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Kristen Schilt

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

Office Hours:

Office: SS 320

Office Number: 702-7753

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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

Ruanzhenghao Shi

Doctoral Student (2019)

shiruan@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Comparative/Historical/Macro Sociology, Development/Modernization, Political Sociology, Qualitative Methodology, Social Change, Urban Sociology

Joshua Silver

Doctoral Candidate (2019)

jsilver4@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Comparative/Historical/Macro Sociology, Economic Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Social Studies of Knowledge, Social Theory, Urban Sociology, Work/Occupations

Aaron Stagoff-Belfort

Doctoral Student (2023)

astagoff@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Crime, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Stratification, Urban Sociology, Inequality

Ross M. Stolzenberg

Professor Emeritus

Office Hours:

Office: SS 325

Office Number: 702-8685

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Office: Social Science 325

Phone: 773-702-8685

rstolzen@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Employment and its connections to other social institutions and structures, including formal organizations, the family, schools, and ethnic, race and gender stratification patterns

Andrew Swift

Doctoral Student (2017)

aswift@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Risk and Disaster, Organizations, Science and Knowledge, Governance, Climate Change

Nicolás Torres-Echeverry

Doctoral Candidate (2018); Neubauer Distinguished Doctoral Fellow

nte@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Political Sociology, Organizations, Urban Sociology, Culture, War and Post-conflict, Law and Society, Internet and Society, Latin America

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

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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

Zikui Wei

Doctoral Student (2020)

zikuiwei@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Comparative/Historical/Macro Sociology, Development/Modernization, Political Sociology, Social Change, Social Theory

Tytus Wilam

Doctoral Student (2021)

tytuswilam@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Culture, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Social Organizations, Social Studies of Knowledge, Social Theory, Work/Organizations