Sociology Department

Chair: Eréndira Rueda(2026/27); Light Carruyo (2025/26);

Professors: Carlos Alamo (and Dean of the College), Pinar Batur, Diane Harriford, William Hoynes, Seungsook Moon, Leonard Nevarez, Eréndira Rueda, Catherine Tan;

Associate Professors: Light Carruyo;

Assistant Professors: Stephane Andrade^a, Abigail Coplin^a;

Adjunct Assistant Professor: Darlene Deporto.

^a On leave 2026/27, first semester

^b On leave 2026/27, second semester

Advisers: The department.

Programs

Major

• •  Sociology Major

Correlate Sequence in Sociology

• •  Sociology Correlate Sequence

Courses

Sociology: I. Introductory

• •  SOCI 111 - Social Change in South Korea Through Film
• •  SOCI 112 - The House is on Fire!: Climate Change, Society and Environment
• •  SOCI 113 - Feminism, Life Narratives, and the Sociological Imagination
• •  SOCI 151 - Introductory Sociology

Sociology: II. Intermediate

• •  SOCI 204 - Rural Sociology
• •  SOCI 207 - Commercialized Childhoods
• •  SOCI 209 - Understanding the World through Korean Popular Culture
• •  SOCI 210 - Domestic Violence
• •  SOCI 214 - Transnational Perspectives on Women and Work
• •  SOCI 216 - Food, Culture, and Globalization
• •  SOCI 220 - Post-Human Sociology
• •  SOCI 229 - Black Intellectual History
• •  SOCI 232 - Accessing the Ivory Tower
• •  SOCI 237 - Urban Sociology
• •  SOCI 238 - Data and Society
• •  SOCI 239 - Feeling the Present: Affect and Emotion in Contemporary Social Life
• •  SOCI 240 - The International Social Life of Science and Technology
• •  SOCI 241 - Reality and Impact: Systemic Racism
• •  SOCI 242 - Who Cares?
• •  SOCI 246 - Sociology of Music
• •  SOCI 247 - Modern Social Theory: Classical Traditions
• •  SOCI 252 - Health Inequalities and Activism
• •  SOCI 253 - Children of Immigration
• •  SOCI 254 - Research Methods
• •  SOCI 255 - Medical Sociology
• •  SOCI 259 - Social Stratification
• •  SOCI 261 - “The Nuclear Cage”: Environmental Theory and Nuclear Power
• •  SOCI 263 - Criminology
• •  SOCI 265 - News Media in the United States
• •  SOCI 266 - Racism, Waste and Resistance
• •  SOCI 271 - Body, Solidarity, and Argentine Tango
• •  SOCI 272 - Critical Approaches to Media and Popular Culture
• •  SOCI 273 - The New Economy
• •  SOCI 275 - Transnational Childhoods
• •  SOCI 281 - The Family
• •  SOCI 290 - Community-Engaged Learning
• •  SOCI 295 - Critical Reading of South Korea Film
• •  SOCI 298 - Independent Work

Sociology: III. Advanced

• •  SOCI 300 - Senior Thesis
• •  SOCI 301 - Senior Thesis
• •  SOCI 307 - Visualizing Feminist Sociology
• •  SOCI 312 - Corporate Power
• •  SOCI 321 - Feminism, Knowledge, Practice
• •  SOCI 330 - Death and Birth
• •  SOCI 340 - Food Fights
• •  SOCI 347 - Asian Sociotechnical Imaginaries
• •  SOCI 356 - Culture, Commerce, and the Public Sphere
• •  SOCI 365 - Class, Culture, and Power
• •  SOCI 368 - Toxic Futures: From Social Theory to Environmental Theory
• •  SOCI 369 - Masculinities: Global Perspectives
• •  SOCI 371 - Fake News: Truth and Media in the Post-Fact Society
• •  SOCI 374 - Urban Ethnography
• •  SOCI 375 - Unaccompanied Migrant Children
• •  SOCI 382 - Community Engaged Research: Theory and Practice
• •  SOCI 386 - Ghetto Schooling
• •  SOCI 399 - Senior Independent Work