19 faculty and 0 courses in Sociology at University of California, Merced.
- Nella Van Dyke, Professor h-index 24
- Laura Hamilton, Professor h-index 23
- Paul Almeida, Professor & Graduate Program Chair h-index 21
- Zulema Valdez, Professor h-index 17
- Charlie Eaton, Associate Professor h-index 12
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
- Meredith Van Natta, Assistant Professor h-index 11
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
- Irenee Beattie, Associate Professor h-index 10
- 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
- Kyle Dodson, Associate Professor & Department Chair h-index 7
- Amanda Mireles, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 1
Social inequality, gender, family, and work. previousnextstart slideshow
- 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
- Andrea N. Polonijo, Assistant Professor
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
- Carolina Molina, Lecturer
- Edward Flores, Associate Professor
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
- 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
- Spencer Paine, Lecturer
- Tanya Golash-Boza, Professor
- 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 2026-07-01.