Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Sociology

Chair: Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, Ph.D.

Faculty

Professors: Lynne Casper, Ph.D.; Sharon Hays, Ph.D.; Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Ph.D.*; Paul Lichterman, Ph.D.; Michael Messner, Ph.D.*; Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, Ph.D.; Manuel Pastor, Ph.D.*; John P. Wilson, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Timothy Biblarz, Ph.D.*; Nina Eliasoph, Ph.D.; Macarena Gomez-Barris, Ph.D.* (American Studies and Ethnicity); Elaine Bell Kaplan, Ph.D.; Andrew Lakoff, Ph.D.; Leland Saito, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: Katie Hasson. Ph.D.; Jennifer Hook, Ph.D.; Dan Lainer-Vos, Ph.D.; Alwyn Lim, Ph.D.; Ann Owens, Ph.D.; Veronica Terriquez, Ph.D.; Jody Agius Vallejo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor (Teaching): Karen Sternheimer, Ph.D.

Professor (Research): Jon Miller, Ph.D.*

Associate Professor (Research): Richard Flory, Ph.D.

Emeriti Professors: Constance Ahrons, Ph.D.; Vern Bengtson, Ph.D. (Gerontology); Lamar T. Empey, Ph.D.; Malcolm Klein; H. Edward Ransford, Ph.D.; Maurice D. Van Arsdol Jr., Ph.D.

Degree Programs

The Department of Sociology offers a departmental major and minor. The Department of Sociology also offers the Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology. Additional minors are also offered.