Faculty Research Interests

Faculty Mentors & Research Interests

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Students are encouraged to connect with faculty whose interests align with their academic, research, and career goals or who are interested in exploring research opportunities.

Dr. Melissa Barragan

Dr. Melissa Barragan

Incarceration; Punishment; Re-Entry; Gun Violence; Qualitative Methods

Dr. Kathryn Daniels

Dr. Kathryn Daniels

Health; Stress; Racism; Gender; Quantitative Methods
Dr. Philippe Duhart

Dr. Philippe Duhart

Terrorism; Sociology of Law; Sociological Theory
Dr. Bianca Haro-Villa

Dr. Bianca Haro-Villa

Chicana/Latina Feminist Methodologies; Chicanas/Latinas & education; Educational inequity, Race & Gender; Youth Activism & Resistance
Dr. Amanda Yoshioka-Maxwell

Dr. Amanda Yoshioka-Maxwell

Homelessness; HIV risk; Foster Care; Social Network Analysis
Dr. Erica Morales

Dr. Erica Morales

Race & Ethnicity; Underrepresented Groups in Higher Education; Qualitative Methods

Dr. Anjana Narayan

Dr. Anjana Narayan

Migration; Transnationalism; Gender; Religion
Dr. Anthony Ocampo

Dr. Anthony Ocampo

Immigration; Race and Ethnicity; Gender and Sexuality; Asian American Studies; Latino Studies
Dr. Gabriele Plickert

Dr. Gabriele Plickert

Crime, Deviance, and Social Control; Crime and Violence Prevention; Mental Health and the Life Course; Quantitative and Spatial Research Methods
Dr. Sekani Robinson

Dr. Sekani Robinson

Race; Gender; Culture; Sport/Embodiment
Dr. Faye Wachs

Dr. Faye Wachs

Sport and the Body, Disability; Research Methods; Cultural Studies; Gender & Sexuality; Technology use in the Classroom
Dr. Alejandro Zermeno

Dr. Alejandro Zermeno

Racial and Ethnicity; Health Disparities; Latinx Indigenous Resurgence