Faculty

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Hans Joas

Visiting Professor (jointly appointed in Social Thought)

Office: Foster 309

Phone: 773-834-1090

hjoas@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Social theory, historical sociology of religion

Zahra Khoshk Jan

Visiting Assistant Professor

Office: Social Science 317

zkhoshkjan@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Political sociology, sociology of religion, qualitative research, Iran’s studies

Karin Knorr Cetina

O. Borchert Distinguished Service Professor

Office Hours:

Office: SS 426

Office Number: 834-3312

LOA

Office: Social Sciences 426

Phone: 773-834-3312

knorr@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Economic sociology, sociology of science, consumption, globalization, sociology of culture, qualitative methods, contemporary theory

Bernard Koch

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Office Hours:

Office: SS 407

Email for appointment

Office: Social Science 407

bernardkoch@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Science of science, culture, cultural evolution, AI ethics, computational social science

John Levi Martin

Florence Borchert Bartling Professor

Office Hours:

Office: SS 312

Office Number: 702-7098

Tuesday 11:00-12:00 and by appointment

Office: Social Sciences 312

Phone: 773-702-7098

jlmartin@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Social structures, political fields and the quantitative study of qualities

Omar McRoberts

Associate Professor

Office Hours:

Office: SS 427

Office Number: 834-8970

Email for appointment

Office: Social Sciences 427

Phone: 773-834-8970

omcrober@midway.uchicago.edu

Interests:

Religion, urban sociology, urban poverty, race, and collective action

Stephen Raudenbush

Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Sociology, the College, and the Harris School of Public Policy Studies

Office Hours:

Office: SS 418

Office Number: 834-1904

Email for appointment

Office: Social Science 418

Phone: 773-834-1904

sraudenb@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Sociology of education and quantitative methods

Kristen Schilt

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

Office Hours:

Office: SS 320

Office Number: 702-7753

LOA

Office: Social Sciences 320

Phone: 773-702-7753

kschilt@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Gender & sexualities, transgender studies, work and occupations, ethnography, qualitative methods, feminist & queer cultural production

Jenny Trinitapoli

Professor; Director, Committee for International Social Science Research

Office Hours:

Office: SS 414

Office Number: 834-0334

Wednesday 2:00-4:00 starting week of 1/13/25

Office: Social Sciences 414

Phone: 773-834-0334

jennytrini@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Demography, sociology of religion

Robert Vargas

Professor

Office Hours:

Office: SS 410

Office Number: 834-2586

LOA

Office: Social Sciences 410

Phone: 773-834-2586

robvargas@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Political economy of policing, urban studies, law, race, and mixed methods

Linda Waite

George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service Professor

Office Hours:

Office: NORC 249A

Office Number: 256-6333

Tuesday 1:00-2:00 and by appointment

Office: NORC 249A

Phone: 773-256-6333

l-waite@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Health & society, aging, family, social demography, sexuality

Geoffrey Wodtke

Professor; Associate Director, Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility

Office Hours:

Office: SS 425

Office Number: 834-0335

Thursday 5:00-6:00 or by appointment

Office: Social Sciences 425

Phone: 773-834-0335

wodtke@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Inequality, poverty, and social mobility; social psychology; urban sociology; causal inference