# Faculty ## expand\_more [### Jason Beckfield ](/people/jason-beckfield) Robert G. Stone Jr. Professor of Sociology Director of Graduate Studies Research Interests: Stratification; health and social policy in the context of economic and political globalization. Jason Beckfield (he/him/his) is the Robert G. Stone Jr. Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. He took his PhD. in Sociology in... ![Jason Beckfield 2023](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/jason-beckfield-headshot-2023.jpg?itok=ZBJXWS2q) [### Deirdre Bloome ](/people/deirdre-bloome-0) Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Sociology Research Interests: inequality and mobility, race and ethnicity, family demography, social policy, quantitative methods Deirdre Bloome is Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, Professor of Sociology, and a Faculty Member at the Harvard... ![Bloome_photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/bloome_deirdre_pic.png?itok=-Bwb3HVC) [### Lawrence D. Bobo ](/people/lawrence-d-bobo) W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences Harvard College Professor Research Interests: Race; ethnicity; politics; social inequality. Lawrence D. Bobo is the W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University where he holds appointments in the Department of Sociology and the Department of African and... ![boboheadshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/lawrence-bobo-32.jpg?itok=9KAEohMO) [### Christina Ciocca Eller ](/people/christina-ciocca-eller) Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Studies Research Interests: Social inequality / stratification, Organizations, Education, Race/Ethnicity, Culture, Urban Sociology, Mixed Methods Research. Christina Ciocca Eller is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Studies (effective July 2019). She... ![Christina Ciocca Eller](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/eller_christina_ciocca_0.jpg?itok=Gu25v3Vr) [### Christina Cross ](/people/christina-cross)Associate Professor of Sociology On Leave 2025-26 Research interests: Families and children, race/ethnicity, social inequality, social demography, education. Christina J. Cross is an Associate Professor of Sociology and a faculty affiliate of the Center for Population and Development Studies and the... ![Cross 2024 headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/cross_headshot_2024.jpg?itok=S-wa8KEr) [### Frank Dobbin ](/people/frank-dobbin) [frank\_dobbin@harvard.edu](mailto:frank_dobbin@harvard.edu)Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Research Interests: Comparative/historical sociology; organizational theory; economic sociology; public policy; stratification. Frank Dobbin received his BA from Oberlin College in 1980 and his PhD from Stanford University in 1987. Dobbin studies... ![Frank Dobbin](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/dobbin_2021.png?itok=NO2EhF6a) [### Sam Donahue ](/people/sam-donahue) [samuel\_donahue@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:samuel_donahue@fas.harvard.edu)Assistant Professor of Sociology Research Interests: Political sociology, race/ethnicity, inequality, classifications, urban sociology. Sam Donahue is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. His research considers the nature and implications of group boundaries and... ![Sam Donahue](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/Sam%20Donahue.jpg?itok=lpqVv7ZI) [### Rakesh Khurana ](/people/rakesh-khurana) Professor of Sociology Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development Research Interests: Corporate governance, accountability and social responsibility; labor markets; leadership; organizational behavior. Rakesh Khurana is a Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Marvin Bower Professor of... ![khurana_rakesh.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/khurana_rakesh.jpg?itok=mmX9KbZk) [### Michèle Lamont ](/people/michele-lamont) Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies Research Interests: Cultural sociology; inequality; race and immigration; comparative sociology; the sociology of knowledge; contemporary sociological theory. Michèle Lamont is Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies and the... ![Michele Lamont](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/rsz_1f_b9998098.jpg?itok=uAmIW_3W) [### Joscha Legewie ](/people/joscha-legewie) Professor of Sociology Department Chair Research interests: Social inequality/stratification, education, race/ethnicity, quantitative methods, urban sociology, and computational social science. Joscha Legewie is Professor of Sociology. He is affiliated with the Harvard Center for Population and... ![Legewie](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/legeiwe_headshot_for_crop_1_0.jpg?itok=NuR1M365) [### Ya-Wen Lei ](/people/yawen-lei) Professor of Sociology Research interests: Political economy, political sociology, economic sociology, sociology of work and labor, science and technology studies, law and society, sociology of media and information technologies, development, and Chinese studies Ya-Wen Lei is... ![Ya-Wen Lei](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/lei_2021.jpg?itok=yo79yjx2) [### Ellis Monk ](/people/ellis-monk) Professor of Sociology Research Interests : race/ethnicity in comparative perspective, skin tone & colorism, health, race/ethnicity & technology (e.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer vision), sociology of the body, social psychology & cognition, and... ![Ellis Monk Photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-02/Monk_Ellis_0.jpg?h=3d193da0&itok=9Df8efPd)