Faculty

Jason Beckfield

Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: Stratification; health and social policy in the context of economic and political globalization.

... Read more about Jason Beckfield

Jason Beckfield's Website

Assistant: Genevieve Butler

550 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

jbeckfie@wjh.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-3895

Lawrence D. Bobo

W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences
Dean of the Division of Social Sciences
Harvard College Professor

Research Interests: Race; ethnicity; politics; social inequality.

... Read more about Lawrence D. Bobo

Lawrence Bobo's Website

Department of African and African American Studies Faculty Page

Assistant: Kelly Deneen

1370 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

bobo@wjh.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-7778

Bart Bonikowski

Associate Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: Political sociology; culture; comparative and historical sociology; social networks; stratification; organizations; quantitative methods.

... Read more about Bart Bonikowski

Bart Bonikowski's Website

Assistant: Beth Varrichio

636 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

bonikowski@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-5029

Mary C. Brinton

Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology
Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Research Interests: Gender inequality; labor markets and employment (Europe, East Asia, United States); social demography; mixed methods; economic sociology; Japanese society.

... Read more about Mary C. Brinton

Mary C. Brinton's Website

Assistant: Jess Viator

580 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

brinton@wjh.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-5821

Paul Y. Chang

Associate Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: Social Movements, Family, Korean Studies

... Read more about Paul Y. Chang

Paul Chang's Website

Assistant: Beth Varrichio

602 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

paulchang@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-8769

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.... Read more about Christina Ciocca Eller

Christina Ciocca Eller's Website

Assistant: Beth Varrichio

Office Hours appointments

648 William James Hall
Harvard Sociology Department
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

cceller@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-384-0119

Christina Cross

Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology (2019-2022)
Lecturer on Sociology (2019-22)
Assistant Professor of Sociology (effective July 2022)

Research interests: Families and children, race/ethnicity, social inequality, social demography, education.... Read more about Christina Cross

644 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street

crossc@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-384-0117

Frank Dobbin

Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences

Research Interests: Comparative/historical sociology; organizational theory; economic sociology; public policy; stratification.

... Read more about Frank Dobbin

Frank Dobbin's Website

Assistant: Jess Viator

530 William James Hall 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138

frank_dobbin@harvard.edu

p: 617-496-9091

Rakesh Khurana

Professor of Sociology
Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development
Dean of Harvard College and Co-Master of Cabot House

Research Interests: Corporate governance, accountability and social responsibility; labor markets; leadership; organizational behavior...

Alexandra Killewald

Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: Gender, family processes and inequality; social mobility; occupations; quantitative methods.

... Read more about Alexandra Killewald

Alexandra Killewald's Website

Assistant: Lisa Albert

438 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

killewald@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-3818

Michèle Lamont

Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies
Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies
Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

Research Interests: Cultural sociology; inequality; race and immigration; comparative sociology; the sociology of knowledge; contemporary sociological theory.

On Sabbatical for AY 2019-2020

... Read more about Michèle Lamont

Michèle Lamont's Personal Website

Michèle Lamont's Scholar Page

Assistant: Lisa Albert

510 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

mlamont@wjh.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-0645

Joscha Legewie

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Research interests: Social inequality/stratification, education, race/ethnicity, quantitative methods, urban sociology, and computational social science.

... Read more about Joscha Legewie

Joscha Legewie's website

Assistant: Beth Varrichio

410 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

jlegewie@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-998-0816

Ya-Wen Lei

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Research interests: political sociology, law and society, cultural sociology, economic sociology.

... Read more about Ya-Wen Lei

Ya-Wen Lei's website

Assistant: Beth Varrichio

436 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

yawenlei@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-5160

Peter V. Marsden

Edith and Benjamin Geisinger Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: Social networks; formal organizations; social stratification; methods.

... Read more about Peter V. Marsden

Peter Marsden's Website

Assistant: Beth Varrichio

630 William James Hall

pvm@wjh.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-3823

Ellis Monk

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: race; inequality; comparative sociology; health; sociology of the body; social psychology; cognition; political sociology; theory.

... Read more about Ellis Monk

Ellis Monk's Website

Assistant: Beth Varrichio

404 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

emonk@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-384-6775

Department of Sociology

Faculty

Jason Beckfield

Lawrence D. Bobo

Bart Bonikowski

Mary C. Brinton

Paul Y. Chang

Christina Ciocca Eller

Christina Cross

Frank Dobbin

Rakesh Khurana

Alexandra Killewald

Michèle Lamont

Joscha Legewie

Ya-Wen Lei

Peter V. Marsden

Ellis Monk

Announcements

Harvard Sociology wholeheartedly endorses this powerful statement from our Dean and colleague Lawrence D. Bobo. Black lives matter.

People

Faculty Quick Links

Geographic Interest Areas