Department of Sociology: professors and courses

Course codes H S, L A, NSC, SOC, UGS

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Department of Sociology professors and instructors
Name	Teaches
Professors · 59
Ari Adut Evaluations CVAssociate professor	SOC 379M
Jacqueline L AngelProfessorHealth and retirement issues in the U.S · with a focus on older minorities	No classes listed this year
Javier Auyero Evaluations CVProfessorPolitical ethnography · urban marginality · collective action	UGS 303
Casey Breen CVAssistant professorFormal Demography · Health and Mortality Disparities · Social Networks · Computational Methods	SOC 321K, SOC 384J
Simone Arlene Browne Evaluations CVAssociate professor	UGS 302
Christina Nefeli Caramanis CVAssistant professor of instruction	SOC 317L, SOC 329
Shannon Eileen Cavanagh Evaluations CVProfessor	SOC 369K
Mounira M Charrad Evaluations CVAssociate professorGender & Women’s Rights · Political Sociology · Social Theory · Colonialism	UGS 302
Jacob Earl CheadleProfessorAmbulatory Research · Social Networks · Biosociology/Biodemography · Race/Ethnic Health Disparities	No classes listed this year
Diane L CoffeyAssociate professordemography · development	No classes listed this year
Jordan Andrew Conwell CVAssociate professorSociology of Education · Social Stratification and Mobility · Sociology of W.E.B. Du Bois · Research Methods	SOC 327M
Dagoberto Cortez Evaluations CVAssistant professor	SOC 330C, SOC 388N

