Regular Faculty

Jan Lin

Jan Lin, Chair

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.
Professor John Lang

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.

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
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Mai Thai

Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. Pomona College; Ph.D. Indiana University
I am a sociologist examining topics related to social control, education, youth, and race/ethnicity.
Professor Dolores Trevizo

Dolores Trevizo

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.
Benjamin Weiss

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

April Hovav

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
Min Yoo

Min Yoo

Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Affiliated Faculty

Michael W. Murphy

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. 
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