Regular Faculty
Dolores Trevizo, Chair
Madeline N. McKinnie Professor, Sociology
B.A., 色情视频; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Dolores Trevizo is a political sociologist and teaches courses in political sociology, social movements and revolutions, theory, immigration to the United States, and quantitative research methods.
John T. Lang
Associate Professor, Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
John Lang is deeply interested in food as a site for sociological exploration.
Jan Lin
Professor, Sociology
B.A., Williams College; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., New School for Social Research
Jan Lin's teaching areas are in urban sociology; race and ethnicity in American society; globalization; mass media and consumer society; qualitative research methods; senior seminar; introduction to sociology and a first year seminar on Los Angeles.
Richard Mora
Professor, Sociology
B.A., Harvard College (Sociology); M.A., University of Michigan (Education); M.A., Harvard University (Sociology); Ph.D., Harvard University (Sociology & Social Policy)
Dr. Mora teaches courses on masculinities, youth cultures, education, immigration, violence, & social inequality
Mai Thai
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. Pomona College; Ph.D. Indiana University
Mai Thai (pronounced "my tie") is a sociologist specializing in areas of criminal justice, education, youth, race/ethnicity, and qualitative methods.
Benjamin Weiss
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. 色情视频, Ph.D. University of Southern California
Benjamin Weiss is a sociologist specializing in gender; crime, law and deviance; and organizations.
Affiliated Faculty
Cristina Awadalla
Assistant Professor, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Cristina Awadalla is an interdisciplinary sociologist whose teaching focuses on Central American politics, Latin American feminisms, women鈥檚 labor, and research methods.
Michael W. Murphy
Assistant Professor, Black Studies
B.A., University of San Diego; M.A., Ph.D, Brown University
Professor Murphy鈥檚 research and teaching emphasizes anticolonial and environmental approaches to sociological thought.