Faculty
The Ph.D. program in Sociology has about 70 participating faculty, who are either appointed full-time at the Graduate Center, or act as consortial faculty with primary appointments at other CUNY institutions.
All Faculty Faculty by Specialization Emeritus Faculty
Our faculty are experts across a range of sociology specializations and provide mentorship to students who share their areas of focus.
- We are strong in urban sociology, studies of race, ethnicity, and immigration, research on urban institutions, including schools, and on neighborhoods and urban spaces. We also have faculty members who study white collar crime, drug use, and how changes in police practices affect crime rates.
- New York is the preeminent center of cultural production in America, and several of our faculty members are noted for specialization in cultural studies. They analyze mass media, art, film, and other forms of popular and elite culture.
- We are one of the leading programs in the country in the study of international migration, with many faculty working on aspects of the immigrant experience, both in the US and in Europe.
- The Program also has long-standing strength in feminist theory. Faculty members study the sociology of gender from feminist, Marxist, psychoanalytical and other perspectives.
- Several faculty members pursue interests in the sociology of the state, political economy, and social stratification. Some specialize in the study of development, including, particularly, the economic, political, and social development of Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Technology, work, and occupations are also areas that draw faculty and students into research. Topics include theories of the labor process, studies of work places undergoing technological change, unions and organizing, professions, and the relationship between work and family life.
Faculty by Specialization
- Culture, Mass Media and the Arts
- Deviance/Criminology
- Education
- Ethnography
- Families
- Gender and Sexuality
- Globalization, Development and Environment
- Labor, Work, Professions and Organizations
- Medical Sociology/Public Health
- Quantitative Methods/Demography
- Race, Ethnicity and Migration
- Religion
- Social and Critical Theory
- State, Social Class and Political Sociology
- Urban Sociology
Faculty by Specialization
Culture, Mass Media and the Arts

Mike Benediktsson
Faculty
- Sociology

Thomas DeGloma
Faculty
- Sociology

James M. Jasper
Professor
- Sociology
Faculty by Specialization
Deviance/Criminology

Amy Adamczyk
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Criminal Justice

Lior Gideon
Faculty
- Sociology

Jayne Mooney
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- Women's Studies

Peter C. Moskos
Faculty
- Sociology

Carla Shedd
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- Urban Education

Lucia Trimbur
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- American Studies

Alex Vitale
Professor
- Sociology

Elin Waring
Faculty
- Sociology
Faculty by Specialization
Education

Paul Attewell
Distinguished Professor
- Urban Education
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- Social Welfare
Distinguished Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Juan Battle
Executive Officer and Professor
- Nursing
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Liberal Studies
Professor
- Social Welfare
Professor
- Africana Studies

Christopher Bonastia
Faculty
- Sociology

Margaret M. Chin
Faculty
- Sociology
Faculty
- International Migration Studies

Susan Dumais
Associate Professor
- Sociology

Wendy Luttrell
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Women's Studies

Julia Wrigley
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Women's Studies
Faculty by Specialization
Ethnography

Nancy Foner
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- International Migration Studies

Philip Kasinitz
Director
- Advanced Research Collaborative
Presidential Professor
- Sociology
Presidential Professor
- International Migration Studies
Presidential Professor
- Africana Studies

Wendy Luttrell
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Women's Studies

Peter C. Moskos
Faculty
- Sociology

Shehzad Nadeem
Faculty
- Sociology

Lucia Trimbur
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- American Studies
Faculty by Specialization
Families

Margaret M. Chin
Faculty
- Sociology
Faculty
- International Migration Studies

Pyong Gap Min
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology

Pamela Stone
Faculty
- Sociology
Faculty by Specialization
Gender and Sexuality

Juan Battle
Executive Officer and Professor
- Nursing
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Liberal Studies
Professor
- Social Welfare
Professor
- Africana Studies

Rafael de la Dehesa
Faculty
- Sociology
Janet Gornick
Director
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Political Science
Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Professor
- Women's Studies

