Faculty
Our faculty members serve on advisory boards, travel the globe to speak at conferences, appear in the media, and publish the books and articles that drive the direction of the discipline. We share the University's commitment to value a diversity of viewpoints and experiences, and to strive to provide a productive work environment for all University of Minnesota scholars from varying racial, ethnic, religious, social class, sexual identity, and national backgrounds.
You can also review our recent Faculty Publications and our Faculty Research Brochure to learn more about faculty members and their areas of interest.
Regular Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Hassan Abdel Salam Assistant Professor |
960 Social Sci Bldg asalamha@umn.edu |
Law; Religion; Culture; Global Sociology; Comparative and Historical Sociology. |
| Cawo Abdi Associate Professor |
1033 Social Sci Bldg cabdi@umn.edu |
Migration; Gender, Race, and Class; Family; Islam; Education; Development Studies; Human Rights; Globalization; Africa; Middle East. |
| Alejandro Baer Professor Offsite Fall 2022 & Spring 2023 |
abaer@umn.edu | Social Memory Studies; Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Antisemitism; Globalization; Sociology of Media and Communication; Qualitative Methods; Visual Sociology. |
| Yanjie Bian Professor |
967 Social Sci Bldg bianx001@umn.edu |
Economic Sociology; Social Networks; Social Stratification; Chinese Society. |
| Elizabeth Heger Boyle Professor |
1026 Social Sci Bldg 612-624-3343 boyle014@umn.edu |
Sociology of Law; Globalization; Children’s and Women’s Rights. |
| Jack DeWaard Associate Professor Offsite Fall 2022 & Spring 2023 |
jdewaard@umn.edu | Demography and Population Studies; Migration; Climate and Environmental Change; Inequality and Incorporation; Race and Ethnic Studies. |
| Penny Edgell Professor |
1039 Social Sci Bldg 612-624-9828 edgell@umn.edu |
Culture; Religion; Gender & Family; Symbolic Boundaries & Inequality. |
| Gabrielle Ferrales Assistant Professor |
1152 Social Sci Bldg |
Law and Society; Gender; Criminology and Criminal Justice; International Criminal Law; Quantitative and Qualitative Methods; Factorial Survey Methods for Empirical Analysis. |
| Laura Garbes Postdoctoral Fellow |
925 Social Sci Bldg 612-624-6317 garbes@umn.edu |
Racial Theory; Organizations; Media Theory; Cultural Studies; Sound Studies; Economic Sociology. |
| Joseph Gerteis Professor & Director of Graduate Studies |
948 Social Sci Bldg 612-624-1615 gerte004@umn.edu |
Politics and Political Culture; Historical Sociology; Social Theory; Inclusion and Exclusion in American Society. |
| Michael Goldman Associate Professor |
1070 Social Sci Bldg mgoldman@umn.edu |
Transnational, Political Economic, and Urban Sociology; Transnational Institutions of Finance, Development, and Expertise. |
| Teresa Gowan Associate Professor |
1080 Social Sci Bldg 612-626-1863 tgowan@umn.edu |
Urban Sociology; Ethnography; Poverty and Marginality; Consumption and Branded Labor; the Cultural Micro-Foundations of Alternative Economies. |
| Douglas Hartmann Professor |
1014B Social Sci Bldg hartm021@umn.edu |
Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration; Sociology of Culture; Sport Studies; Social Movements and Political Sociology; American Society; Field Methods; Contemporary Theory; Public Engagement. |
| Kathleen Hull Professor & Chair |
909 Social Sci Bldg 612-624-4339 hull@umn.edu |
Culture; Law; Family; Gender and Sexuality; Social Movements. |
| Claire Kamp Dush Professor |
1125 Social Sci Bldg 612-624-1895 kampdush@umn.edu |
Family & the Life Course; Population Health; Human Development & Family Studies; Intimacy/Sexuality; Gender & Work; Sexual & Gender Minorities & Health |
| David Knoke Professor |
939 Social Sci Bldg knoke001@umn.edu |
Social Networks; Political Sociology; Economic Sociology; Organizations. |
| Carolyn Liebler Associate Professor |
1135 Social Sci Bldg 612-624-5506 liebler@umn.edu |
Race and Ethnicity; Social Demography; Indigenous Peoples; Social Stratification; Sociology of the Family and Life Course; Social Support. |
|
Enid Logan |
956 Social Sci Bldg elogan@umn.edu |
Blackness in the Americas; Race & the Body; Race & Electoral Politics; Race & Parenting; Blacks and Social Class; Afro-Latin America. |
| Ann Meier Professor & Associate Dean |
1127 Social Sci Bldg meierann@umn.edu |
Family and Life Course; Adolescent and Young Adult Development; Gender.
