
Online Activism and Internet Studies
Cultural Sociology
Media Sociology
Collective Memory
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Tukufu Zuberi, Ph.D.
Sociology
Population Studies
Africana Studies
Filmmaking
Curriculum Vitae
Adjunct, Secondary, Affiliated, and Emeritus Faculty and Lecturers
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Jere R. Behrman, Ph.D
Demography
Human Resources and Endowments
Innovation in Methods
International Population Research
Policy Evaluation
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Paul D. Allison, Ph.D.
Methodology & Statistics
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Elijah Anderson, Ph.D.
Methods and Practice of Fieldwork
Race and Ethnic Relations
Deviant Behavior, Crime, and Social Control
Urban Ethnography
Sociology of Culture
Inequality
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Harold J. Bershady, Ph.D.
Sociological Theory
History of Social Thought
Sociology of Knowledge
Sociology of Culture
Psychology and Sociology
Urban and Community Sociology
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Social Organization
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Randall Collins, Ph.D.
Sociological Theory
Macro-Historical
Sociology of Political and Economic Change
Micro-Sociology: Face-to-Face Interaction
Sociology of Intellectuals
Social Conflict (Especially Violent Conflict)
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Diana Crane-Herve, Ph.D.
History and sociology of the arts
The news and entertainment media
Fashion in clothing and other material goods -
Douglas Ewbank, Ph.D.
Life Course
Longevity
Demography
Population Studies -
Hocine Fetni, Ph.D.
Sociology of Law
Law and Society
Law and Social Change
International Law
Human Rights Laws
Law in Africa
Islamic Law -
Renee C. Fox, Ph.D.
Sociology of medicine
Medical research
Medical education
Medical ethics
Medical humanitarianism -
Frank F. Furstenberg, Ph.D.
Family Sociology
Demography
Urban Sociology
Gender Studies
Sociology of Education
Children, Youth and Public Policy -
Richard Gelles, Ph.D.
Child Welfare
Public Policy
Family Violence -
Alec Ian Gershberg, Ph.D.
Education Policy & Governance
Comparative Education
International Development
Political Economy & Systems Thinking
Public Finance & Fiscal Management
Urban & Social Policy
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Mauro Guillén, Ph.D.
Organizational Sociology
Economic Sociology
Sociology of the Global System & Globalization -
Kristen Harknett, Ph.D.
Social demography
Economic underpinnings of marriage decisions
Racial and ethnic patterns of family formation
Assortative mating
Family structure and child well-being
Social policies, social networks, and poverty
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Richard Ingersoll, Ph.D.
School organization
Teacher quality
Sociology of education
Sociology of organizations, occupations and work/organizational theory
Educational policy -
Elihu Katz, Ph.D.
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Samuel Klausner, Ph.D.
Sociology of Religion
Sociological Theory
International Law and Relations
Historical Sociology
Sociology of Culture
Middle Eastern Studies -
Ross Koppel, Ph.D.
Sociological and Demographic Research
Research Methods
Sociology of Work
Medical Sociology
Sociology of Technology -
Vani S. Kulkarni, Ph.D.
Health (global and international)
Education and inner city schools
Democracy and development
Social inequality
Gender, race, and caste
Globalization and transnational processes -
Eileen T. Lake, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
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William Laufer, Ph.D.
Corporate criminal law
Corporate ethics law and psychology Criminology -
John MacDonald
Criminology
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Janice F. Madden, Ph.D.
Urban and Regional Economics
Labor Markets
Demography
Gender and Race
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Afaf I. Meleis, Ph.D., DrPS(hon), FAAN
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Marshall W. Meyer, Ph.D.
Management in China
measurement of organizational performance
organizational design
organizational change Recent Consulting Strategies for Chinese firms
design and evaluation of performance measurement systems Current Projects State-owned enterprise reform in China
internationalization of Chinese firms
technology and knowledge transfer in Chinese high-tech industrial parks -
Samuel Preston, Ph.D.
Demography
Health of populations
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Michael Useem, Ph.D.
Leadership Decision Making Governance Corporate Change and Restructuring
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Steve Viscelli
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Susan Watkins, Ph.D.