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The sociology faculty at Brown combines excellence in teaching with state-of-the-art research. We employ a wealth of techniques, including ethnography and other qualitative methods, comparative-historical methods, and a broad range of statistical and demographic methods and techniques. The faculty’s interests span a wide variety of topics as well as geographic regions. In a world of increasing globalization and interdependence, the sociology faculty is fully committed to sharing its expertise with students, making sure that students can widen their career options upon graduation.

Gianpaolo Baiocchi

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Comparative Political Sociology

Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. New York University

Sociology of Organizations, Sociology of Education, Social Networks, Social Mechanisms

Phil Brown

Professor

Ph.D. Brandeis University

Medical Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Environmental Justice, Environmental Health

Nitsan Chorev

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. New York University

International Political Economy (Trade, Health), Globalization, Political Sociology, Comparative Historical Sociology, Social Theory

Ann Dill

Associate Professor

Ph.D. Columbia University

Medical Sociology, Aging, Complex Organizations

Gregory Elliott

Professor

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin

Methods and Statistics, Social Psychology, The Self and Its Relation to Social Systems

Mary Fennell

Professor

Ph.D. Stanford University

Medical Sociology, Health Care Policy, Formal Organization

Patrick Heller

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Development, Political Sociology, Comparative Political Economy, Democratization, Social Movements

Paget Henry

Professor

Ph.D. Cornell University

Development, Political Sociology, Critical Theory, Caribbean Studies

Dennis Hogan

Professor & Chair

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin

Demography, Life Course, Adolescence, Disability

Jose Itzigsohn

Associate Professor

Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University

Race and Ethnic Relations, Latino Immigration, Development

Margot Jackson

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. UCLA

Social Stratification, Demography, Health, Life Course, Child Well-Being

Michael Kennedy

Professor

Ph.D. University of North Carolina

Globalizing Knowledge Institutions and Networks, Cultural Articulation of Democracy, Peace, and Energy Security in Europe and Eurasia

David Lindstrom

Professor

Ph.D. University of Chicago

Demography, Migration, Reproductive Change, Latin America and Africa

John Logan

Professor

Ph.D. University of California , Berkeley

Urban Sociology, Race & Ethnicity, Migration & Immigration, Family, Political Sociology

Nancy Luke

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Reproductive Health, Domestic Violence, Gender Relations, Marrriage & Family

J. Timmons Roberts

Professor

Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University

Environmental Science and Policy, Global Inequality and Climate Change, Political Economy and the Social Psychology of Environmental Issues

Susan Short

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Social Demography, Families and Households, Stratification, Development

Hilary Silver

Associate Professor

Ph.D. Columbia University

Urban Studies, Political Sociology, Stratification

Seth Spielman

Associate Director of S4

Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo

 

Mark Suchman

Professor

Ph.D. Stanford University

Sociology of Organizations; Sociology of Law; Economic Sociology; Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Professions; Healthcare

Leah Vanwey

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of North Carolina

Household Demography, Migration, Population and Environment

Michael White

Professor

Ph.D. University of Chicago

Urban Sociology, Demography, Program Evaluation

Visiting Faculty

 

Megan Hattori

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Population Studies

 

Ofira Shraga

Visiting Lecturer

Ph.D. Tel Aviv University

Organizational Behavior, Emotions in Organizations, Group Dynamics, Leadership

Carrie Spearin

Visiting Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Brown University

Social Demography, Family Formation, Gender, and Health

Adjunct & Emeritus Faculty

Susan Allen

Professor of Community Health and Professor of Sociology

Ph.D. Brown University

Medical Sociology and Sociology of Aging

Roger Avery

Adjunct Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of California-Berkeley

Fertility, Mortality, Disability, and Migration

Calvin Goldscheider

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. Brown University

Demography, Ethnicity, Modernization

Frances Goldscheider

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Demography, Labor Force, Women's Roles, Families and Households

Sidney Goldstein

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Family Demography and Migration

Robert Marsh

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. Columbia University

Complex Organizations, Development, Stratification and Mobility, Comparative Analysis

David Meyer

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. University of Chicago

Development, Economic Sociology, Urban Sociology

John Modell

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. Columbia University

Life Course; History of Social and Behavioral Science; Sociology of Childhood, Adolescence, and Youth; Sociology of Education

Lois Monteiro

Adjunct Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. Brown University

Medical Sociology

Morris Morris

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. University of California , Berkeley

Economic History (India), Development and Cultural Change

Rhacel Parrenas

Professor of American Civilization and Professor of Sociology

Ph.D. University of California , Berkeley

Gender and Feminist Studies, the Family, Migration, International Development, and Labor

Harold W. Pfautz

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. University of Chicago

Collective Behavior, Audiences, Crowds, Mobs, Social Movements, Public Opinion

Simone Pulver

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Sociology of Global Governance Institutions , Environmental Politics, Social Movements, Economic Sociology, Development, Social Theory

Dietrich Rueschemeyer

Professor Emeritus

Dr. rer. pol., University of Cologne

Sociological Theory, Comparative Historical Analysis, Development, Democracy, Social Welfare Policy

Marilyn Rueschemeyer

Adjunct Professor

Ph.D. Brandeis University

Eastern European Politics and Culture, Women in Developing Countries and Former Socialist Countries

Albert Wessen

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. Yale University

Medical Sociology, Complex Organizations, International Studies