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University of Southern California
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Sociology

Kaprielian Hall 352
(213) 740-3533
FAX: (213) 740-3535
Email: uscsoci@usc.edu
www.usc.edu/dept/sociology

Chair: Michael A. Messner, Ph.D.

Faculty

AARP University Chair in Gerontology: Vern L. Bengtson, Ph.D.* (Gerontology)

Myron and Marian Casden Directorship of the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life: Barry Glassner, Ph.D.

Professors: Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Ph.D. (Annenberg School for Communication); Eileen Crimmins, Ph.D. (Gerontology); Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Ph.D.; Michael Messner, Ph.D.; Jon Miller, Ph.D.*; H. Edward Ransford, Ph.D.*; Merril Silverstein, Ph.D. (Gerontology); Robert Stallings, Ph.D. (Policy, Planning, and Development)

Associate Professors: Timothy Biblarz, Ph.D.; Elaine Bell Kaplan, Ph.D.; Leland Saito, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: Neil Gross, Ph.D.; Kelly Musick, Ph.D.; Gaspar Rivera-Salgado, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professors: Constance Ahrons, Ph.D.; Lamar T. Empey, Ph.D.; Daniel Glaser, Ph.D.; David Heer, Ph.D.; Malcolm Klein; Thomas E. Lasswell, Ph.D.*; Harvey J. Locke, Ph.D.; Maurice D. Van Arsdol, Jr., Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

Undergraduate Programs

The Department of Sociology offers a departmental major. The greater Los Angeles area provides a natural laboratory for studying such sociological themes as race relations, work and the workplace, the family in a changing society, population trends and crime. Some of the undergraduate courses involve field research in the urban environment. The department also offers a minor in sociology to students majoring in other disciplines.

Graduate Programs

The Department of Sociology offers the Master of Arts in Sociology and the Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology.