How do land-use patterns in the Amazon affect deforestation? How do high-tech industries cope with the accelerating pace of technological, economic, and legal change? Does poor health in childhood lead to lower education? What are the effects of war and military occupation on the quality of life of populations? What are economic and racial disparities in the health care of older Americans? How do social structures and patterns of inequality influence the life chances of African adolescents?

These are just a few of the questions that faculty and students in Brown's Sociology Department investigate. Faculty and students both work within the department and are linked to a variety of research centers at Brown—such as:

In addition to considerable work in the United States and Europe, we do research in Africa, Central and South America, the Middle East, India, China, and the former Soviet Republics.

The research and teaching of Brown sociology faculty is guided by the systematic and scientific investigation of human behavior and social life.  Sociology connects. Sociology clarifies. Sociology empowers students to engage effectively with the world around them. We invite you to join us.

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Faculty Administrative Positions

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Smith, KerryInterim Chair of Sociology

Faculty Positions

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Barnes, SandraC.V. Starr Professor of Sociology

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Boen, Courtney EAssistant Professor of Sociology

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Candipan, JenniferStanley J. Bernstein Assistant Professor of Sociology

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Carter, PrudenceSarah and Joseph, Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology

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Chorev, NitsanHarmon Family Professor of Sociology

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Diamond, John BFord Foundation Professor of Sociology and Education Policy

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DiCarlo, LisaSenior Lecturer in Sociology

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Dill, AnnProfessor Emerita of Sociology

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Eason, JohnAssociate Professor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology

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Elliott, Gregory CProfessor of Sociology

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Fennell, Mary LC.V. Starr Professor Emerita of Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship and Professor Emerita of Sociology

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Frickel, Scott AProfessor of Environment and Society and Sociology

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Goldscheider, CalvinUngerleider Professor Emeritus of Judaic Studies and Professor Emeritus of Sociology

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Goldscheider, Frances KUniversity Professor Emerita and Professor Emerita of Sociology

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Gonzalez Van Cleve, NicoleAssociate Professor of Sociology

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Heller, Patrick GProfessor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology

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Henry, PagetProfessor Emeritus of Sociology

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Hogan, DennisRobert E. Turner Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Population Studies

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Itzigsohn, JoseProfessor of Sociology

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Jackson, MargotProfessor of Sociology

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Kennedy, Michael DProfessor of Sociology

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Lindstrom, David PPaul R. Dupee, Jr. University Professor of Social Science

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Logan, JohnProfessor of Sociology

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Lopez Sanders, LauraStephen Robert Assistant Professor of Sociology

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Martin-Caughey, AnandaAssistant Professor of Sociology

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Meyer, David RProfessor Emeritus of Sociology

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Modell, JohnProfessor Emeritus of Sociology

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Musto, MichelaAssistant Professor of Sociology

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Pacewicz, JoshAssociate Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies

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Qian, ZhenchaoProfessor of Sociology

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Rauscher, EmilyProfessor of Sociology

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Rea, Christopher MAssistant Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs

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Roberts, J TimmonsProfessor of Environment and Society and Sociology

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Roychowdhury, PoulamiAssociate Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs

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Rueschemeyer, DietrichProfessor Emeritus of Sociology

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Schrank, Andrew MProfessor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology

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Short, Susan E.Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies

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Silver, HilaryProfessor Emerita of Sociology

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Spearin, Carrie ESenior Lecturer in Sociology

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Suchman, Mark CProfessor Emeritus of Sociology

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VanWey, Leah KProfessor of Environment and Society and Sociology

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Wetts, RachelAssistant Professor of Environment and Society and Sociology

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White, MichaelRobert E. Turner Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Population Studies and Professor Emeritus of Sociology

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Zhang, HanAssistant Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs