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Edwin Ackerman

Edwin Ackerman

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2016

Areas of Expertise

Political sociology, comparative-historical sociology, Latin-American studies, social theory
Sean J. Drake

Sean J. Drake

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2017

Areas of Expertise

Race and ethnicity, schools and education, neighborhood organization and inequality, refugee youth, immigrant incorporation, poverty and homelessness, ethnographic methods
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Amy Fairchild

University Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Subcommittee on Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, 1997

Areas of Expertise

History, ethics and policy
Jennifer Flad

Jennifer Flad

Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology Department

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2009

Areas of Expertise

Health and illness, gender and sexuality, sustainability, disability studies, food and food politics
Selina Gallo-Cruz

Selina Gallo-Cruz

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

O’Hanley Faculty Scholar

Research Co-Director, Advocacy and Activism

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Research Affiliate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Affiliate, Women’s and Gender Studies

Ph.D., Emory University, 2012
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Marc A. Garcia

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2015

Areas of Expertise

Medical sociology, aging and the life course, racial/ethnic disparities, minority and immigrant health
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Madonna Harrington Meyer

University Professor, Sociology Department

Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., Florida State University, 1991

Areas of Expertise

Social policy, aging and the life course, family policies
Gabriela Kirk
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Gabriela Kirk-Werner

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2022
Prema Kurien

Prema Kurien

Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, South Asia Center

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., Brown University, 1993

Areas of Expertise

International migration, Immigrant politics, Sociology of Religion, Race and Ethnicity-- US and Global, Religion and Society in India, Qualitative Methods
Scott Landes

Scott Landes

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

O’Hanley Faculty Scholar

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., University of Florida, 2014

Areas of Expertise

Sociology of disability, medical sociology, aging and the life course, military veterans
Andrew S. London
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Andrew S. London

Professor, Sociology Department

Associate Dean for Washington Programs, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1993

Areas of Expertise

Medical sociology, demography, aging and the life course, veterans, adult ADHD, poverty and family well-being, LGBT/sexuality studies, social policy
Amy Lutz

Amy Lutz

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

Chair, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany, 2002

Areas of Expertise

Race and ethnicity, immigration, bilingualism, educational inequality
Yingyi Ma

Yingyi Ma

Professor and Graduate Director, Sociology Department

Director, Asian/Asian American Studies

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, East Asia Program

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Program at Brookings

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2007

Areas of Expertise

Education, migration, Asian/Asian American studies
Elizabeth Martin

Elizabeth Martin

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2022
Shannon Monnat

Shannon Monnat

Professor, Sociology Department

Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Director and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Co-Director, Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany, 2008

Areas of Expertise

Rural demography, social and structural determinants of health and health disparities, spatial differences in morbidity and mortality
Jennifer Karas Montez

Jennifer Karas Montez

University Professor, Sociology Department

Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies

Director, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Co-Director of the Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2011

Areas of Expertise

Demography, political economy and population health, life course and aging
William Oliver
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William Oliver

Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology Department

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2020
Arthur Paris

Arthur Paris

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Advisory Board Member and Research Affiliate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Areas of Expertise

Urban society and policy, race and ethnic relations, science and technology, non-white popular culture
Gretchen Purser

Gretchen Purser

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

Director of the Law, Society and Policy Integrated Learning Major

Research Co-Director, Advocacy and Activism

Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2009

Areas of Expertise

Work and labor, urban poverty, law and punishment, housing and homelessness, precarity, social theory, ethnography, community-based action research
Katie Quinn

Katie Quinn

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, 2021
Rebecca Schewe

Rebecca Schewe

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2011

Areas of Expertise

Environmental and natural resource sociology
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Merril Silverstein

Professor and Chair, Sociology Department

Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Falk College

Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor in Aging

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1990

Areas of Expertise

Aging, family, intergenerational relationships, demographic, policy and cultural contexts, quantitative methods
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Haowei Wang

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., McCormack School of Policy and Global Studies, Department of Gerontology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2020

Areas of Expertise

Social gerontology, family demography, aging and health, population health
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Rick Welsh

Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1995
Janet M. Wilmoth

Janet M. Wilmoth

Professor, Sociology Department

Director, Aging Studies Institute

Dissemination Core Lead, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1995

Areas of Expertise

Sociology of aging and the life course, demography, health
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