Faculty and Staff

Chairperson

Steven Vallas
Professor and Chairperson
 

Phone: 617-373-3882
Office: 505 Holmes Hall
Email: s.vallas@neu.edu
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Faculty

Len Albright, Jr. 

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy
Member, Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Phone: 617-373-6849
Office: 573 Holmes Hall
Email: l.albright@neu.edu
http://www.lenalbright.com
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Arnold Arluke
Professor of Sociology

PhD, New York University 

Phone: 617-373-3855
Office: 519 Holmes Hall
Email: a.arluke@neu.edu
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Linda Blum
Associate Professor of Sociology

Ph.D. in Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1987 

Phone: 617-373-4995
Office: 543 Holmes Hall
Email: l.blum@neu.edu
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Michael Brown
Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., University of Michigan 

Phone: 617-373-3851
Office: 547 Holmes Hall
Email: MikeBrown29@rcn.com
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Phil Brown
University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences, Director of Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute

Ph.D., Brandeis University 

Phone: 617-373-7407
Office: 318 International Village
Email: p.brown@neu.edu
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Mindelyn Buford II
Assistant Professor of Sociology

Ph.D. in Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University 

Phone: 617-373-3967
Office: 210E Renaissance Park
Email: m.buford@neu.edu
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Christopher Chambers
Lecturer and Head Advisor

Ph.D. in Sociology, Texas A&M University 

Phone: 617-373-5696
Office: 566 Holmes Hall
Email: c.chambers@neu.edu
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Silvia Dominguez
Associate Professor of Sociology

Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Welfare Policy, Boston University 

Phone: 617-373-4989
Office: 210N Renaissance Park
Email: s.dominguez@neu.edu
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Daniel Faber
Professor of Sociology and
Director of the Northeastern Environmental Justice Research Collaborative, Northeastern University
Ph.D. in Sociology,
University of California at Santa Cruz, December, 1989

 

Phone: 617-373-2878
Office: 509 Holmes Hall
Email: d.faber@neu.edu
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Michael Handel
Associate Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Harvard University 

Phone: 617-373-3620
Office: 539 Holmes Hall
Email: m.handel@neu.edu
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Matthew Hunt
Associate Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Indiana University, 1998 

Phone: 617-373-4997
Office: 523 Holmes Hall
Email: m.hunt@neu.edu
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Anthony Jones
Associate Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Princeton University 

Phone: 617-373-4981
Office: 225H Renaissance Park
Email: t.jones@neu.edu
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Jeffrey Juris
Associate Professor of Anthropology

Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley 

Phone: 617-373-3857
Office: 215N Renaissance Park
Email: j.juris@neu.edu
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Maureen Kelleher
Associate Professor of Sociology
Director of University Honors Program

Ph.D., University of Missouri at Columbia 

Phone: 617-373-2333
Office: 150 Richards Hall
Email: m.kelleher@neu.edu
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Shelley McDonough Kimelberg
Assistant Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Harvard University 

Phone: 617-373-3856
Office: 535 Holmes Hall
Email: s.kimelberg@neu.edu
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Alan Klein
Professor of Sociology-Anthropology

Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo 

Phone: 617-373-4985
Office: 215G Renaissance Park
Email: a.klein@neu.edu
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Thomas H. Koenig
Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara 

Phone: 617-373-3854
Office: 537 Holmes Hall
Email: t.koenig@neu.edu
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Doreen Lee
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Ph.D., Cornell University 

Phone: 617-373-8218
Office: 215J Renaissance Park
Email: do.lee@neu.edu
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Jack Levin
Irving and Betty Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology

Ph.D., Boston University 

Phone: 617-373-4983
Office: 569 Holmes Hall
Email: j.levin@neu.edu
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Alisa Lincoln
Associate Professor of Health Sciences and Sociology

Ph.D. in Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University 

Phone: 617-373-3485
Office: 521 Holmes Hall
Email: al.lincoln@neu.edu
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Ineke Marshall
Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Bowling Green State University 

Phone: 617-373-4988
Office: 539 Holmes Hall
Email: i.marshall@neu.edu
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Ramiro Martinez, Jr.
Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology

Ph.D., Ohio State University 

Phone: 617-373-7066
Office:
Email: r.martinez@neu.edu
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Valentine M. Moghadam
Professor of Sociology and International Affairs
Director, International Affairs Program

Ph.D. 1986, The American University, Washington, D.C. 

Phone: 617-373-5472
Office: 201 Renaissance Park
Email: v.moghadam@neu.edu
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Judith Perrolle
Associate Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Brown University 

Phone: 617-373-3861
Office: 541 Holmes Hall
Email: perrolle@ccs.neu.edu
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Gordana Rabrenovic
Associate Professor of Sociology and Education
Associate Director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict

Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany 

Phone: 617-373-4998
Office: 571 Holmes Hall
Email: g.rabrenovic@neu.edu
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Nina Sylvanus
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Ph.D., Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France 

Phone: 617-373-4270
Office: 210M Renaissance Park
Email: n.sylvanus.neu.edu
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Berna Turam
Associate Professor of Sociology

Ph.D. McGill University, Department of Sociology, Canada 

Phone: 617-373-4137
Office: 225J Renaissance Park
Email: b.turam@neu.edu
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Suzanna Walters
Professor of Sociology and Director of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program

Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York 1990 

Phone: 617-373-8519
Office: 561 Holmes Hall
Email: s.walters@neu.edu
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Liza Weinstein
Assistant Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2009 

Phone: 617-373-4274
Office: 215M Renaissance Park
Email: l.weinstein@neu.edu
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Sara Wylie
Senior Research Scientist

Social Science and Environmental Health Research Institute
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Phone: 617-373-2385
Office: 335 International Village
Email: s.wylie@neu.edu
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Kathrin Zippel
Associate Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison 

Phone: 617-373-3852
Office: 225F Renaissance Park
Email: k.zippel@neu.edu
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Affiliated Faculty

Barry Bluestone
Professor of Political Economy

PhD, New York University 

Phone: 617-373-8595
Office: 343 Holmes Hall
Email: b.bluestone@neu.edu
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Faculty Emeritus

Winifred Breines
Professor Emeritus of Sociology

Ph.D., Brandeis University 

Email: w.breines@neu.edu
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Luis Falcon
Professor Emeritus of Sociology

Ph.D. in Sociology, Cornell University
Email: Luis_Falcon@uml.edu
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Wilfred Holton
Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology

Ph.D. in Sociology, Boston University, 1972
Email: w.holton@neu.edu
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Debra Renee Kaufman
Professor Emeritus of Sociology

Ph.D., Cornell University 

Email: d.kaufman@neu.edu
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