22 faculty and 40 courses in Sociology at Louisiana State University.
- Matthew R. Lee, Dean of College of Agriculture, Professor of Sociology h-index 37
Notable: “Current Status of the Use of Antibiotics and the Antimicrobial Resistance in the Chilean Salmon Farms” (2018) · 338 citations
- Wesley M. Shrum, Jr., Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor of Sociology h-index 33
Notable: “Friendship in School: Gender and Racial Homophily” (1988) · 520 citations
- Tim Slack, Professor of Sociology h-index 27
Social Stratification & Poverty Community & Environment Social Demography Rural Sociology Biography Tim Slack (Ph.D., Penn State) joined the LSU Department of Sociology in 2004. His scholarship focuses on the areas of social
Notable: “Values and Organizational Structure” (1996) · 448 citations
- Edward S. Shihadeh, Department Chair, Professor of Sociology h-index 25
Notable: “Segregation and Crime: The Effect of Black Social Isolation on the Rates of Black Urban Violence” (1996) · 324 citations
- Samuel Stroope, Professor of Sociology h-index 21
Health Religion Profile & CV Education PhD: Baylor University (2013) Courses Recently Taught at LSU (Syllabi are for illustrative purposes & subject to change) SOCL 4441: Sociology of Religion SOCL 4451: Sociology of M
Notable: “Social Networks and Religion: The Role of Congregational Social Embeddedness in Religious Belief and Practice” (2011) · 134 citations
- Troy C. Blanchard, Interim Provost, Professor of Sociology h-index 16
Notable: “Faith, Morality and Mortality: The Ecological Impact of Religion on Population Health” (2008) · 127 citations
- Frederick Weil, Professor of Sociology h-index 15
Political Sociology Comparative-historical Community & Urban Disasters Poverty & Grassroots Mentoring Survey Research Photo/Video Ethnography Geospatial Analysis Biography Frederick Weil has been researching community respons
Notable: “Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy.” (1994) · 1,871 citations
- Kevin T. Smiley, Associate Professor of Sociology h-index 13
Environmental Sociology Community and Urban Sociology Disasters Health Race Immigration Social Capital Biography My research investigates social inequalities and environmental change, especially as it relates to disasters, place maki
Notable: “Social inequalities in climate change-attributed impacts of Hurricane Harvey” (2022) · 163 citations
- Heather M. Rackin, Associate Professor of Sociology h-index 13
Family Formation & Fertility Social Inequality Social Demography Biography Hello and thank you for actually looking at my page (assuming you arrived here due to some rational choice rather than random chance) I joined the f
Notable: “The Correspondence Between Fertility Intentions and Behavior in the United States” (2010) · 293 citations
- Heather A. O'Connell, Associate Professor of Sociology h-index 13
Notable: “The Impact of Slavery on Racial Inequality in Poverty in the Contemporary U.S. South” (2012) · 157 citations
- Rhiannon A. Kroeger, Associate Professor of Sociology h-index 12
Notable: “Marital Happiness and Psychological Well‐Being Across the Life Course*” (2008) · 308 citations
- Mark H. Walker, Associate Professor of Sociology h-index 12
Social Psychology Social Networks Self & Identity Mental Health Biography My research spans the areas of social psychology, social network analysis, mental health, and fatherhood. Much of my research examines the interplay betwee
- Mark J. Schafer, Associate Professor of Sociology, Director of Graduate Studies h-index 8
Sociology of Education Comparative & Global Sociology Social Inequality Rural Sociology Biography I have been on faculty in the sociology department since 1999, and have had a split appointment with the Department of Agricultural
Notable: “Beliefs and leadership in world politics : methods and applications of operational code analysis” (2006) · 92 citations
- Seth A. Williams, Assistant Professor of Sociology h-index 6
Notable: “How great and how good?: Third places, neighbor interaction, and cohesion in the neighborhood context” (2018) · 94 citations
- Hope Xu Yan, Assistant Professor of Sociology h-index 6
Health Health Inequalities Family Demography Social Stratification Biography As a medical sociologist and family demographer, my areas of expertise include health and health inequalities, parenting, children, and family, race-e
Notable: “Who’s Doing the Housework and Childcare in America Now? Differential Convergence in Twenty-First-Century Gender Gaps in Home Tasks” (2025) · 33 citations
- Hyunsu Oh, Assistant Professor of Sociology h-index 5
Race Crime Gentrification Health Education Biography I joined LSU Sociology in the fall of 2023, after teaching at McDaniel College in Westminster, MD and completing a PhD in Sociology at the University of California, Merced in 2022.
Notable: “Crime and Neighborhood Change in the Nation’s Capital: From Disinvestment to Gentrification” (2021) · 15 citations
- Chantel Chauvin, Senior Instructor of Sociology h-index 3
Notable: “Social Norms and Motivations Associated with College Binge Drinking*” (2011) · 37 citations
- Tom Wooten, Assistant Professor of Sociology h-index 2
Poverty Education Crime and criminalization Biography Tom Wooten is an ethnographer who studies the lives and struggles of people living in poverty. To be poor in the United States is often to be trapped in a set of institutions that
Notable: “Effort Traps: Socially Structured Striving and the Reproduction of Disadvantage” (2024) · 9 citations
- Danielle J. Thomas, Instructor of Sociology h-index 1
Notable: “Post-feminism for children: feminism ‘repackaged’ in the Bratz films” (2016) · 12 citations
- Ginger Stevenson, Senior Instructor of Sociology
- McKenzie L. Jossie, Assistant Professor of Sociology
- Skylar C. Gremillion, Senior Instructor of Sociology
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.