|
| Phyllis Moen Professor McKnight Endowed Chair in Sociology |
1123 Social Sci Bldg 612-625-5483 phylmoen@umn.edu |
Gender and the Life Course; Flexible Work; Career/Retirement Paths; Health and Well-Being; Couples’ Time Use; Caregiving; Public/ Organizational Policies. |
| Joshua Page Professor & Associate Chair |
935 Social Sci Bldg page@umn.edu |
Crime, Law, Deviance, and Punishment; Labor and Unionization; Political Sociology; Qualitative Research Methods; Social Theory. |
| Michelle Phelps Associate Professor |
1035 Social Sci Bldg phelps@umn.edu |
Crime, Law, and Deviance; Inequality; Mixed Methods. |
| Joachim Savelsberg Professor Arsham & Charlotte Ohanessian Chair |
1144 Social Sci Bldg 612-624-0273 savel001@umn.edu |
Knowledge, Memory & Representations; Law, Crime & Punishment; Human Rights; Comparative; Theory. |
| Rachel Schurman Professor Offsite Fall 2022 & Spring 2023 |
schurman@umn.edu | Agri-food Studies; Transnational Sociology; Social Movements; Global Political Economy; Political Sociology; Development/Post-Development Studies. |
| Teresa Swartz Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies |
933 Social Sci Bldg 612-626-1862 tswartz@umn.edu |
Families; Intergenerational Relations; Social Inequality; Asian American Studies; Gender; Welfare State; Children, Youth and Young Adulthood. |
| Christopher Uggen Regents Professor |
1014A Social Sci Bldg 612-624-4016 uggen001@umn.edu |
Crime, Law, Justice; Life Course; Inequality; Methods; Policy. |
| Jane VanHeuvelen Assistant Professor |
1178 Social Sci Bldg 612-624-0228 jvanheuv@umn.edu |
Medical Sociology; Organizations; Mental Health & Illness: Health Disparities; Work & Occupations. |
| Tom VanHeuvelen Associate Professor |
1174 Social Sci Bldg 612-624-4147 tvanheuv@umn.edu |
Stratification & Inequality; Comparative & Historical Sociology; Quantitative Methodology; Sociology of Development. |
| Michael L. Walker Associate Professor Sabbatical Fall 2022 |
952 Social Sci Bldg walkerml@umn.edu |
Social Control; Stratification; Inequality; Criminal Justice. |
| Rob Warren Professor |
1167 Social Sci Bldg 612-624-2310 warre046@umn.edu |
Social Inequality; Education; Health Disparities; Demography. |
| Elizabeth Wrigley-Field Assistant Professor |
1156 Social Sci Bldg ewf@umn.edu |
Formal Demography; Social Demography; Race; Health; Inequality. |
Affiliate Faculty
| Name | Contact |
|---|---|
| Ryan Allen Associate Professor Humphrey School of Public Affairs |
295B Humphrey School allen650@umn.edu |
| Valerie Belair-Gagnon Assistant Professor Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication |
329 Murphy Hall vbg@umn.edu |
| Rose Brewer Professor African American & African Studies |
810 Social Sciences brewe001@umn.edu |
| Kathleen Call Professor School of Public Health |
15-223 Phillips Wangensteen Building callx001@umn.edu |
| Brooke Cunningham Assistant Professor Department of Family Medicine and Community Health |
717 Delaware St SE, Rm 420 bcunning@umn.edu |
| Christina Ewig Professor Humphrey School of Public Affairs |
301 – 19th Avenue South cewig@umn.edu |
| Karen Ho Associate Professor Anthropology |
395 HHH Center karenho@umn.edu |
| Donna McAlpine Associate Professor School of Public Health |
mcalp004@umn.edu |
| Carrie Oelberger Assistant Professor Humphrey School of Public Affairs |
coelberg@umn.edu |
| Jennifer Pierce Professor American Studies |
204 Scott Hall pierc012@umn.edu |
| Christopher Roberts Associate Professor Law School |
450 Mondale Hall cnr@umn.edu |
|
Evan Roberts |
505 Diehl Hall eroberts@umn.edu |
| Steven Ruggles Professor History & Founder of ISRDI & the MN Population Center |
50 Willey Hall ruggl001@umn.edu |
| Karen Seashore Regents Professor Emerita CEHD, Org. Leadership, Policy & Development |
310D Wulling Hall klouis@umn.edu |
| Tetyana Shippee Associate Professor School of Public Health |
tshippee@umn.edu |
| Mark Snyder Professor Psychology |
N218 Elliott Hall msnyder@umn.edu |
| Joe Soss Professor Humphrey School of Public Affairs |
261 Humphrey School jbsoss@umn.edu |
Emeriti Faculty
| Name | Contact |
|---|---|
| Ron Aminzade Professor Emeritus |
aminzade@umn.edu |
| Jeffrey Broadbent Professor Emeritus |
broad001@umn.edu |
| Jeylan Mortimer Professor Emerita |
morti002@umn.edu |
| Joel Nelson Professor Emeritus |
nelso004@umn.edu |
| Ira Reiss Professor Emeritus |
irareiss@comcast.net |
| Joel Samaha Professor Emeritus |
jbs@umn.edu |
| David Ward Professor Emeritus |
dward1144@aol.com |