Our Faculty
The sociology faculty at Brown combines excellence in teaching with state-of-the-art research. We employ a wealth of techniques, including ethnography and other qualitative methods, comparative-historical methods, and a broad range of statistical and demographic methods and techniques. The faculty’s interests span a wide variety of topics as well as geographic regions. In a world of increasing globalization and interdependence, the sociology faculty is fully committed to sharing its expertise with students, making sure that students can widen their career options upon graduation.
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Comparative Political Sociology
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. New York University
Institutional Theory
Professor
Ph.D. Brandeis University
Medical Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Environmental Justice, Environmental Health
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. New York University
International Political Economy (Trade, Health), Globalization, Political Sociology, Comparative Historical Sociology, Social Theory
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Columbia University
Medical Sociology, Aging, Complex Organizations
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Methods and Statistics, Social Psychology, The Self and Its Relation to Social Systems
Professor & Chair
Ph.D. Stanford University
Medical Sociology, Health Care Policy, Formal Organization
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Development, Political Sociology, Comparative Political Economy, Democratization, Social Movements
Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Development, Political Sociology, Critical Theory, Caribbean Studies
Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Demography, Life Course, Adolescence, Disability
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Race and Ethnic Relations, Latino Immigration, Development
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. UCLA
Demography, Social Stratification
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Demography, Migration, Reproductive Change, Latin America and Africa
Professor
Ph.D. University of California , Berkeley
Urban Sociology, Race & Ethnicity, Migration & Immigration, Family, Political Sociology
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Reproductive Health, Domestic Violence, Gender Relations, Marrriage & Family
Professor
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Development, Economic Sociology, Urban Sociology
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Social Demography, Families and Households, Stratification, Development
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Columbia University
Urban Studies, Political Sociology, Stratification
Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University
Relationships between Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Law
Professor
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Urban Sociology, Demography, Program Evaluation
Visiting Faculty
Visiting Lecturer
Ph.D. Tel Aviv University
Organizational Behavior, Emotions in Organizations, Group Dynamics, Leadership
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Brown University
Social Demography, Family Formation, Gender, and Health
Adjunct & Emeritus Faculty
Adjunct Associate Professor
Ph.D. Brown University
Medical Sociology and Sociology of Aging
Adjunct Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of California-Berkeley
Fertility, Mortality, Disability, and Migration
Calvin Goldscheider
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Brown University
Demography, Ethnicity, Modernization
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Demography, Labor Force, Women's Roles, Families and Households
Sidney Goldstein
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Family Demography and Migration
Robert Marsh
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Columbia University
Complex Organizations, Development, Stratification and Mobility, Comparative Analysis
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Columbia University
Life Course; History of Social and Behavioral Science; Sociology of Childhood, Adolescence, and Youth; Sociology of Education
Lois Monteiro
Adjunct Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Brown University
Medical Sociology
Morris Morris
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. University of California , Berkeley
Economic History (India), Development and Cultural Change
Harold W. Pfautz
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Collective Behavior, Audiences, Crowds, Mobs, Social Movements, Public Opinion
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Sociology of Global Governance Institutions , Environmental Politics, Social Movements, Economic Sociology, Development, Social Theory
Dietrich Rueschemeyer
Professor Emeritus
Dr. rer. pol., University of Cologne
Sociological Theory, Comparative Historical Analysis, Development, Democracy, Social Welfare Policy
Marilyn Rueschemeyer
Adjunct Professor
Ph.D. Brandeis University
Eastern European Politics and Culture, Women in Developing Countries and Former Socialist Countries
Albert Wessen
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. University of California
Medical Sociology, Complex Organizations, International Studies