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faculty
Rina Agarwala

Associate Professor
PhD, Princeton University

410-516-5169 agarwala@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 527

Research Interests: International development, gender, labor, migration, globalization, India
Emily M. Agree

Research Professor
PhD, Duke University

410-516-5832 emily.agree@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 558

Research Interests: Gerontology, demography, sociology of health and illness
Joel Andreas

Associate Professor
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

410-516-7325 jandreas@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 554

Research Interests: Political contention, social inequality, and social change in contemporary China
Julia Burdick-Will

Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Chicago

410-516-7633 jburdickwill@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 437

Research Interests: Urban sociology, education, stratification
Ryan M. Calder

Assistant Professor
PhD, UC Berkeley

410-516-6678 rcalder@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 435

Research Interests: Contemporary Muslim societies, sociology of markets, financialization, Islamic law and jurisprudence, comparative-historical research
Andrew J. Cherlin

Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Public Policy & Chair
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

410-516-2370 cherlin@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 556

Research Interests: Sociology of the family, demography, social policy
Stefanie A. Deluca

James Coleman Professor of Sociology & Social Policy
PhD, Northwestern University

410-516-7629 sdeluca@jhu.edu PIRL/Abel-Wolman

Research Interests: Sociology of education, sociology of neighborhoods, life course studies
Meredith Greif

Assistant Professor
PhD, Pennsylvania State University

410-516-4942 mgreif1@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 530

Research Interests: Homelessness, Housing Policy, Urban Inequality, Racial Stratification, Mental Health
Lingxin Hao

Professor
PhD, University of Chicago

410-516-4022 hao@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 509

Research Interests: Sociology of the family, public policy, immigration, social inequality, sociology of education, quantitative methods.
Ho-Fung Hung

Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy
PhD, Johns Hopkins University

410-516-7051 hofung@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 523

Research Interests: Global political economy, contentious politics, nationalism, and social theory
Huei-Ying Kuo

Associate Research Professor
PhD, (SUNY-Binghamton)

410-516-6493 hkuo@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 262

Research Interests: Historical sociology, overseas Chinese, nationalism, colonialism, business networks, China-Southeast Asian connections
Michael Levien

Assistant Professor
PhD, University of California, Berkeley

410-516-7637 levien@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 433

Research Interests: Development sociology, agrarian political economy, political sociology, social theory, ethnography, India
Katrina Bell McDonald

Associate Professor
PhD, University of California, Davis

410-516-7624 mcdon@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 540

Research Interests: Sociology of the family, gender/ethnic identity, race and social class
Stephen L. Morgan

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
PhD, Harvard University

410-516-5623 stephen.morgan@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 529

Research Interests: Education, inequality, demography, and methodology
Beverly J. Silver

Professor
PhD, SUNY, Binghamton

410-516-7635 silver@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 513

Research Interests: Historical capitalism, comparative and world-historical research methods, global inequality and development, labor and social movements
Christy Thornton

Assistant Professor
PhD, New York University

410-516-5608 thorntonc@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 521

Research Interests: Comparative-historical sociology, global inequality and development, labor and social movements, political economy of Mexico and Latin America
Vesla Weaver

Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology
PhD, Harvard

410-516-2843 vesla@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 272

Research Interests: American Politics
staff
Jessie Albee

Administrative Secretary

410-516-7626 jalbee2@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 533
Linda Burkhardt

Academic Program Coordinator

410-516-7627 sociology@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 533
Ricardo Sanchez

LAN Administrator

667-208-7169 ricksanchez@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 275
Terri Thomas

Administrative Manager

410-516-7888 tthomas@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 533
Associated Faculty
Stan Becker

Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health
PhD, Johns Hopkins University

410-955-4485 sbecker@jhsph.edu 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E4148

Research Interests: Demography
Ilil Benjamin

Lecturer
PhD, Cornell University

ilil.benjamin@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 541B

Research Interests: Israel, Palestine, humanitarianism, refugees
Kathryn Edin

Research Professor
PhD, Northwestern University

kathy_edin@jhu.edu

Research Interests: Poverty, inequality, social policy
Joyce Epstein

Professor, Center for Social Organization of Schools, School of Education
PhD, Johns Hopkins University

410-516-8807 jepstein@jhu.edu 2701 N. Charles St., Suite 300

Research Interests: Sociology of education, evaluation research, social psychology
Kelly Gebo

Vice Provost for Education
Professor, School of Medicine
Director, Public Health Studies, Bloomberg School of Public Health
MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University

410-516-5985 kgebo@jhmi.edu 265 Garland Hall

Research Interests: HIV, infectious diseases, health care utilization and costs, disparities in access to care, HIV and aging
Gail Geller

Professor, School of Medicine
Director of Education, Berman Institute of Bioethics
ScD, Johns Hopkins University

410-614-5556 ggeller@jhu.edu 1809 Ashland Avenue, Room 202

Research Interests: Bioethics and social and behavioral sciences
Magda von der Heydt-Coca

Assistant Research Scholar
PhD, University of Marburg, Germany

410-516-5488 magda@jhu.edu

Research Interests: Socio-economic history of Latin America, developmental processes
Sahan Savas Karatasli

Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer, The Arrighi Center for Global Studies
PhD, Johns Hopkins University

skaratasli@jhu.edu

Research Interests: Comparative-historical sociology; social movements; ethnicity and nationalism; social stratification and inequality; social change and development; globalization and financialization; classical and contemporary social theory; quantitative and comparative-historical research methods
Mike Reese

