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.
Heller, Patrick G, Chair of Sociology
Chorev, Nitsan, Harmon Family Professor of Sociology
DiCarlo, Lisa, Lecturer in Sociology
Dill, Ann, Professor Emerita of Sociology
Elliott, Gregory C, Professor of Sociology
Fennell, Mary L, C.V. Starr Professor Emerita of Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship and Professor Emerita of Sociology
Frickel, Scott A, Professor of Environment and Society and Sociology
Goldscheider, Calvin, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Ungerleider Professor Emeritus of Judaic Studies
Goldscheider, Frances K, University Professor Emerita and Professor Emerita of Sociology
Goldstein, Sidney, Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Heller, Patrick G, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology
Henry, Paget, Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology
Hirschman, Daniel, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Hogan, Dennis, Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Population Studies
Itzigsohn, Jose, Professor of Sociology
Jackson, Margot, Associate Professor of Sociology
Johnson, Mathew, Professor of the Practice of Sociology
Kennedy, Michael D, Professor of Sociology
Lindstrom, David P, Professor of Sociology
Logan, John, Professor of Sociology
Lopez Sanders, Laura, Assistant Professor of Sociology
McNally, Brendan C, Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology
Meyer, David R, Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Modell, John, Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Owens, Jayanti J, Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology
Pacewicz, Jan Mateusz, Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies
Qian, Zhenchao, Professor of Sociology
Rauscher, Emily K, Associate Professor of Sociology
Roberts, J Timmons, Professor of Environment and Society and Sociology
Rueschemeyer, Dietrich, Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Schrank, Andrew M, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology
Short, Susan E., Professor of Sociology
Silver, Hilary, Professor Emerita of Sociology
Spearin, Carrie E, Lecturer in Sociology
Suchman, Mark C, Professor of Sociology
Van Cleve, Nicole Gonzalez, Associate Professor of Sociology
Vanwey, Leah K, Professor of Environment and Society and Sociology
Wetts, Rachel, Assistant Professor of Environment and Society and Sociology
White, Michael, Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies, Professor of Sociology
Wright, Mary C, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociology
