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Sociology Faculty

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Graduate Faculty

Randall G. Stokes, Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology, B.A., California State at San Diego, 1966; M.A., Duke, 1967; Ph.D., 1971.

Robert Zussman, Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.A., Columbia, 1970; Ph.D., 1982.

Douglas L. Anderton, Professor, B.S., Utah, 1973; M.S., 1975; Ph.D., 1983.

Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Assistant Professor, B.A., California at Berkeley, 1993; M.S., Wisconsin at Madison, 1996; Ph.D., 2001.

Michelle J. Budig, Assistant Professor, B.A., Augsburg College, 1993; M.A., Arizona, 1996; Ph.D., 2001.

Roland J. Chilton, Professor,  B.A., Monmouth, 1951; M.A., Wisconsin, 1958; Ph.D., Indiana, 1962.

Dan Clawson, Professor, B.A., Washington University, 1970; M.A., New York at Stony Brook, 1975; Ph.D., 1978.

Jay Demerath, Professor,  B.A., Harvard, 1958; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1961; Ph.D., 1964.

Robert R. Faulkner, Professor,  B.A., California at Los Angeles, 1963; M.A., 1965; Ph.D., 1968.

Naomi Gerstel, Professor, B.A., New York University, 1970; M.A., Columbia, 1974; Ph.D., 1978.

Sanjiv Gupta, Assistant Professor, B.A., Brandeis, 1989; M.S., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1992; Ph.D., 1999.

Janice M. Irvine, Professor, B.A., Pennsylvania State, 1973; Ph.D., Brandeis, 1984.

Agustin Lao-Montes, Assistant Professor, B.A., Catholic University of Puerto Rico, 1976; M.A., New York at Binghamton, 1997; Ph.D., 2002.

Jennifer Lundquist, Assistant Professor, B.A., Washington and Lee University, 1995; A.M., Pennsylvania, 2000; Ph.D., 2004.

Jill McCorkel, Assistant Professor, B.A., Bucknell, 1992; M.A., Delaware, 1996; Ph.D., 1998.

Joya Misra, Associate Professor, B.A., Centenary College, 1988; M.A., Emory, 1991; Ph.D., 1994.

Suzanne W. Model, Professor, A.B., Vassar, 1962; S.M., Simmons College School of Social Work, 1964; A.M., Michigan, 1979; Ph.D., 1985.

Gerald M. Platt, Professor,  B.A., Brooklyn College, 1955; M.A., 1957; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 1964.

Richard C. Tessler, Professor, B.A. , Wisconsin, 1968; M.S., 1970; Ph.D., 1972.

Millicent S. Thayer, Assistant Professor, B.A., Antioch, 1974; M.A.T., Reed, 1978; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1993; Ph.D., 2002.


Faculty Emeriti

Albert Chevan, Professor Emeritus (1997).

Edwin Driver, Professor Emeritus (1987).

Gene Fisher, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Hilda H. Golden, Professor Emerita (1986).

Milton Gordon, Professor Emeritus (1986).

Anthony Harris, Professor Emeritus (2002).

John P. Hewitt, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Paul Hollander, Professor Emeritus (2000).

Christopher Hurn, Associate Professor Emeritus (2002).

Lewis M. Killian, Professor Emeritus (1986).

Michael Lewis, Professor Emeritus (2005).

Surinder Mehta, Associate Professor Emeritus (2002).

Peter Park, Professor Emeritus (1992).

Alice S. Rossi, Harriet Martineau Professor of Sociology and Professor Emerita (1991).

Peter H. Rossi, Stuart A. Rice Professor of Sociology and Professor Emeritus (1992).

Jon E. Simpson, Professor Emeritus (1995).

Gordon F. Sutton, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Curt Tausky, Professor Emeritus (2001).

David Yaukey, Professor Emeritus (1990).