Mario Small to join Sociology Department

March 27, 2014
Mario Small to join Sociology Department

Mario Small will join the Sociology Department Faculty  on July 1 as the Grafstein Family Professor of Sociology.  Professor Small received his PhD in 2001 from our Department and has taught at Princeton University and the University of Chicago, where he has recently been serving as the Dean of the Social Sciences. His research interests include urban poverty, inequality, culture, networks, case study methods and higher education.  He is the author of many publications on these topics including the books, Villa Victoria: The Social Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio and Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life.

An interview, Q+A with Mario Small, was published in the Spring 2014 issue of the GSAS alumni magazine, Colloquy.