Sociology at Wellesley College

10 faculty and 45 courses in Sociology at Wellesley College.

Faculty

• Peggy Levitt, Mildred Lane Kemper Professor of Sociology h-index 38
  Notable: “Conceptualizing Simultaneity: A Transnational Social Field Perspective on Society” (2004) · 2,670 citations
• Jonathan Imber, Jean Glasscock Professor of Sociology h-index 36
  Notable: “Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U–Pb carbonate geochronology: strategies, progress, and limitations” (2020) · 285 citations
• Rosanna Hertz, Class of 1919 – 50th Reunion Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies h-index 26
  On the intersection of families, gender and employment. Current courses listed in both the sociology and women’s and gender studies department include contemporary reproduction, changing families and social inequalities, global families and
  Notable: “More Equal Than Others: Women and Men in Dual-Career Marriages.” (1993) · 159 citations
• Youngmin Yi, Knafel Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of Sociology h-index 13
  Notable: “What Percentage of Americans Have Ever Had a Family Member Incarcerated?: Evidence from the Family History of Incarceration Survey (FamHIS)” (2019) · 166 citations
• Smitha Radhakrishnan, Marion Butler McLean Professor in the History of Ideas and Professor of Sociology h-index 12
  Notable: “Professional Women, Good Families: Respectable Femininity and the Cultural Politics of a “New” India” (2009) · 239 citations
• Thomas Cushman, Deffenbaugh de Hoyos Carlson Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology h-index 12
  Notable: “Notes from Underground: Rock Music Counterculture in Russia” (1996) · 61 citations
• Lee Cuba, Professor Emeritus of Sociology h-index 9
  Notable: “A Place to Call Home: Identification With Dwelling, Community, and Region” (1993) · 755 citations
• Judith Rollins, Professor Emerita of Africana Studies h-index 8
  Notable: “Between Women: Domestics and Their Employers” (1986) · 585 citations
• Markella Rutherford, Professor of Sociology h-index 6
  Childhood, family, & social inequality. My current research focuses on parenting in a neoliberal context, investigating ways that privatization and responsibilization shape how parents interpret choices they make about what is best f
  Notable: “Children’s Autonomy and Responsibility: An Analysis of Childrearing Advice” (2009) · 29 citations
• Joe Swingle, Associate Teaching Professor in Sociology
  Center on higher education. Together with Professor Lee Cuba and two Bowdoin College professors, I co-authored a book exploring how students navigate their four years of college ( Practice for Life: Making Decisions in College , Harvard Uni

Courses

• Sem: Reading DuBois AFR 310
• Meritocracy: Intro to Sociology AMST 106
• Liberty and Morality AMST 220
• Urban Studies and Policy AMST 225
• A Nation in Therapy AMST 241
• Comp Perspectives on US & Global Migration AMST 246
• Racial Regimes in US & Beyond AMST 251
• Conservatism in America AMST 348
• Schools and Society EDUC 207
• Seminar: Children in Society EDUC 308
• Sem: Global Social Theory EDUC 321
• Social Inequality PEAC 219
• South Asian Diasporas SAS 232
• Soc Perspective: Intro to Soc SOC 102
• Criminal Justice Systems SOC 103
• FYS: The Body SOC 104Y
• Thinking Global: Intro Sociology SOC 108
• Population and Society SOC 110
• The Individual and Society SOC 150
• Sociological Theory: A Critical History SOC 200
• Critical Theory SOC 201
• Social Exclusion SOC 203
• Social Problems SOC 204
• Mod Families & Social Inequalities SOC 205
• Marriage and the Family SOC 212
• Organizations and Society SOC 213
• Medicine as a Profession & Vocation SOC 214
• Courts and Communities SOC 234
• Research or Individual Study SOC 250
• Emotions and Society SOC 252
• Global Feminisms SOC 256
• Dissent & Freedom of Expression SOC 260
• Methods of Social Research SOC 290
• Seminar: Modernity and the Self SOC 304
• Global Health & Social Epidemiology SOC 314
• Intersectionality at Work SOC 315
• CSPW: Crime Justice in America SOC 317
• Technology, Society & the Future SOC 320
• Sem: Contemporary Reproduction SOC 322
• Consumer Culture SOC 334
• Senior Thesis Research SOC 360
• Senior Thesis SOC 370
• + 3 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 2026-07-02.