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Field-Of-Study: Sociology
Jack Goldstone
Jack A. Goldstone (Ph.D. Harvard) is the Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Jr. Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, and a Senior Fellow of the Mercatus Center. Previously, Goldstone was on the faculty of Northwestern University and the University of California, and has been a visiting scholar at Cambridge University, Stanford University,
Cecilia Menjívar
Cecilia Menjívar is Cowden Distinguished Professor in the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University. Trained as a sociologist, she is generally interested in how state power manifests itself in the microprocesses of everyday life. Specifically, her work seeks to understand the impact of structural forces, as shaped by the state,
Steven Epstein
Steven Epstein received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, and he taught for many years at the University of California, San Diego. Currently he is Professor of Sociology and John C. Shaffer Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University. He also directs the Science in Human Culture Program, and he is
Dalton Conley
Noted sociologist Dalton Conley has spent his career researching what determines economic variances within and among generations, between races, and even among siblings. Currently University Professor and Professor of Sociology, Medicine & Public Policy at New York University as well as a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, among other positions, he
Mark S. Mizruchi
Mark S. Mizruchi is Professor of Sociology and Business Administration at the University of Michigan. A native of Cortland and Syracuse, New York, he received his B.A. at Washington University (St. Louis) in 1975 and his Ph.D. at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1980. After several years as a statistical
Carlos de la Torre
Born in Quito, Ecuador, Carlos de la Torre earned a B.A. (with honors) in sociology from the University of Florida, Gainesville (1983), and an M.A. (1987) and Ph.D. (1993) in the same field from the New School for Social Research in New York City, supported by a scholarship from the Organization of American States, a
Irene Rizzini
Irene Rizzini is the founding director of the International Center for Research and Policy on Children (CIESPI). At the time of its establishment in 1994, it was known as the Center for Research on Children and was located at the University of Santa Ursula in Rio de Janeiro, where Ms. Rizzini was a professor, but
Roger D. Waldinger
Roger Waldinger is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he served as Chair of his department from 1999 to 2004 and as Director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy from 1995 to 1998. He has worked on international migration throughout his career, writing on a broad set of
James H. Fowler
James H. Fowler is an internationally recognized scholar whose work lies at the intersection of the natural and social sciences. His primary areas of research are social networks, evolutionary game theory, behavioral economics, political participation, the evolution of cooperation, and ‘genopolitics’ (the study of the genetic basis of political behavior, a field he is helping
Gary Alan Fine
Gary Alan Fine is the John Evans Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University, a chair he has held since 2004. Before joining the faculty of Northwestern in 1997, he served as professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota (1976-90) and the University of Georgia (1990-97). Mr. Fine has authored over two hundred articles in