Wendy Luttrell
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Women's Studies

Susan Markens
Assistant Professor
- Sociology
Assistant Professor
- Women's Studies

Leslie McCall
Associate Director
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Presidential Professor
- Sociology
Presidential Professor
- Political Science
Presidential Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Ruth Milkman
Distinguished Professor
- History
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology

Pyong Gap Min
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology

Lucia Trimbur
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- American Studies

Anahi Viladrich
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- International Migration Studies

Julia Wrigley
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Women's Studies
Faculty by Specialization
Globalization, Development and Environment

Rafael de la Dehesa
Faculty
- Sociology

Kenneth A. Gould
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor
- Sociology

Tammy L. Lewis
Professor
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor
- Sociology

Carolina Bank Munoz
Faculty
- Sociology

Shehzad Nadeem
Faculty
- Sociology

Anahi Viladrich
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- International Migration Studies
Faculty by Specialization
Labor, Work, Professions and Organizations

Paul Attewell
Distinguished Professor
- Urban Education
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- Social Welfare
Distinguished Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Margaret M. Chin
Faculty
- Sociology
Faculty
- International Migration Studies

Hector Cordero-Guzman
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Urban Education
Janet Gornick
Director
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Political Science
Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Professor
- Women's Studies

Susan Markens
Assistant Professor
- Sociology
Assistant Professor
- Women's Studies

Ruth Milkman
Distinguished Professor
- History
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology

Pyong Gap Min
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology

Carolina Bank Munoz
Faculty
- Sociology

Shehzad Nadeem
Faculty
- Sociology

Yung-Yi Diana Pan
Associate Professor
- Sociology

Charles Post
Faculty
- Sociology
Faculty by Specialization
Medical Sociology/Public Health

Amy Adamczyk
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Criminal Justice

Mary Clare Lennon
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Social Welfare
Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Professor
- Women's Studies

Susan Markens
Assistant Professor
- Sociology
Assistant Professor
- Women's Studies

Holly Reed
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- International Migration Studies

Barbara Katz Rothman
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Women's Studies

Dana Weinberg
Faculty
- Sociology

Esther Wilder
Faculty
- Sociology
Faculty by Specialization
Quantitative Methods/Demography

Deborah Balk
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Economics
Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Juan Battle
Executive Officer and Professor
- Nursing
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Liberal Studies
Professor
- Social Welfare
Professor
- Africana Studies

Lior Gideon
Faculty
- Sociology

Mary Clare Lennon
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Social Welfare
Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Professor
- Women's Studies

Liza G. Steele
Associate Professor
- Sociology

Van C. Tran
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- International Migration Studies

Elin Waring
Faculty
- Sociology

Esther Wilder
Faculty
- Sociology
Faculty by Specialization
Race, Ethnicity and Migration

Deborah Balk
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Economics
Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Juan Battle
Executive Officer and Professor
- Nursing
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Liberal Studies
Professor
- Social Welfare
Professor
- Africana Studies

Mucahit Bilici
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- International Migration Studies
Associate Professor
- Middle Eastern Studies

Christopher Bonastia
Faculty
- Sociology

Mehdi Bozorgmehr
Professor
- Liberal Studies

Margaret M. Chin
Faculty
- Sociology
Faculty
- International Migration Studies

Hector Cordero-Guzman
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Urban Education

Nancy Foner
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- International Migration Studies

Philip Kasinitz
Director
- Advanced Research Collaborative
Presidential Professor
- Sociology
Presidential Professor
- International Migration Studies
Presidential Professor
- Africana Studies

Wendy Luttrell
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Psychology
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Women's Studies

Leslie McCall
Associate Director
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Presidential Professor
- Sociology
Presidential Professor
- Political Science
Presidential Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Pyong Gap Min
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology

John Mollenkopf
Director
- Center for Urban Research
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- Political Science
Distinguished Professor
- International Migration Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Carolina Bank Munoz
Faculty
- Sociology

