Sociology at University at Albany (SUNY)

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

Faculty

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 facebook tw
• 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
• 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 facebook twitter instagram youtube lin
• 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 facebook t
• Jennifer Vanderminden, Full-time Lecturer h-index 11
  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
• Jonathan Dirlam, Assistant Professor h-index 9
• Brandon Gorman, Associate Professor h-index 9
• Samantha Friedman, Professor h-index 7
  Urban Sociology Immigration Housing Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities Honors Program AKD Honors Society facebook twitter instagram youtube linked
• 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
• Kate Averett, Associate Professor h-index 5
• Angie Y. Chung, Professor
  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
• Glenn Deane, Professor
  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 facebook twitter ins
• Karyn Loscocco, Professor
  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.
• Katherine Trent, Professor
  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
• Peter Brandon, Professor
  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
• Tse-Chuan Yang, Professor
  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
• Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana, Associate Professor

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 2026-07-01.