Regular Faculty

Professor Dolores Trevizo

Dolores Trevizo, Chair

Professor, Sociology
B.A., Occidental College; 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.
Professor John Lang

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

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

Associate 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
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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

Benjamin Weiss

Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. Occidental College, Ph.D. University of Southern California
Benjamin Weiss is a sociologist specializing in gender; crime, law and deviance; and organizations.

Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Ry Brennan

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Williams College; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Conrad Jacober

Conrad Jacober

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Kenyon College; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Conrad Jacober is a historical sociologist with substantive interests in political economy, social theory, the history of capitalism, and the sociology of finance. His research explores the neoliberal and financial transformations of capitalism in the long twentieth century.

Soo Mee Kim

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Ithaca College; M.A., San Diego State University; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Sciences; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Soo Mee Kim is a sociologist whose teaching and research experience spans across urban sociology, race and ethnicity, Asian American studies, culture, immigration, and qualitative methods.
Laila Noureldin

Laila H. Noureldin

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Georgetown University; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Chicago
Laila H. Noureldin earned a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago. Her research interests include racialized religion and identity construction among both immigrant and incarcerated American Muslim populations.

Brittany Suh

Visiting Instructor, Sociology
B.A., Handong Global University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., City University of New York (in progress)

Affiliated Faculty

Michael W. Murphy

Michael W. Murphy

Assistant Professor, Black Studies
B.A., University of San Diego; M.A., Ph.D, Brown University
Professor Murphy’s research and teaching emphasizes anticolonial and environmental approaches to sociological thought. 
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