Core Faculty
Ari Adut
Associate Professor
ariadut@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-4284 |
RLP 3.518
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Javier Auyero
Professor, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Professorship #3
auyero@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-8073 |
RLP 3.624
Education: Ph.D., The New School for Social Research
Interests: Political ethnography, urban politics, environmental sociology
Sarah Brayne, PhD
Assistant Professor
sbrayne@utexas.edu |
512-475-8641 |
RLP 2.408J
Education: PhD, Princeton University
John S. Butler, PhD
Professor, Department of Sociology; Faculty Director, Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs
john.butler@mccombs.utexas.edu |
512-232-6328 |
RLP 3.606
Education: Ph.D., Northwestern University
Shannon E. Cavanagh
Professor
scavanagh@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8319 |
RLP 2.708A
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mounira M. Charrad
Associate Professor
charrad@utexas.edu |
512-232-6311 |
RLP 3.526
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests: Gender & Women's Rights; Political Sociology; Social Theory; Colonialism; Comparative-Historical Sociology; Globalization; Middle East and North Africa.
Jacob Cheadle
Professor
j.e.cheadle@utmail.utexas.edu |
512-232-7064 |
RLP 2.622F
Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Interests: Ambulatory Research, Social Networks, Biosociology/Biodemography, Race/Ethnic Health Disparities, Quantitative Methods, Social Neuroscience
Diane Coffey
Assistant Professor
coffey@utexas.edu |
512-232-6915 |
RLP 2.620D
Education: PhD, Princeton University
Robert Crosnoe
Associate Dean of Research, College of Liberal Arts; Rapoport Centennial Professor, Department of Sociology
crosnoe@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-7202 (COLA), 512-471-8329 (PRC) |
GEB 3.212 (COLA), RLP 2.406F (PRC)
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Human Development, Education, Family, Health, Immigration
Daniel Fridman
Associate Professor
dfridman@utexas.edu |
512-232-4811 |
RLP 3.634
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University
Interests: Economic Sociology; Ethnography; Sociology of Finance; Neoliberalism; Markets and Consumption; Sociology of Money; Latin America.
Lauren Gaydosh
Assistant Professor
lauren.gaydosh@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Interests: Health Disparities, Biosociology/Biodemography, Inequality/Stratification, Family, Life Course
Jennifer Glass
Professor, Centennial Commission Professorship in the Liberal Arts #4
jennifer-glass@utexas.edu |
512-471-8355 |
RLP 2.702F
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: work and family issues, gender stratification, telecommuting and new labor practices, diversity issues in the STEM labor force, religious ideology and women's economic attainment
Gloria González-López, PhD
Professor
gloria@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6343 |
RLP 3.504
Education: Ph.D., University of Southern California
Bridget Goosby
Professor
bgoosby@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-9863 |
RLP 2.622H
Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Interests: Health Disparities, Race and Ethnicity, Biosociology/Biodemography, Poverty/Inequality, Life Course
Chantal Hailey
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., New York University
Interests: race and ethnicity, stratification, urban sociology, education, and criminology
Mark D. Hayward
Professor, Centennial Commission Professorship in Liberal Arts #1
mhayward@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-8382 |
RLP 2.622E
Education: Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
Interests: Life course origins of health disparities, morbidity and mortality, biodemography
William R Kelly, PhD
Professor
wkelly@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-4142 |
RLP 3.512
Education: Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
Interests: Criminal Justice Reform
Ken-Hou Lin
Associate Professor
lin@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-9412 |
RLP 2.702D
Education: Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Interests: Inequality, Economy and Society, Finance, Organization, Race, and Methods.
Leticia Marteleto
Professor
marteleto@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-8302 |
RLP 2.406C
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: social demography
Chandra L. Muller, PhD
Professor, Alma Cowden Madden Centennial Professorship, Ashbel Smith Professorship
cmuller@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8377 |
RLP 2.408G
Marc A. Musick
Professor, Director
musick@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-3458 |
RLP 2.104
Education: Ph.D., Duke University
Pamela Paxton
Professor, Department Chair, Linda K. George and John Wilson Professorship
ppaxton@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-3255 (Chair's Office), 512-232-6323 |
RLP 3.722 (Chair's Office), RLP 3.738
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Becky Pettit, PhD
Professor, Barbara Pierce Bush Regents Professorship of Liberal Arts
bpettit@utexas.edu |
512-471-9850 |
RLP 2.622C
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Interests: Social Inequality, Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Labor Markets, Research Methods
Joseph E. Potter
Professor, C.B. Smith, Sr. Centennial Chair in US-Mexico Relations #4
joe@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-8341 |
RLP 2.620C
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Daniel A. Powers
Professor
dpowers@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6335 |
RLP 2.622J
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: Demography, Infant Mortality, Fertility, Statistics and Methods
Tetyana Pudrovska
Associate Professor
tpudrovs@austin.utexas.edu |
RLP 2.622D
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: Population Health Disparities, Gender and Health, Work and Health, Biopsychosocial Stress, Biodemography, Aging
Kelly Raley
Professor, Christie and Stanley E. Adams, Jr. Centennial Professorship in Liberal Arts
kelly.raley@mail.utexas.edu |
512-232-6333 |
RLP 2.702E
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: Demography, Family, Race and Ethnic Relations, Education, Work Occupations and Organizations, Gender
Robert L. Reece
Assistant Professor
robert.l.reece@austin.utexas.edu |
RLP 3.736
Education: Ph.D., Duke University
Interests: race; colorism; slavery; fatness and weight stigma
Mark Regnerus
Professor
regnerus@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-6307 |
RLP 3.524
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Néstor P. Rodríguez
Professor
nrodriguez@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-8072 |
RLP 3.528
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Mary Rose, PhD
Associate Professor
mrose@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6336 |
RLP 3.630
Education: Ph.D., Duke University
Interests: Juries and Jury Decision Making, Empirical Analysis of the Law, Social Psychology
Sharmila Rudrappa
Director, South Asia Institute
rudrappa@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6310 |
RLP 3.614
Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Harel Shapira
Associate Professor
