Prospective Graduate Students
PhD Graduate Program Application Deadline: January 15
Areas for Graduate Specialization
- Crime, Law, and Social Control
- Sociology of Health and Medicine
- Race and Ethnicity
- Gender (new area, starting 2024)
Faculty Research Specializations
Kristin Barker
Sociology of Health and Medicine, Gender, Science and Knowledge
Lisa Broidy
Crime, Law, and Social Control, Gender, Criminology
Georgiann Davis
Sociology of Health and Medicine, Gender, Inequality
Jessica Goodkind
Sociology of Health and Medicine, Race and Ethnicity, Community-based Participatory Research
Ryan Goodman
Social Movements, Education, Gender, Political Sociology, Culture
Nancy López
Race and Ethnicity, Education, Gender, Community-based Participatory Research, Inequality, Latino/a Studies
Christopher J. Lyons
Crime, Law, and Social Control, Race and Ethnicity, Deviance and Social Control
Colin Olson
Crime, Law, and Social Control, Social Networks, Deviance and Social Control
Kiwoong Park
Sociology of Health and Medicine, Quantitative Methods, Social Stratification
Daniel Ragan
Crime, Law, and Social Control, Quantitative Methods, Social Networks
Ranita Ray
Race and Ethnicity, Education, Gender, Inequality
Reuben (Jack) Thomas
Social Networks
George Weddington
Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements
Owen Whooley
Sociology of Health and Medicine, Social Movements, Science and Knowledge
Richard L. Wood
Religion, Social Movements, Global/Transnational Sociology
Assata Zerai
Sociology of Health and Medicine, Race and Ethnicity, Global/Transnational Sociology, Inequality