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:
- Commerce, Organizations and Entrepreneurship (COE, formerly PPSO)
- The Center for Environmental Studies
- Ethnic Studies
- Graduate Program in Development (GPD)
- Population Studies & Training Center (PSTC)
- Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning
- Social Science Research Lab (SSRL)
- Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4)
- The Taubman Center for Public Policy
- Urban Studies
- The Watson Institute for International Studies
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.
Affiliations
Faculty Administrative Positions
Frickel, Scott AChair of Sociology
Faculty Positions
Barnes, SandraC.V. Starr Professor of Sociology
Boen, Courtney EAssociate Professor of Sociology
Candipan, JenniferStanley J. Bernstein Assistant Professor of Sociology
Carter, PrudenceSarah and Joseph, Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology
Chorev, NitsanHarmon Family Professor of Sociology
Diamond, John BFord Foundation Professor of Sociology and Education Policy
Dill, AnnProfessor Emerita of Sociology
Eason, JohnProfessor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology
Elliott, Gregory CProfessor Emeritus of Sociology
Frickel, Scott AProfessor of Environment and Society and Sociology
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 Emeritus of Sociology
Itzigsohn, JoseProfessor of Sociology
Jackson, MargotProfessor of Sociology
Kennedy, Michael DProfessor of Sociology
Lindstrom, David PPaul R. Dupee, Jr. University Professor of Social Science
Logan, JohnProfessor of Sociology
Lopez Sanders, LauraAssociate Professor of Sociology
Martin-Caughey, AnandaAssistant Professor of Sociology
Meyer, David RProfessor Emeritus of Sociology
Modell, JohnProfessor Emeritus of Sociology
Musto, MichelaAssistant Professor of Sociology
Okura, KeitaroSRS Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Pacewicz, JoshAssociate Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies
Qian, ZhenchaoProfessor of Sociology
Rauscher, EmilyProfessor of Sociology
Rea, Christopher MJoukowsky Family Assistant Professor of Sociology, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs
Roberts, J TimmonsProfessor of Environment and Society and Sociology
Roychowdhury, PoulamiAssociate Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs
Rueschemeyer, DietrichProfessor Emeritus of Sociology
Schrank, Andrew MProfessor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology
Short, Susan E.Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies
Silver, HilaryProfessor Emerita of Sociology
Spearin, Carrie ETeaching Professor of Sociology
Suchman, Mark CProfessor Emeritus 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 Emeritus of Population Studies and Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Zhang, HanYoung Family Assistant Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs