Sociology at Bates College

9 faculty and 38 courses in Sociology at Bates College.

Faculty

• Michael Rocque, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of the Faculty h-index 30
  Criminological theory, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and desistance from crime. Education: BA, University of Maine; MA, University of Maryland; PhD., Northeastern University Selected Publications: Rocque, M ., Gerde
  Notable: “Development of CBT for chemotherapy‐related cognitive change: results of a waitlist control trial” (2010) · 241 citations
• Francesco G. Duina, Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology h-index 17
  Notable: “Explaining Legal Implementation in the European Union” (1997) · 166 citations
• Emily W. Kane, Professor of Sociology h-index 15
  Notable: ““No Way My Boys Are Going to Be Like That!”” (2006) · 428 citations
• Marcelle M. Medford, Associate Professor of Sociology h-index 2
  Notable: “Racialization and Black multiplicity: Generative paradigms for understanding Black immigrants” (2019) · 43 citations
• Heidi L. Taylor, Associate Professor of Sociology; Sociology Chair h-index 2
  Ed on physician care to medically indigent patients, in both the United States and abroad, and the social predictors and personal motivations for such service. Focuses in this area include an exploration of physician perceptions of medicall
  Notable: “Familial Hypercholesterolemia and the Founder Effect Among Franco-Americans: A Brief History and Call to Action” (2020) · 16 citations
• Ben Moodie, Visiting Lecturer in Sociology and European Studies
• Kayla K. Thomas, Visiting Instructor in Sociology
• Kelsey L. Kramer, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
• Sawyer F. Sylvester Jr., Professor Emeritus of Sociology

Courses

• Principles of Sociology SOC 101
• Contemporary Social Problems: Sociological Perspectives SOC 104
• Theoretical Foundations of Sociology SOC 204
• Research Methods for Sociology SOC 205
• Thinking Sociologically with Numbers SOC 206
• Ethics and Sociology SOC 209
• Social Psychology SOC 210
• Crime, Justice, and Society SOC 211
• Correcting and Controlling Behavior: A Sociological Perspective on Corrections and Social Control SOC 217
• Sociology of Immigration SOC 221
• Sociology of Culture SOC 223
• Sociology of Health and Illness SOC 230
• Sociology of Religion SOC 231
• Global Health: Sociological Perspectives SOC 235
• Urban Sociology SOC 236
• Queer Power: Political Sociology of U.S. Sexuality Movements SOC 238
• Race and Justice in American Education SOC 242
• Privilege, Power, and Inequality SOC 250
• Comparative Politics of Immigration Control SOC 259
• Economic Sociology SOC 260
• Sociology of Gender SOC 270
• After Deportation Ethnographies from Latin America and the Caribbean SOC 289
• Political Sociology SOC 290
• Navigating Loss: Grief, Death, and Society SOC 307
• Health, Disability, and the Criminal Legal System SOC 309
• Populism in Comparative and Global Contexts SOC 312
• The European Experiment: Policy, Society, and Power SOC 314
• Immigrant Racialization SOC 320
• Black Immigrant Narratives SOC 321
• Sociology of Health Professions SOC 330
• Poverty, Policy, and Social Inclusion SOC 340
• Family, Youth and Childhood SOC 341
• Race, Crime, and Punishment in America SOC 350
• Crime and Justice over the Life Course SOC 351
• Seeing Others: Relational Racial Constructions in the Americas SOC 355
• Racism: A Multilevel Approach SOC 373
• Education, Reform, and Politics SOC 380
• Surveillance and Society SOC 383

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.