Sociology at San Diego State University

24 faculty and 53 courses in Sociology at San Diego State University.

Faculty

• Michael J. Roberts, Professor h-index 45
• Jung Min Choi, Professor h-index 36
• Minjeong Kim, Professor & Director h-index 33
• Audrey N. Beck, Professor & Graduate Advisor h-index 21
• Joseph Gibbons, Professor h-index 20
• Ruth X. Liu, Professor Emerita (FERP) h-index 14
• Timothy C. Brown, Associate Professor h-index 10
• Amy Wong, Lecturer
• Caroline Martinez, Assistant Professor
• Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk, Lecturer
• Daisy Gomez-Fuentes, Lecturer
• Daniel Davis, Lecturer
• Enrico Marcelli, Associate Professor & Director
• Hank Johnston, Professor
• Jill Esbenshade, Professor Emerita (FERP)
• Jose Briceno, Lecturer
• Kristopher Kohler, Lecturer
• Luciano N. Cruz, Lecturer
• Matthew Rowe, Lecturer
• Michael McCall, Associate Professor
• Neftalie Williams, Assistant Professor
• Norah Shultz, Professor & Chair
• Piero Weiss, Lecturer
• Rachael Horn Langford, Lecturer

Courses

• Introductory Sociology: The Study of Society SOC 101
• Introduction to Social Problems SOC 102
• Body and Society SOC 115
• Elementary Social Statistics SOC 201
• Experimental Topics SOC 296
• Social Research Methods SOC 301
• Sociology of Emotions SOC 310
• Sex and Gender in Contemporary Society SOC 320
• Culture and History of Surfing SOC 330
• Modern Surfing and Globalized Society SOC 331
• Sociology of Popular Culture SOC 335
• Sociology of Religion SOC 338
• Population and Contemporary Issues SOC 350
• Global Social Problems SOC 352
• Sociology of Race and Ethnicity SOC 355
• Classical Social Theory SOC 401
• Contemporary Social Theory SOC 403
• Intermediate Social Statistics SOC 406
• Survey and Experimental Research Methods SOC 407
• Qualitative Research Methods SOC 408
• Social Psychology: Mind, Self, and Society SOC 410
• Police and Society in the Americas SOC 411
• Social Construction of Reality SOC 412
• Sexuality in Modern Society SOC 420
• American Families SOC 421
• Gender and Sexuality in Korea SOC 429
• Social Organization SOC 430
• Wealth, Status, and Power SOC 433
• Sociology of Health and Illness SOC 436
• Sociology of Mental Illness SOC 441
• Homicide in America SOC 442
• Crime and Society SOC 443
• Juvenile Delinquency SOC 444
• Sociology of Deviance SOC 445
• Sociology of Criminal Organizations SOC 446
• Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery SOC 447
• Urban Sociology SOC 448
• Social Change SOC 450
• Sociology of Intersectionality SOC 455
• Protests, Reforms, and Revolutions SOC 457
• Nonviolence, Peace, and Social Change SOC 458
• The American Labor Movement SOC 459
• Technology and Society SOC 460
• Sociology, Research, and Community Engagement SOC 470
• Field Internship SOC 480
• Special Study SOC 499
• Political Sociology SOC 537
• Sociology of Education SOC 539
• Police, Courts, and Corrections SOC 543
• Immigrants and Refugees in Contemporary American Society SOC 555
• Current Topics in Sociology SOC 596
• Investigation and Report SOC 597
• + 1 more courses

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.