Lecturer
PhD, Johns Hopkins University

410-516-4192 mreese@jhu.edu CER, MSEL, Garrett Room
Stuart Schrader

Lecturer / Assistant Research Scientist
PhD, New York University

stuart.schrader@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 258

Research Interests: Racial inequality in criminal justice, war and empire, historical-comparative methods, social theory
Katherine Clegg Smith

Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health
PhD, University of Nottingham

410-502-0025 katecsmith@jhu.edu Hampton House 726

Research Interests: Cancer prevention and survivorship, tobacco, media, media advocacy, textual analysis, qualitative methods, diet and food, agenda setting
Marc Stein

Associate Professor, School of Education
PhD, Vanderbilt University

410-516-6832 m.stein@jhu.edu

Research Interests: School choice, parent involvement in charter public schools, effect of choice on student sorting by race and academic achievement
Sydney Van Morgan

Senior Lecturer; Director of International Studies
PhD, Cornell University

410-516-5607 smorga37@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 264

Research Interests: Political sociology, nationalism, european politics, social movements
Alexandre White

Provost Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Boston University

410-516-0650 alexandrewhite@jhu.edu Mergenthaler 541A

Research Interests: Critical race and post-colonial theory, sociology of medicine
professors emeriti
Karl L. Alexander

John Dewey Professor Emeritus Sociology Academy Professor
PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

karl@jhu.edu Greenhouse 106

Research Interests: Sociology of education, social stratification
Melvin L. Kohn

Professor Emeritus Sociology Academy Professor in The Academy at JHU/KSAS
PhD, Cornell University

mel@jhu.edu Greenhouse 105

Research Interests: Social structure and personality, cross-national comparative analysis, social class and stratification, sociology and social psychology of work

People

faculty

Associate Professor PhD, Princeton University

Research Professor PhD, Duke University

Associate Professor PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Assistant Professor PhD, University of Chicago

Assistant Professor PhD, UC Berkeley

Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Public Policy & Chair PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

James Coleman Professor of Sociology & Social Policy PhD, Northwestern University

Assistant Professor PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Professor PhD, University of Chicago

Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Associate Research Professor PhD, (SUNY-Binghamton)

Assistant Professor PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professor PhD, University of California, Davis

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor PhD, Harvard University

Professor PhD, SUNY, Binghamton

Assistant Professor PhD, New York University

Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology PhD, Harvard

staff

Jessie Albee

Administrative Secretary

Linda Burkhardt

Academic Program Coordinator

Ricardo Sanchez

LAN Administrator

Terri Thomas

Administrative Manager

Associated Faculty

Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Ilil Benjamin

Lecturer PhD, Cornell University

Research Professor PhD, Northwestern University

Professor, Center for Social Organization of Schools, School of Education PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Vice Provost for EducationProfessor, School of MedicineDirector, Public Health Studies, Bloomberg School of Public Health MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University

Professor, School of MedicineDirector of Education, Berman Institute of Bioethics ScD, Johns Hopkins University

Magda von der Heydt-Coca

Assistant Research Scholar PhD, University of Marburg, Germany

Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer, The Arrighi Center for Global Studies PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Mike Reese

Lecturer PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Lecturer / Assistant Research Scientist PhD, New York University

Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health PhD, University of Nottingham

Associate Professor, School of Education PhD, Vanderbilt University

Senior Lecturer; Director of International Studies PhD, Cornell University

Alexandre White

Provost Postdoctoral Fellow PhD, Boston University

professors emeriti

John Dewey Professor Emeritus Sociology Academy Professor PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Professor Emeritus Sociology Academy Professor in The Academy at JHU/KSAS PhD, Cornell University

Associate Professor
PhD, Princeton University

Research Professor
PhD, Duke University

Associate Professor
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Chicago

Assistant Professor
PhD, UC Berkeley

Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Public Policy & Chair
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

James Coleman Professor of Sociology & Social Policy
PhD, Northwestern University

Assistant Professor
PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Professor
PhD, University of Chicago

Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy
PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Associate Research Professor
PhD, (SUNY-Binghamton)

Assistant Professor
PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professor
PhD, University of California, Davis

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
PhD, Harvard University

Professor
PhD, SUNY, Binghamton

Assistant Professor
PhD, New York University

Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology
PhD, Harvard

Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health
PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Lecturer
PhD, Cornell University

Research Professor
PhD, Northwestern University

Professor, Center for Social Organization of Schools, School of Education
PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Vice Provost for Education
Professor, School of Medicine
Director, Public Health Studies, Bloomberg School of Public Health
MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University

Professor, School of Medicine
Director of Education, Berman Institute of Bioethics
ScD, Johns Hopkins University

Assistant Research Scholar
PhD, University of Marburg, Germany

Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer, The Arrighi Center for Global Studies
PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Lecturer
PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Lecturer / Assistant Research Scientist
PhD, New York University

Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health
PhD, University of Nottingham

Associate Professor, School of Education
PhD, Vanderbilt University

Senior Lecturer; Director of International Studies
PhD, Cornell University

Provost Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Boston University

John Dewey Professor Emeritus Sociology Academy Professor
PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Professor Emeritus Sociology Academy Professor in The Academy at JHU/KSAS
PhD, Cornell University