hshapira@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-8075 |
RLP 3.636
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University
Michael Sierra-Arévalo
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Interests: Policing, Gangs, Firearms, Violence Prevention
Debra J. Umberson
Professor, Centennial Commission Professorship in Liberal Arts #1
umberson@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-6330 |
RLP 2.708B
Education: Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Interests: Health Disparities, Aging & the Life Course, Gender and Sexuality, Social Relationships and Loss, Blended Methods
Alexander Weinreb
Professor
aweinreb@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-6319 |
RLP 3.730
Education: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Interests: Social and political demography, data collection methods
Abigail Weitzman
Assistant Professor
aweitzman@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.708C
Education: Ph.D., New York University
Kari White
Associate Professor
klwhite@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-1791 |
SSW 3.106D
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Christine L. Williams
Professor, Elsie & Stanley E. (Skinny) Adams, Sr., Centennial Professorship in Liberal Arts
cwilliams@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6321 |
RLP 3.608
Interests: gender, sexuality, workplace inequality, qualitative research methods, theory
Michael P Young, PhD
Professor
myoung@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6331 |
RLP 3.514
Education: Ph.D., New York University
Associate Professors of Instruction
Mehdi Haghshenas
Associate Professor of Instruction
mehdiha@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-8064 |
RLP 3.604
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Assistant Professors of Instruction and Lecturers
Jamie M. Carroll
Lecturer (beginning Fall 2021)
jmcarroll@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.408K
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Kelly Fulton, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction
kgfulton@austin.utexas.edu |
RLP 3.612
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Jiwon Jeon, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction
JiwonJeon@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4825 |
RLP 3.522
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stephanie Osbakken, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction
osbakken@utexas.edu |
512-232-6338 |
RLP 3.506
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Lynette Osborne, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction
LOsborne@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.628
Education: Ph.D., Purdue University
Interests: Gender, Education, Women/Minorities in STEM, Deviance, Research Methods/Statistics, Evaluation Research
Nina Palmo, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction
npalmo@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.626B
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Scott Swearingen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction
swear@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-1533 |
RLP 3.516
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Postdoctoral Fellow
Erica Salinas Thomas
Postdoctoral Fellow (beginning Fall 2021)
RLP 3.610C
Education: Ph.D., Cornell University
Affiliated Faculty
Jacqueline L. Angel
Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs (Affiliated)
jangel@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-2956 |
SRH 3.217
Education: Ph.D., Rutgers University
Simone A. Browne
(on leave)
Associate Professor, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies (Affiliated)
Wenhong Chen
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication (Affiliated)
wenhong.chen@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4952 |
CMA 5.142
Education: Ph.D., University of Toronto
Toni Falbo
Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education (Affiliated)
toni@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-8020 |
RLP 2.622F, SZB 506Q
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Elizabeth Gershoff
Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences; PRC Director (Affiliated)
liz.gershoff@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0018 |
SEA 2.456; RLP 2.406E
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Yasmiyn Irizarry, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies (Affiliated)
Dhiraj Murthy
Associate Professor, School of Journalism, Moody College of Communication (Affiliated)
dhiraj.murthy@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-1845 |
BMC 3.338
Education: PhD, University of Cambridge
Catherine Riegle-Crumb
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education (Affiliated)
riegle@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8642 |
MAI 2312
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Stephen Russell
Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, College of Natural Sciences (Affiliated)
stephen.russell@utexas.edu |
SEA 2.444
Education: Ph.D., Duke University
Lauren Schudde, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration, College of Education (Affiliated)
Eric Tang, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies (Affiliated)
erictang@utexas.edu |
BLS 3.136
Kevin J.A. Thomas, PhD
Professor, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies (Affiliated)
kjthomas@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3.116
Education: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Paul von Hippel
Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs (Affiliated)
paulvonhippel@austin.utexas.edu |
512-537-8112 |
SRH 3.251
Education: Ph.D., Ohio State University
S. Craig Watkins, PhD
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication; Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, College of Liberal Arts (Affiliated)
craig.watkins@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-6676 |
CMA 6.118
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Emeritus Faculty
Ronald J. Angel
Professor Emeritus
rangel@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6315 |
RLP 3.530
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sheldon Ekland-Olson, PhD
Professor Emeritus
seo@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-5879 (GEA), 512-232-6341 (RLP) |
GEA 115, RLP 3.734
Education: Ph.D., University of Washington
John Mirowsky
Professor Emeritus
mirowsky@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-7064 |
RLP 2.622G
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Thomas Pullum, PhD
Professor Emeritus; Director of Research, The Demographic and Health Surveys Program, ICF International
Education: PhD, University of Chicago
Catherine E. Ross
Professor Emeritus
cross@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-7064 |
RLP 2.622G
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Peter Ward
Professor Emeritus, C. B. Smith Sr. Centennial Chair # 1 in US-Mexico Relations
peter.ward@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-6302 |
SRH 3.229
Education: Ph.D., University of Liverpool
Interests: Academic: Housing and Governance in Mexico and Latin America. Non academic: Opera & Longhorn Football.
E. Mark Warr, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona
Interests: Crime, Delinquency, Deviance.
