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.
Blume, Janet AChair of Sociology
Heller, Patrick GChair of Sociology
Chorev, NitsanHarmon Family Professor of Sociology
DiCarlo, LisaLecturer in Sociology
Dill, AnnProfessor Emerita of Sociology
Elliott, Gregory CProfessor of Sociology
Fennell, Mary LC.V. Starr Professor Emerita of Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship and Professor Emerita of Sociology
Frickel, Scott AProfessor of Environment and Society and Sociology
Goldscheider, CalvinProfessor Emeritus of Sociology and Ungerleider Professor Emeritus of Judaic Studies
Goldscheider, Frances KUniversity Professor Emerita and Professor Emerita of Sociology
Gonzalez Van Cleve, NicoleAssociate Professor of Sociology
Heller, Patrick GProfessor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology
Henry, PagetProfessor of Africana Studies and Sociology
Hirschman, DanielAssistant Professor of Sociology
Hogan, DennisRobert E. Turner Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Population Studies
Itzigsohn, JoseProfessor of Sociology
Jackson, MargotAssociate Professor of Sociology
Johnson, MathewProfessor of the Practice of Sociology
Kennedy, Michael DProfessor of Sociology
Lindstrom, David PProfessor of Sociology
Logan, JohnProfessor of Sociology
Lopez Sanders, LauraAssistant Professor of Sociology
Meyer, David RProfessor Emeritus of Sociology
Modell, JohnProfessor Emeritus of Sociology
Owens, Jayanti JAssistant Professor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology
Pacewicz, Jan MateuszAssociate Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies
Qian, ZhenchaoProfessor of Sociology
Rauscher, Emily KAssociate Professor of Sociology
Roberts, J TimmonsProfessor of Environment and Society and Sociology
Rueschemeyer, DietrichProfessor Emeritus of Sociology
Schrank, Andrew MProfessor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology
Short, Susan E.Professor of Sociology
Silver, HilaryProfessor Emerita of Sociology
Spearin, Carrie ELecturer in Sociology
Suchman, Mark CProfessor of Sociology
Vanwey, Leah KProfessor of Environment and Society and Sociology
Wetts, RachelAssistant Professor of Environment and Society and Sociology
White, MichaelRobert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies, Professor of Sociology
Wright, Mary CProfessor of the Practice of Sociology