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Department of Sociology professors and instructors, continued
Name	Teaches
Professors · 59
Robert Lyle Crosnoe Evaluations CVProfessorHuman Development · Education · Family · Health	UGS 303
Leta F Deithloff Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instruction	H S 340, H S 378
Christy L Erving CVAssociate professormedical sociology · sociology of mental health · social psychology · health disparities	UGS 302
Mateo FarinaAssistant professor	No classes listed this year
Daniel G Fridman CVAssociate professorEconomic Sociology · Ethnography · Sociology of Finance · Neoliberalism	SOC 321C, SOC 379M
Kelly Fulton Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instruction	SOC 302, SOC 323, SOC 323F
Elizabeth Thompson GershoffProfessor	No classes listed this year
Matthew S Giani Evaluations CVResearch associate professor	L A 325
Jennifer Glass CVProfessorWork and family issues · gender stratification · telecommuting and new labor practices · diversity issues in the STEM labor force	SOC 307K
Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez Evaluations CVProfessor	UGS 302
Bridget Jeaneen GoosbyProfessorHealth Disparities · Race and Ethnicity · Biosociology/Biodemography · Life Course	No classes listed this year
Kathleen A Griesbach Evaluations CVAssistant professor	UGS 302
Mehdi Haghshenas Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instruction	SOC 302, SOC 308L, SOC 322C, UGS 302
Chantal Annise Hailey Evaluations CVAssistant professorrace and ethnicity · stratification · urban sociology · education	SOC 325K
Mike Hames-Garcia CVProfessor	No classes listed this year
Mark D HaywardProfessorLife course origins of health disparities · morbidity and mortality · biodemography	No classes listed this year
Paul Von HippelProfessor	No classes listed this year
Erin Ice Evaluations CVAssistant professor, Department of Sociology	H S 340, SOC 341C
Yasmiyn Irizarry Evaluations CVAssociate professor	L A 325, L A 331C, SOC 321L
William R Kelly CVProfessorCriminal Justice Reform	SOC 325L
Ken-Hou Lin Evaluations CVProfessorInequality · Economic Sociology · Work and Organizations · Computational Social Science	UGS 303
Brianna McCaslin Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instruction	SOC 327M, SOC 340G, SOC 379M, UGS 302
Chandra L MullerProfessorshe focuses on STEM (science · technology · race and ethnicity · social class	No classes listed this year
Dhiraj Murthy CVProfessor	No classes listed this year
Marc A Musick Evaluations CVProfessor	SOC 354K
Stephanie L Osbakken Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instruction	H S 301, H S 340, H S 378, SOC 308S, SOC 320C
Nina J Palmo Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instruction	H S 302, H S 341C, H S 679HA, H S 679HB, NSC 110H
Pamela Marie Paxton CVProfessor	UGS 303
Kim Pernell Evaluations CVAssistant professorEconomy and Society · Finance · Organizations · Law and Regulation	SOC 323E
Becky M Pettit Evaluations CVProfessorSocial Inequality · Race and Ethnicity · Gender · Labor Markets	L A 101L, SOC 327M
Daniel A Powers Evaluations CVProfessorDemography · Infant Mortality · Fertility · Statistics and Methods	SOC 317L
Esther Raizen CVProfessor Emerita; MES & MELC GSCModern and classical Hebrew language · linguistics and literature · Teaching Hebrew as a foreign language · Jewish history and culture	UGS 303
Blanca A Ramirez CVAssistant professor	SOC 302, SOC 321K
Robert L ReeceAssociate professorrace · colorism · slavery · fatness and weight stigma	No classes listed this year
Cory Reed CVAssociate professorCervantes · Spanish Drama · Early Modern Mediterranean World · Transatlantic Studies	UGS 303
Mark Regnerus Evaluations CVProfessor	SOC 308J, SOC 327M, UGS 302
Nestor P Rodriguez Evaluations CVProfessorInternational migration	SOC 322U, UGS 302
Mary Rose Evaluations CVProfessorJuries and jury decision making · empirical analysis of the law · social psychology · lay participation in legal systems	SOC 322L, SOC 330P, SOC 336P
Lauren SchuddeAssociate professor	No classes listed this year
Harel Shapira CVAssociate professor	SOC 320T
Michael Sierra-Arevalo CVAssociate professorCulture · Violence · Policing · Firearms	SOC 321K
William S Swearingen Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instruction	SOC 309C, SOC 321U, SOC 323S, UGS 302
Eric Tang CVAssociate professorThe Politics and Poetics of Displacement · Urban Unrest · Activism · Solidarities	No classes listed this year
Debra J UmbersonProfessorPopulation health · aging and the life course · stress and social ties · bereavement	No classes listed this year
Abigail Weitzman Evaluations CVAssociate professorFamily dynamics and decision-making · violence · migration · public policy	SOC 327M
Christine L WilliamsProfessorgender · sexuality · workplace inequality · qualitative research methods	No classes listed this year
Michael P Young Evaluations CVProfessor	SOC 352, SOC 379M
Lecturers and instructors · 2
Daniel Dillon Evaluations CVLecturerCollege Instruction · Qualitative Research Methods · Masculinities Studies · Mobilities Studies	SOC 302, SOC 322M, SOC 340D, SOC 343
Carolyn Waldrep Evaluations CVLecturer, Department of SociologyWork and organizations · family demography · gender · debt and consumer finances	SOC 307K
Graduate and other instructors · 33
Joel Adler CV	NSC 110H
Hector Alcoser Evaluations	UGS 016
Ella Barwick Evaluations CV	NSC 108
Mary Broadhead Evaluations CV	UGS 302
Marnie Castor Evaluations	UGS 302
Joshua Chang Evaluations CV	UGS 302
Paulina Cottom CV	SOC 307Q
Lauren DePue Evaluations CV	NSC 109
Gabrielle Estringel Evaluations	UGS 016
Lilly Ettinger Evaluations CV	UGS 303
Ruth Franks CV	NSC 120E, NSC 322
Karl Gunther Evaluations CV	UGS 303
Leslie Guzman Evaluations	UGS 016
Vanessa Huitron Evaluations CV	NSC 108
Jill Ingram Evaluations CV	UGS 303
Robert Ingram Evaluations CV	UGS 303
Daniel Krasnicki CV	SOC 307T
Allison Lang Evaluations CV	SOC 307Q
Gabriel Lopez Evaluations CV	NSC 108
Robert McDonald Evaluations CV	UGS 302
Claire Migliore Evaluations CV	SOC 307T
Cecilia Raatz Evaluations	L A 101L
Emily Reagan Evaluations	UGS 302
Yma Revuelta Evaluations	UGS 016
Asya Saydam Evaluations CV	SOC 321G
Marina Smith Evaluations CV	UGS 303
Steve Steffensen Evaluations CV	NSC 110H, UGS 323
Sam Strohmeyer Evaluations CV	NSC 108
Lisa Stuardi Evaluations CV	UGS 303
Elaine Tang Evaluations	L A 113P
Betty Jeanne Taylor Evaluations CV	L A 101P, L A 113P
Edward Vizy Evaluations CV	UGS 303
Jonathan White Evaluations CV	UGS 302

Who teaches each course

Department of Sociology: who teaches each course
Course	Taught by
H S 301	Stephanie L Osbakken
H S 302	Nina J Palmo
H S 340	Leta F Deithloff, Erin Ice, Stephanie L Osbakken
H S 341C	Nina J Palmo
H S 378	Leta F Deithloff, Stephanie L Osbakken
H S 679HA	Nina J Palmo
H S 679HB	Nina J Palmo
L A 101L	Becky M Pettit, Cecilia Raatz
L A 101P	Betty Jeanne Taylor
L A 113P	Elaine Tang, Betty Jeanne Taylor
L A 325	Matthew S Giani, Yasmiyn Irizarry
L A 331C	Yasmiyn Irizarry

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Department of Sociology: who teaches each course, continued
Course	Taught by
NSC 108	Ella Barwick, Vanessa Huitron, Gabriel Lopez, Sam Strohmeyer
NSC 109	Lauren DePue
NSC 110H	Nina J Palmo, Joel Adler, Steve Steffensen
NSC 120E	Ruth Franks
NSC 322	Ruth Franks
SOC 302	Kelly Fulton, Mehdi Haghshenas, Blanca A Ramirez, Daniel Dillon
SOC 307K	Jennifer Glass, Carolyn Waldrep
SOC 307Q	Paulina Cottom, Allison Lang
SOC 307T	Daniel Krasnicki, Claire Migliore
SOC 308J	Mark Regnerus
SOC 308L	Mehdi Haghshenas
SOC 308S	Stephanie L Osbakken
SOC 309C	William S Swearingen
SOC 317L	Christina Nefeli Caramanis, Daniel A Powers
SOC 320C	Stephanie L Osbakken
SOC 320T	Harel Shapira
SOC 321C	Daniel G Fridman
SOC 321G	Asya Saydam
SOC 321K	Casey Breen, Blanca A Ramirez, Michael Sierra-Arevalo
SOC 321L	Yasmiyn Irizarry
SOC 321U	William S Swearingen
SOC 322C	Mehdi Haghshenas
SOC 322L	Mary Rose
SOC 322M	Daniel Dillon
SOC 322U	Nestor P Rodriguez
SOC 323	Kelly Fulton
SOC 323E	Kim Pernell
SOC 323F	Kelly Fulton
SOC 323S	William S Swearingen
SOC 325K	Chantal Annise Hailey
SOC 325L	William R Kelly
SOC 327M	Jordan Andrew Conwell, Brianna McCaslin, Becky M Pettit, Mark Regnerus, Abigail Weitzman
SOC 329	Christina Nefeli Caramanis
SOC 330C	Dagoberto Cortez
SOC 330P	Mary Rose
SOC 336P	Mary Rose
SOC 340D	Daniel Dillon
SOC 340G	Brianna McCaslin
SOC 341C	Erin Ice
SOC 343	Daniel Dillon
SOC 352	Michael P Young
SOC 354K	Marc A Musick
SOC 369K	Shannon Eileen Cavanagh
SOC 379M	Ari Adut, Daniel G Fridman, Brianna McCaslin, Michael P Young
SOC 384J	Casey Breen
SOC 388N	Dagoberto Cortez
UGS 016	Hector Alcoser, Gabrielle Estringel, Leslie Guzman, Yma Revuelta
UGS 302	Simone Arlene Browne, Mounira M Charrad, Christy L Erving, Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez, Kathleen A Griesbach, Mehdi Haghshenas, Brianna McCaslin, Mark Regnerus, Nestor P Rodriguez, William S Swearingen, Mary Broadhead, Marnie Castor, Joshua Chang, Robert McDonald, Emily Reagan, Jonathan White
UGS 303	Javier Auyero, Robert Lyle Crosnoe, Ken-Hou Lin, Pamela Marie Paxton, Esther Raizen, Cory Reed, Lilly Ettinger, Karl Gunther, Jill Ingram, Robert Ingram, Marina Smith, Lisa Stuardi, Edward Vizy
UGS 323	Steve Steffensen

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Pay after graduationUp to $58,800

Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study	1 year out	4 years out
SociologyBachelor’s · Sociology	$43,200	$58,800

Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.

About the department

Department of Sociology is part of College of Liberal Arts, led by Dean David Sosa. Its course codes are H S, L A, NSC, SOC and UGS.

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