Regular Faculty
Dolores Trevizo, Chair
Madeline N. McKinnie Professor, Sociology
B.A., Â鶹ÊÓƵ; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Dolores Trevizo is a political sociologist and teaches courses in political sociology, social movements and revolutions, theory, immigration to the United States, and quantitative research methods.
Eric Bjorklund
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Ph.D. University of Arizona
Eric Bjorklund is a sociologist who specializes in health, inequality, and political sociology. His research examines how the distribution of power within society shapes material conditions and formal political processes in ways that generate and reinforce health disparities.
John T. Lang
Associate Professor, Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
John Lang is deeply interested in food as a site for sociological exploration.
Jan Lin
Professor, Sociology
B.A., Williams College; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., New School for Social Research
Jan Lin's teaching areas are in urban sociology; race and ethnicity in American society; globalization; mass media and consumer society; qualitative research methods; senior seminar; introduction to sociology and a first year seminar on Los Angeles.
Richard Mora
Professor, Sociology
B.A., Harvard College (Sociology); M.A., University of Michigan (Education); M.A., Harvard University (Sociology); Ph.D., Harvard University (Sociology & Social Policy)
Dr. Mora teaches courses on masculinities, youth cultures, education, immigration, violence, and social inequality.
Mai Thai
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. Pomona College; Ph.D. Indiana University
Mai Thai (pronounced "my tie") is a sociologist specializing in areas of criminal justice, education, youth, race/ethnicity, and qualitative methods.
Benjamin Weiss
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. Â鶹ÊÓƵ, Ph.D. University of Southern California
Benjamin Weiss is an assistant professor of sociology at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, where he specializes in gender, sex, and sexualities; crime, law, and deviance; and organizations. His research investigates the unintended consequences of well-intentioned efforts to solve social problems, with gender-based violence as a central case.
Affiliated Faculty
Cristina Awadalla
Assistant Professor, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Cristina Awadalla is an interdisciplinary sociologist whose teaching focuses on Central American politics, Latin American feminisms, women’s labor, and research methods.
Michael W. Murphy
Associate Professor, Black Studies
B.A., University of San Diego; M.A., Ph.D, Brown University
Professor Murphy’s research and teaching emphasizes anticolonial and environmental approaches to sociological thought.