Sociology at University at Albany (SUNY)

20 faculty and 34 courses in Sociology at University at Albany (SUNY).

Faculty

• Tse-Chuan Yang, Professor h-index 33
  Spatial demography, mortality, and health disparities. Specifically, he investigates whether, and if so, how social and built neighborhood environment factors explain the gaps in a range of health outcomes across racial/ethnic, geograph
  Notable: “Mapping the results of local statistics” (2012) · 213 citations
• Glenn Deane, Professor h-index 32
  Population and Environment Methods for Correlated Errors Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities Honors Program AKD Honors Society
  Notable: “The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies.” (1994) · 2,168 citations
• Zai Liang, Distinguished Professor and Chair h-index 28
  Internal and International Migration Social Demography Urban Sociology Race and Ethnic Relations China Studies Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities
  Notable: “China's Floating Population: New Evidence from the 2000 Census” (2004) · 521 citations
• Samantha Friedman, Professor h-index 25
  Urban Sociology Immigration Housing Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities Honors Program AKD Honors Society
  Notable: “County child poverty rates in the US: a spatial regression approach” (2006) · 201 citations
• Karyn Loscocco, Professor h-index 24
  Es on the role of cultural messaging in perpetuating these patterns, and its potential to disrupt them. The work extends to the cultural imperatives women face as they navigate the imbalance at the heart of the U.S. work-family system.
  Notable: “Aging, Values, and Rewards: Explaining Age Differences in Job Satisfaction” (1983) · 389 citations
• Katherine Trent, Professor h-index 20
  Social Demography Sociology of Families Fertility and Reproduction Children and Youth Population Health Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities Honors
  Notable: “Sex Ratios and Women's Roles: A Cross-National Analysis” (1988) · 180 citations
• Ronald N. Jacobs, Professor h-index 17
  Social theory, cultural and political sociology, mass media, and civil society. His research has examined racial crisis, the sociology of news production, the relationship between African-American and “mainstream” public spheres, an
  Notable: “Civil Society and Crisis: Culture, Discourse, and the Rodney King Beating” (1996) · 257 citations
• Joanna Dreby, Professor h-index 15
  Gender and Families Children Immigration Transnationalism Latino Communities Latin American Studies Ethnography and Qualitative Methods Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclus
  Notable: “The Burden of Deportation on Children in Mexican Immigrant Families” (2012) · 445 citations
• Peter Brandon, Professor h-index 15
  Welfare and social policy Family change and diversity Evaluation methods Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities Honors Program AKD Honors Society face
  Notable: “Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy” (1999) · 153 citations
• Angie Y. Chung, Professor h-index 15
  Expertise: Urban Sociology Research Interests: Urban Sociology and Community Studies Race and Ethnicity Immigration Gender and Family Asian American Studies AI and Society Ethnography and Qualitative Methods Grants/Funding New Immigra
  Notable: “Consuming Orientalism: Images of Asian/American Women in Multicultural Advertising” (2005) · 91 citations
• Kate W. Strully, Associate Professor h-index 14
  Social Stratification Health Social Policy Statistics and Methods Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities Honors Program AKD Honors Society
  Notable: “Effects of Prenatal Poverty on Infant Health” (2010) · 263 citations
• Hayward Derrick Horton, Professor h-index 14
  Critical Demography Racism Race/Ethnicity and Structural Inequality Health Disparities The Sociology of Place Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Asians and Asian Americans Community and Economic Development Professional experience 20
  Notable: “Race and Wealth: A Demographic Analysis of Black Homeownership*” (1992) · 60 citations
• Joanne M. Kaufman, Associate Professor h-index 13
  Criminology Deviance Social Psychology Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities Honors Program AKD Honors Society
  Notable: “Stigmatized Individuals and the Process of Identity” (2004) · 172 citations
• Zoya Gubernskaya, Associate Professor h-index 13
  Family Immigration Aging Health Demographic Methods and Statistics Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities Honors Program AKD Honors Society
  Notable: “Changing Attitudes toward Marriage and Children in Six Countries” (2010) · 156 citations
• Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana, Associate Professor h-index 11
  Notable: “Theorizing Gentrification as a Process of Racial Capitalism” (2021) · 145 citations
• Jonathan Dirlam, Assistant Professor h-index 9
  Notable: “Ecological Networks and Neighborhood Social Organization” (2017) · 104 citations
• Brandon Gorman, Associate Professor h-index 9
  Notable: “What Makes Muslim Women Entrepreneurs Successful? A Field Study Examining Religiosity and Social Capital in Tunisia” (2017) · 52 citations
• Aaron Major, Associate Professor h-index 6
  Economic Sociology Political Sociology Globalization Military Sociology Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities Honors Program AKD Honors Society faceb
  Notable: “Neoliberalism and the new international financial architecture” (2012) · 52 citations
• Kate Averett, Associate Professor h-index 5
  Notable: “Remote Learning, COVID-19, and Children With Disabilities” (2021) · 80 citations
• Jennifer Vanderminden, Full-time Lecturer
  Violence and victimization in the lives of youth, inequality, scholarships of teaching and learning, and community-based research. Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion H

Courses

• Introduction to Sociology A SOC 115
• Social Problems A SOC 180
• Political Sociology A SOC 200
• Criminology A SOC 203
• Sociology of Culture A SOC 210
• Statistics for Sociologists A SOC 221
• Global Migration and Transnationalism A SOC 225
• Sociology of Families A SOC 250
• Mass Media A SOC 255
• Social Psychology A SOC 260
• Sociology of Gender A SOC 262
• Social and Demographic Change A SOC 270
• Race and Ethnicity A SOC 282
• Juvenile Delinquency A SOC 283
• Social Research Methods A SOC 310
• Population Challenges A SOC 320
• Sociology of Science A SOC 325
• Sociology of Race, Gender, and Class A SOC 326
• Sociological Theory A SOC 335
• Social Control A SOC 340
• Social Inequality A SOC 341
• Organizations in Society A SOC 342
• Sociology of Women in the Political Economy A SOC 344
• Medicine, Technology, and Society A SOC 346
• Social Movements A SOC 350
• Sociology of Work A SOC 357
• Medical Sociology A SOC 359
• Sociology of Sexualities A SOC 362
• Social Demography A SOC 370
• Community and Urban Sociology A SOC 373
• The American Welfare State A SOC 374
• Sociology of Deviant Behavior A SOC 380
• Criminal Victimology A SOC 382
• Sociology of Aging A SOC 384

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.