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
Associate Professor
Ph.D. New York University
International Political Economy (Trade, Health), Globalization, Political Sociology, Comparative Historical Sociology, International Organizations, Social Theory
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Columbia University
Medical Sociology, Aging, Complex Organizations
Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Methods and Statistics, Social Psychology, The Self and Its Relation to Social Systems
Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University
Medical Sociology, Health Care Policy, Formal Organization
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
Professor
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Race and Ethnic Relations, Latino Immigration, Development
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. UCLA
Social Stratification, Social Demography, Population Health, Life Course, Children and Families
Professor
Ph.D. University of North Carolina
Globalizing Knowledge Institutions and Networks, Cultural Articulation of Democracy, Peace, and Energy Security in Europe and Eurasia
Professor & Chair
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
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Reproductive Health, Domestic Violence, Gender Relations, Marrriage & Family
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Urban Sociology, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Sociology of Finance, Qualitative Methods, Theory
Professor
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Environmental Science and Policy, Global Inequality and Climate Change, Political Economy and the Social Psychology of Environmental Issues
Professor
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Social Demography, Families and Households, Stratification, Development
Professor
Ph.D. Columbia University
Urban Studies, Political Sociology, Stratification
Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University
Sociology of Organizations; Sociology of Law; Economic Sociology; Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Professions; Healthcare
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of North Carolina
Household Demography, Migration, Population and Environment
Professor
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Demography, Immigration, Urban Sociology, Environment, Social Policy, Africa
Visiting Faculty
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Brown University
Public Anthropology, Innovation and Social Change, Theories of Learning, Migration and Identity, Mediterranean and US
Visiting Associate Professor
Ph.D. Universita' di Bologna
Sociology of Health, Social Participation, Medicalization, Health Inequalities
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Brown University
Social Demography, Family Formation, Gender, and Health
Postdocs
R. Tyson Smith
American Council of Learned Societies New Faculty Fellow
Ph.D. SUNY-Stony Brook
Gender, Health, Media and Culture, Military, Ethnography
Emeritus Faculty
Calvin Goldscheider
Professor Emeritus
Frances Goldscheider
Professor Emeritus
Sidney Goldstein
Professor Emeritus
Robert Marsh
Professor Emeritus
David Meyer
Professor Emeritus
John Modell
Professor Emeritus
Morris Morris
Professor Emeritus
Dietrich Rueschemeyer
Professor Emeritus
Albert Wessen
Professor Emeritus