Yung-Yi Diana Pan
Associate Professor
- Sociology

Charles Post
Faculty
- Sociology

Holly Reed
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- International Migration Studies

Carla Shedd
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- Urban Education

Liza G. Steele
Associate Professor
- Sociology

Van C. Tran
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- International Migration Studies

Lucia Trimbur
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- American Studies

Anahi Viladrich
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- International Migration Studies
Faculty by Specialization
Religion

Amy Adamczyk
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Criminal Justice

Mucahit Bilici
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- International Migration Studies
Associate Professor
- Middle Eastern Studies

Pyong Gap Min
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology

John Torpey
Director
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
Director
- European Union Studies Center
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- History
Faculty by Specialization
Social and Critical Theory

Mucahit Bilici
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- International Migration Studies
Associate Professor
- Middle Eastern Studies

Thomas DeGloma
Faculty
- Sociology

James M. Jasper
Professor
- Sociology

Marnia Lazreg
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Middle Eastern Studies
Professor
- Women's Studies
Professor
- French

Charles Post
Faculty
- Sociology

John Torpey
Director
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
Director
- European Union Studies Center
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- History
Faculty by Specialization
State, Social Class and Political Sociology

Paul Attewell
Distinguished Professor
- Urban Education
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- Social Welfare
Distinguished Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Christopher Bonastia
Faculty
- Sociology

Leslie McCall
Associate Director
- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Presidential Professor
- Sociology
Presidential Professor
- Political Science
Presidential Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Charles Post
Faculty
- Sociology

Holly Reed
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- International Migration Studies

Carla Shedd
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- Urban Education

Liza G. Steele
Associate Professor
- Sociology

John Torpey
Director
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
Director
- European Union Studies Center
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- History

Van C. Tran
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- International Migration Studies

Elin Waring
Faculty
- Sociology

Julia Wrigley
Professor
- Urban Education
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Women's Studies
Faculty by Specialization
Urban Sociology

Deborah Balk
Professor
- Sociology
Professor
- Economics
Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Mike Benediktsson
Faculty
- Sociology

Christopher Bonastia
Faculty
- Sociology

Nancy Foner
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- International Migration Studies

Philip Kasinitz
Director
- Advanced Research Collaborative
Presidential Professor
- Sociology
Presidential Professor
- International Migration Studies
Presidential Professor
- Africana Studies

John Mollenkopf
Director
- Center for Urban Research
Distinguished Professor
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor
- Political Science
Distinguished Professor
- International Migration Studies
Distinguished Professor
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Carla Shedd
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- Urban Education

Van C. Tran
Associate Professor
- Sociology
Associate Professor
- International Migration Studies
Emeritus Faculty

Richard Alba
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Africana Studies

Stanley Aronowitz
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Sociology

Sophia Catsambis
Professor Emerita
- Educational Psychology
Professor Emerita
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor Emerita
- Sociology

Patricia Clough
Professor Emerita
- Women's Studies
Professor Emerita
- Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
Professor Emerita
- Sociology

Hester Eisenstein
Professor Emerita
- Sociology

Cynthia Fuchs Epstein
Distinguished Professor Emerita
- Sociology

Samuel Heilman
Emeritus Faculty
- Sociology
Emeritus Faculty
- Middle Eastern Studies

William Kornblum
Professor Emeritus
- Psychology
Professor Emeritus
- Sociology

Judith Lorber
Professor Emerita
- Women's Studies
Professor Emerita
- Sociology

Frances Fox Piven
Distinguished Professor Emerita
- Political Science
Distinguished Professor Emerita
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor Emerita
- Women's Studies

Catherine Silver
Professor Emerita
- Women's Studies
Professor Emerita
- Sociology

Stephen Steinberg
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Sociology
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Africana Studies

Bryan Turner
Presidential Professor Emeritus
- Sociology
Professor Emeritus
- Middle Eastern Studies

Sharon Zukin
Professor Emerita
- Sociology
Professor Emerita
- Earth and Environmental Sciences