Sociology at Brandeis University

11 faculty and 32 courses in Sociology at Brandeis University.

Faculty

• Michael Nooy-Strand, Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of Sociology h-index 13
• Laura J. Miller, Professor of Sociology h-index 11
• Gowri Vijayakumar, Associate Professor of Sociology h-index 11
• Sarah Mayorga, Professor of Sociology, Department Chair h-index 10
• Siri Suh, Undergraduate Advising Head, Associate Professor of Sociology h-index 10
• Rachel McKane, Jack Meyerhoff Chair in American Environmental Studies, Assistant Professor h-index 10
• Chandler Rosenberger, Associate Professor of International and Global Studies and Sociology
• Derron Wallace, Associate Professor of Sociology and Education
• Kristen Lucken, Lecturer in International & Global Studies and Religious Studies
• Sara Shostak, Founding Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Social Policy, Professor of Sociology
• Thomas Shapiro, Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy (The Heller School)

Courses

• Order and Change in Society SOC 1a
• Sociological Theory SOC 10b
• Observing the Social World: Doing Qualitative Sociology SOC 18a
• Historical and Comparative Sociology SOC 36b
• Sociology of Celebrity SOC 56b
• Quantitative Methods in Sociology SOC 82a
• Sociology of Body and Health SOC 83a
• Health, Community, and Society SOC 84a
• Sociology of Education SOC 104a
• Latinx Sociology SOC 110a
• Cognitive Sociology SOC 111a
• Social Class and Social Inequality SOC 112b
• Sociology of Love SOC 113a
• Sociology of Race and Racism SOC 113b
• Masculinities SOC 115a
• Social Inequalities in the Media SOC 116b
• Inequality and Environmental Justice in the City SOC 121a
• Countercultures and Cultural Change SOC 123a
• Gender, Sexuality, and Globalization SOC 124a
• Self and Society: Who Am I Really? SOC 125b
• South Asian Diasporas SOC 126a
• Religion, Ethnicity, and Nationalism SOC 127a
• Sociology of Religion SOC 129a
• Sociology of Reproduction SOC 133b
• Mass Communication Theory SOC 146a
• Nationalism and Globalization SOC 146b
• The Sociology of Information: Politics, Power, and Property SOC 148b
• Social Production of Food SOC 149b
• HIV/AIDS, Society, and Politics SOC 150a
• Culture of Consumption SOC 150b
• Morality and Capitalist Society SOC 151b
• Protest, Politics, and Change: Social Movements SOC 155b

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.