Kristin Barker

Professor

Email: kbarker@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1072

Sociology of Health and Medicine, Gender, Science and Knowledge

Qualitative Methods

Lisa Broidy

Distinguished Professor

Department Chair

Co-editor, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Email: lbroidy@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1055

Crime, Law, and Social Control, Gender, Criminology

Criminological Theory, Female Offending, Developmental Criminology, Collateral Consequences of Incarceration, Domestic Violence

Georgiann Davis

Associate Professor

Undergraduate Director

Email: georgianndavis@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1078

Personal website: http://www.georgianndavis.com

Sociology of Health and Medicine, Gender, Inequality

Sociology of the Body, Intersectionality

Jessica Goodkind

Professor

Associate Chair

Email: jgoodkin@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1082

Sociology of Health and Medicine, Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Community-based Participatory Research

Social determinants of health/mental health, Community-based mental health interventions, Native American, refugee, and immigrant populations, Mixed methods research, Cultural competency/humility

Ryan Goodman

Principal Lecturer III

Email: elbueno@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1057

Social Movements, Education, Gender, Political Sociology, Culture

Nancy López

Professor

Past Director & Co-founder, Institute of "Race" & Social Justice (2009-2024); Past Advisor, Race and Social Justice Interdisciplinary Graduate (2016-2020) and Undergraduate Certificate (2020-2024)

Email: nlopez@unm.edu

 

Phone: 

(505) 277-3101

Office: 

SSCI 1053

Race and Ethnicity, Education, Gender, Community-based Participatory Research, Inequality, Latino/a Studies

Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Class, Intersectionality, Education, Health, Community Based Participatory Research, Africana Studies, Latino/a Studies, Public Sociology

Christopher J. Lyons

Professor

Email: clyons@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1074

Crime, Law, and Social Control, Race and Ethnicity, Deviance and Social Control

Urban and Community Sociology, Hate Crime

Kayla Martensen

Assistant Professor

Email: kmartensen@unm.edu

 

Phone: 

505-277-2501

Office: 

1080

Race and Ethnicity, Gender

Punishment and Society, Juvenile Justice, Abolition, State Violence, Qualitative Methods

Sharan Kaur Mehta

Post Doctoral Fellow

Email: skmehta@unm.edu

 

Phone: 

505-277-2501

Personal website: https://www.sharankaurmehta.com/

Race and Ethnicity, Racism, Racialization, Religion, Gender, Intersectionality, Asians and Asian Americans, Identity, Collective Action

Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Distinguished Professor

Associate Dean for Student Success, College of Arts and Sciences

Email: nepstad@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1066

Social Movements, Political Sociology,  Sociology of Religion, Peace Studies

Colin Olson

Principal Lecturer III

Email: colino@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1059

Crime, Law, and Social Control, Social Networks, Deviance and Social Control

Mass Media, Political Culture, Social Theory

Kiwoong Park

Assistant Professor

Email: kpark3@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1068

Sociology of Health and Medicine, Quantitative Methods, Social Stratification

Life Course Perspective

Daniel Ragan

Associate Professor

Email: dragan@unm.edu

 

Phone: 

505-277-6469

Office: 

SSCI 1054

Crime, Law, and Social Control, Quantitative Methods, Social Networks

Adolescent Delinquency and Drug Use, Life Course Criminology

Ranita Ray

Associate Professor

Baca Zinn Professor of Sociology

Email: ranitaray@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1062

Personal website: http://www.ranitaray.com

Race and Ethnicity, Education, Gender, Inequality

Children and Youth

Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez

Post Doctoral Fellow

Email: arijosanchez22@unm.edu

 

Phone: 

505-277-2501

Transnational Feminist Movements, Queer Nightlife, Qualitative Methods, Latinx Populations, LGBTQ+ Violence

Andrea Román Alfaro

Assistant Professor

Email: amroman9@unm.edu

 

Phone: 

505-277-2501

Personal website: https://www.andrearomanalfaro.com/

Sociology of Violence, Criminalization, Gender & Race, Political Sociology, Qualitative Methods, Participatory Action Research

Reuben (Jack) Thomas

Associate Professor

Graduate Director

Email: reubenjthomas@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1070

Personal website: http://www.unm.edu/~reubenjthomas

Gender, Social Networks

Interpersonal Relationships, Homophily/Segregation/ Boundaries

Diana Torrez

Lecturer III

Email: dtorrez7@unm.edu

 

Phone: 

505-277-2501

Office: 

1108

Race & Ethnicity, Gender, Aging, Health, Intersectionality

George Weddington

Assistant Professor

Email: gweddington@unm.edu

 

Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements

Race, Antiblackness, Social Movements, Organizational Sociology

Owen Whooley

Professor

Email: owenwho@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1060

Personal website: http://www.owenwhooley.com/

Sociology of Health and Medicine, Social Movements, Science and Knowledge

Sociology of Mental Health , Sociology of Ignorance

Eli Wilson

Associate Professor

Organizations, Information & Learning Sciences, University of New Mexico

Email: erwilson18@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1076

Personal website: https://www.elirevelleyanowilson.com/

Work and Organizations, Race and Ethnicity, Social Inequality, Culture, Ethnography

Richard L. Wood

Professor

Director of the Southwest Institute on Religion, Culture, and Society

Email: rlwood@unm.edu

 

Office: 

SSCI 1104-B

Religion, Social Movements, Global/Transnational Sociology

Community Organizing, Comparative Civil Societies (United States and Latin America), Culture in Social Movements, Democratic Theory

Assata Zerai

Professor

Vice President

Email: zerai@unm.edu

 

Office: 

Scholes Hall Suite 203

Decolonial Feminist Methodologies, Educational Equity, Sociology of Health, Inequality, Race and Ethnicity, Global/ Transnational Sociology, Black Feminist Thought, Gender, Gender Equity and Development Effectiveness, Maternal and Child Health, Sociology of Religion