Regular Faculty
Dolores Trevizo, Chair
Professor, Sociology
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Dolores Trevizo is a political sociologist and teaches courses in political sociology, social movements and revolutions, theory, immigration to the United States, and quantitative research methods.
John T. Lang
Associate Professor, Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
John Lang is deeply interested in food as a site for sociological exploration.
Jan Lin
Professor, Sociology
B.A., Williams College; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., New School for Social Research
Jan Lin's teaching areas are in urban sociology; race and ethnicity in American society; globalization; mass media and consumer society; qualitative research methods; senior seminar; introduction to sociology and a first year seminar on Los Angeles.
Richard Mora
Associate Professor, Sociology
B.A., Harvard College (Sociology); M.A., University of Michigan (Education); M.A., Harvard University (Sociology); Ph.D., Harvard University (Sociology & Social Policy)
Dr. Mora teaches courses on masculinities, youth cultures, education, immigration, violence, & social inequality
Mai Thai
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. Pomona College; Ph.D. Indiana University
Mai Thai (pronounced "my tie") is a sociologist specializing in areas of criminal justice, education, youth, race/ethnicity, and qualitative methods.
Benjamin Weiss
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. Occidental College, Ph.D. University of Southern California
Benjamin Weiss is a sociologist specializing in gender; crime, law and deviance; and organizations.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Taylor Aquino
Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (in progress)
Ry Brennan
Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Williams College; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Ry Brennan
Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Conrad Jacober
Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Kenyon College; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Soo Mee Kim
Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Ithaca College; M.A., San Diego State University; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Sciences; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Soo Mee Kim is a sociologist whose teaching and research experience spans across urban sociology, race and ethnicity, Asian American studies, culture, immigration, and qualitative methods.
Laila H. Noureldin
Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Georgetown University; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Chicago
Laila H. Noureldin earned a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago. Her research interests include racialized religion and identity construction among both immigrant and incarcerated American Muslim populations.
Brittany Suh
Visiting Instructor, Sociology
B.A., Handong Global University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., City University of New York (in progress)
Affiliated Faculty
Michael W. Murphy
Assistant Professor, Black Studies
B.A., University of San Diego; M.A., Ph.D, Brown University
Professor Murphy’s research and teaching emphasizes anticolonial and environmental approaches to sociological thought.