Sociology at University of California, Merced

19 faculty and 0 courses in Sociology at University of California, Merced.

Faculty

• Tanya Golash-Boza, Professor h-index 29
  Notable: “Latino immigrant men and the deportation crisis: A gendered racial removal program” (2013) · 490 citations
• Nella Van Dyke, Professor h-index 24
  Notable: “Structural Social Change and the Mobilizing Effect of Threat: Explaining Levels of Patriot and Militia Organizing in the United States” (2002) · 330 citations
• Laura Hamilton, Professor h-index 23
  Notable: “Sexual Assault on Campus: A Multilevel, Integrative Approach to Party Rape” (2006) · 497 citations
• Paul Almeida, Professor & Graduate Program Chair h-index 21
  Notable: “Opportunity Organizations and Threat‐Induced Contention: Protest Waves in Authoritarian Settings” (2003) · 394 citations
• Zulema Valdez, Professor h-index 17
  Notable: “Nested Contexts of Reception: Undocumented Students at the University of California, Central” (2018) · 147 citations
• Andrea N. Polonijo, Assistant Professor h-index 12
  Health disparities - LGBTQ+ health - Medical sociology - Prosocial behavior - Vaccination Bio: Dr. Andrea N. Polonijo is a medical sociologist and Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of California, Merced. Born and trained in Canada, she examines
  Notable: “Social inequalities in adolescent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination: A test of fundamental cause theory” (2012) · 140 citations
• Irenee Beattie, Associate Professor h-index 10
  Notable: “Racial Mismatch and School Type” (2010) · 179 citations
• Daisy Reyes, Associate Professor h-index 10
  Professor Reyes is primarily interested in how race and ethnicity are constructed and mobilized within institutions, with particular focus on sites critical for social mobility, like colleges and universities. Her newest project examines the mobility trajecto
  Notable: “Aberrant functional network connectivity in psychopathy from a large (N = 985) forensic sample” (2018) · 69 citations
• Edward Flores, Associate Professor h-index 10
  My research interests are centered around race, gender, immigration, labor, religion and local social movements. I have written two books on work in the post-incarceration experience, and more recently my research has examined low-wage work in the San Joaquin
  Notable: “Chicano Gang Members in Recovery: The Public Talk of Negotiating Chicano Masculinities” (2013) · 35 citations
• Kyle Dodson, Associate Professor & Department Chair h-index 7
  Notable: “Participation in Voluntary Youth‐Serving Associations and Early Adult Voting Behavior*” (2004) · 70 citations
• Amanda Mireles, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 1
  Social inequality, gender, family, and work. previousnextstart slideshow
  Notable: “Blended Pedagogy in Social Statistics Courses: Prelecture Strategies for Encouraging Learning among First-Generation College Students” (2023) · 2 citations
• Blythe K. George, Assistant Professor h-index 1
  Tribal communities - Indigenous studies - Qualitative methods - Database creation & management - Public policy - Mass incarceration & prisoner reentry - Unemployment - Concentrated disadvantage - Stratification - Rural poverty Bio: Professor Blythe K. Georg
  Notable: “Tribal Lands, Tribal Men, and Tribal Responsibilities: World Renewal Fathers With Criminal Records and Their Perceptions of Work and Fatherhood on and Off-Reservation” (2020) · 1 citations
• Carolina Molina, Lecturer
• Charlie Eaton, Associate Professor
  Dr. Charlie Eaton is an economic sociologist and associate professor at the University of California, Merced. Dr. Eaton investigates the power of elites in politics and the economy, as well as policy and organizational strategies to rebalance power and wealth
• Elizabeth Whitt, Professor
• Juan Sánchez Muñoz, Chancellor & Professor
  The learning needs of ethnically and linguistically diverse students in public schools and the general conceptualizations of alternative education for at-risk students. Dr. Muñoz has served on the Association of Public and Land Grant University's (APLU
• Meredith Van Natta, Assistant Professor
  Professor Van Natta's research explores the intersection of citizenship and science, medicine, and technology policy. Her current project examines how immigrant patients and their healthcare providers in the U.S. balance health risks against the threat of det
• Spencer Paine, Lecturer
• Yang Lor, Assistant Teaching Professor & Undergraduate Program Chair
  Education, Stratification , Culture, Race & Ethnicity, Asian Americans, Political Participation previousnextstart slideshow

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.