Sociology at Michigan State University

21 faculty and 0 courses in Sociology at Michigan State University.

Faculty

• Barbara Schneider, John A. Hannah University Distinguished Professor h-index 54
  Notable: “A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement” (2019) · 1,461 citations
• Aaron M. McCright, Professor h-index 45
  Notable: “The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American Public's Views of Global Warming, 2001–2010” (2011) · 2,305 citations
• Zhenmei Zhang, Professor h-index 35
  Notable: “Characterization of the late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins family and their role in drought stress tolerance in upland cotton” (2018) · 301 citations
• Clifford Broman, Professor h-index 32
  Notable: “Sex Differences in Psychiatric Help-Seeking: Evidence from Four Large-Scale Surveys” (1981) · 613 citations
• Stephanie Nawyn, Associate Professor | Graduate Program Director h-index 19
  Notable: “Managing the Undesirables: Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Government” (2012) · 309 citations
• Jennifer Carrera, Associate Professor h-index 17
  Notable: “Experiences of belittlement and harassment and their correlates among medical students in the United States: longitudinal survey” (2006) · 251 citations
• Carla A. Pfeffer, Professor | Chair h-index 17
  Notable: “White Americans' Genetic Lay Theories of Race Differences and Sexual Orientation: Their Relationship with Prejudice toward Blacks, and Gay Men and Lesbians” (2006) · 295 citations
• Ning Hsieh, Associate Professor h-index 17
  Notable: “Sexual Minority Health and Health Risk Factors” (2016) · 153 citations
• Saleh Ahmed, Assistant Professor h-index 15
  Notable: “Collaborative resilience: moving through crisis to opportunity” (2013) · 98 citations
• stef shuster, Associate Professor h-index 12
  Notable: “Reducing the Joy Deficit in Sociology: A Study of Transgender Joy” (2022) · 196 citations
• M. Isabel Ayala, Associate Professor h-index 6
  Notable: “It’s Capital! Understanding Latina/o Presence in Higher Education” (2018) · 32 citations
• Maria Isabel Espinoza, Assistant Professor h-index 5
  Notable: “Big data for climate action or climate action for big data?” (2021) · 44 citations
• Monique D. A. Kelly, Assistant Professor h-index 5
  Notable: “Examining Race in Jamaica: How Racial Category and Skin Color Structure Social Inequality” (2020) · 52 citations
• Philip Pettis, Assistant Professor h-index 4
  Notable: “Social Cost and Health: The Downside of Social Relationships and Social Networks” (2021) · 75 citations
• Amanda Flaim, Associate Professor h-index 4
  Notable: “How Statelessness, Citizenship, and Out-migration Contribute to Stratification Among Rural Elderly in the Highlands of Thailand” (2019) · 10 citations
• Rebecca Karam, Assistant Professor h-index 3
  Notable: “Becoming American by becoming Muslim: strategic assimilation among second-generation Muslim American parents” (2019) · 30 citations
• Soma Chaudhuri, Associate Professor h-index 1
  Notable: “Building Empowerment, Resisting Patriarchy: Understanding intervention against domestic violence among grassroots women in Gujarat, India” (2019) · 1 citations
• Angelita Repetto, Assistant Professor
• Angie C. Kennedy, Professor
• Stephen Gasteyer, Associate Professor
• Xuefei Ren, Professor

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.