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Lauren Hagani

Doctoral Student (2023)

Interests:

Crime, Gender, Social Change, Social Organizations

My research examines how punishment and health systems interact to contribute to the surveillance, regulation, and control of vulnerable populations. ...

Nicole Hart

Doctoral Student (2023); Neubauer Family Foundation Distinguished Scholar

nhart@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Qualitative Methodology, Quantitative Methodology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Stratification, Urban Sociology

My interests mainly involve anti-Black racism and how that affects Black well-being, in several contexts. I focus on urban sociology, and have previou...

Reyna Hernandez

Doctoral Candidate (2019); American Bar Foundation Law & Social Science Doctoral Fellow

reynah@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Crime, Qualitative Methodology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Social Change, Social Organizations, Urban Sociology, Law and Society

Sharon Hicks-Bartlett

Associate Instructional Professor

hicksbartletts@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Urban and suburban poverty, ethnography, qualitative methods, sociology of the family, gerontology, race and critical race theory, sociology of culture, and visual sociology

Kimberly Kay Hoang

Professor

Office Hours:

Office: SS 413

Office Number: 834-0579

Wednesday 12:30-2:00pm

Office: Social Sciences 413

Phone: 773-834-0579

kayhoang@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Economic sociology, law, global sociology, gender, qualitative research methods, theory

Kimberly Kay Hoang is Professor of Sociology and the College at the University of Chicago. Her research examines deal making in frontier and emerging ...

Theodora K. Hurley

Doctoral Candidate (2021); National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

tkhurley@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Health and Medicine, Gender and Sexuality, Qualitative Methodology, Social Studies of Knowledge, Family and Reproduction, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Social Theory

Theodora K. Hurley is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Chicago. She works in the areas of gender and sexuality, health and medic...

Tessa Huttenlocher

Assistant Instructional Professor

Office: SSRB 326

tessahutt@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Organizations and institutions, social mobility/reproduction, religion, higher education, comparative historical methods

Tessa Huttenlocher is a comparative-historical sociologist interested in dynamics of inequality in organizational fields. Her dissertation project, ti...

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

Typically in residence at Chicago in the autumn quarter, Hans Joas teaches courses and mentors students in contemporary social theory. For more detail...

Daniela Juarez

Doctoral Student (2022); Neubauer Family Foundation Distinguished Scholar

danielaj@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Education, Qualitative Methodology, Immigration

My research aims to understand the educational, political, and social inequalities that undocumented immigrants encounter in higher education institut...

Zahra Khoshk Jan

Visiting Assistant Professor

Office: Social Science 317

zkhoshkjan@uchicago.edu

Interests:

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

Zahra Khoshk Jan’s primary approach (in research and study) is social constructionism. Accordingly, her main field of research is “the political socio...

Junsol Kim

Doctoral Student (2021)

junsol@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Computational Methods, Culture, Mathematical Sociology, Political Sociology, Quantitative Methodology

My research intersects computational social science, large language models (LLMs), social media, and social neuroscience. My recent work focuses on fi...

Karin Knorr Cetina

O. Borchert Distinguished Service Professor

Office Hours:

Office: SS 426

Office Number: 834-3312

Tuesdays 2:00-3:00 Harper Café or email for appointment

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

Karin Knorr Cetina is interested in financial markets, knowledge and information, as well as in globalization, theory and culture. Her current project...