Stephen Benard
Education: MA, Cornell University (Sociology); BA, University of Rochester (Sociological Studies)
Committee: Michael W. Macy (Chair), Shelley J. Correll, Douglas D. Heckathorn, Edward J. Lawler
Academic interests: Group Conflict & Cooperation, Social Norms, Collective Action/Social Movements, Gender, Stratification/Inequality, Theory, Social Psychology, Social Networks, Agent-Based Modeling
Christopher Cameron
IGERT Fellow
Education: BA, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Sociology)
Committee Members: Michael Macy (Chair), Douglas Heckathorn and Jon Kleinberg
Academic interests: Social Networks, Economic Sociology and Social Simulation
Ed Carberry
Education: BA, Bates College (History); MA, Cornell University (Sociology)
Committee: David Strang (Chair), Richard Swedberg, Sarah Soule, Pam Tolbert
Courses taught: The Experience of Work in Contemporary America (SOC 100)
Teaching assistantships: Advanced Economic Sociology (SOC 395), Research Design and Measurement (SOC 303), Introduction to Economic Sociology (SOC 105)
Academic interests: Organizations, Work, Stratification, Economic Sociology
Youngjoo Cha
Education: MA, Yonsei University, Korea (Sociology); BA, Yonsei University, Korea (Sociology and English Literature)
Committee: Kim Weeden (Chair), Shelley Correll, Steve Morgan, Beth Hirsh
Teaching assistantships: Evaluating Statistical Evidence (SOC 301), Sociology 506 (Research Methods II)
Research assistantships: Steve Morgan (earnings and wealth inequality), Kim Weeden (micro class), Beth Hirsh (employment discrimination)
Academic interests: Gender Inequality, Work and Occupations, Labor Markets, Organizations
Matthew Di Carlo
Education: MA, Cornell University (Sociology); BA, Fordham University (Communication and Philosophy)
Teaching assistantships: Social Policy, Sociology of Marriage, American Presidency, Race and Ethnicity, Evolving Families: Public Policy Challenges, Social Movements in American Politics
Research assistantships: David B. Grusky ('The Micro-Level Structure of Social Classes), Michael Jones-Correa ('Latino National Survey')
Academic interests: Social Policy, Political Attitudes/Behavior, Work/Occupations, Social Stratification
Nicolas Eilbaum
Education: Universidad de Buenos Aires (Economics and Sociology)
Committee: Richard Swedberg (Chair), Mabel Berezin, Raymond Craib
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Introduction to Economic Sociology (SOC 105), Advanced Economic Sociology (SOC 395), Classical Sociology (SOC 375), Politics and Culture (SOC 248), and Social Problems of Contemporary Society (SOC 207)
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Historical and Comparative Analysis, the Classics, and Latin America
Laura R. Ford
Education: LL.M., University of Washington Law School (Intellectual Property Law and Policy); M.P.A., Columbia University (Policy & Applied Economics); J.D., Tulane University Law School (Law); BA, Pacific Union College (Liberal Studies)
Committee: Richard Swedberg (Chair), Mabel Berezin, Steve Morgan
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Sociology of Law, Organizations, Social Theory
Miles Garrett
Education: BA, University of Kansas (Physics and Philosophy)
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Quantitative Methods
Michael Genkin
Education: BA, University at Albany - SUNY (Sociology, Philosophy)
Committee: Richard Swedberg (Chair), Edward Lawler, Shelley Correll, Mabel Berezin
Academic interests: Political Sociology, Social Psychology, Sociology of Science, Theory
Diana Hernandez
Education: MA, Cornell University (Sociology); BA, Hunter College, CUNY - New York, NY (Sociology)
Committee: David Harris (Chair), Steve Morgan, Maureen Waller, Gary Evans
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Race in the United States (GOVT 210), Latinos in the United States (SOC 265)
Research assistantships: Michael Jones Correa (Latino National Survey)
Academic interests: Poverty, Social Inequality, Sociology of the Family, Social Policy, Race and Ethnicity, Urban Sociology, Qualitative Methods
Emily Hoagland
Education: BA, Vassar College (Science and Technology Studies)
Academic interests: Inequality, Gender, Social Movements
Matthew D. Hoffberg
Education: BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Economics and Philosophy)
Committee: Mabel Berezin (Chair), Ed Lawler, David Strang, Richard Swedberg
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Economic Sociology (SOC 105), Drugs and Society (SOC 246), Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Group Solidarity (SOC 311)
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Social Psychology, Organizations
Pi-chun Hsu
Education: MA, National Chengchi University, Taiwan (Sociology); BA, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan (Telecommunication and Social Psychology)
Committee: Shelley Correll (Chair), Kim Weeden, Steve Morgan
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101)
Academic interests: Gender Sociology, Labor Markets, East Asian Societies, Economic Sociology, Social Policy
Mark Jacobs
Education: BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Applied Math); MBA, University of Chicago (International Business and Finance); MS, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan (Social Sciences)
Committee: Victor Nee (Chair)
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101)
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Organizations, Historical Institutionalism in Sociology, and Chinese Development
Sharon Jank
Education: BA, Cornell University (Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Concentration in Inequality)
Academic Interests: Stratification, Inequality, Gender, Social Psychology, Sociology of Education
Ecehan Koc
Education: BA, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (Political Science and International Relations, Sociology)
Committee: Sidney Tarrow (Chair), Mabel Berezin, David Strang
Teaching assistantships: Social Inequality, Controversies about Inequality, Politics and Culture, Gender Inequality, Introduction to Sociology
Academic interests: Social movements, Race and Ethnicity, Political Sociology, Cultural Sociology
M.E. Jennifer Lauture
Education: BA, Columbia University (Psychology)
Committee: Shelley Correll (Chair), David Harris, Lindy Williams
Teaching assistantships: Problems in Contemporary Society (SOC 207), Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Inequality in the Workplace (SOC 362), Latinos in the USA (SOC 265)
Research assistantships: Victor Nee
Academic interests: Social Stratification, Gender, Race and Ethnicity; racial exclusion in intimate relationships
Thomas M. Lento
Education: BA, Cornell University (Chemistry and Asian Studies)
Courses taught: Introduction to Sociology, Summer 2004 and Summer 2006 (SOC 101); First-Year Writing Seminar 2003-2004
Academic interests: Social Networks, Diffusion, Collective Action
Bart Liguori
Education: BS, Lehigh (Molecular Biology), MA, Lehigh (Sociology)
Committee: Steve Morgan (Chair), David Harris, John Sipple
Teaching: Introduction to Statistics (SOC 301), Education Inequality and Public Policy (SOC 357), Topics in Inequality (SOC 222), Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Latino Studies (LSP 201)
Academic interests: Inequality, Race and Ethnicity, Economic Sociology
Li Ma
Education: BA, Wuhan University of Technology in China (English Literature and Economics); MSc, Oxford University (Sociology)
Committee: Victor Nee (Chair), Richard Swedberg, David Strang
Teaching assistantships: Social Problems, Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Introduction to Statistics
Academic Interests: Economic Sociology, China's Transition, Inequality, Education, Organizations
Mark McKerrow
Education: BS, University of Guelph, Canada (Engineering)
Committee: Stephen Morgan (Chair), Kim Weeden, David Grusky
Teaching assistantships: Utopia in Theory and Practice (SOC 115), Inequality, Diversity & Justice (SOC 293)
Research assistantships: Stephen Morgan
Academic interests: Social Inequality, Sociology of Education,
Christin L. Munsch
Education: BA, University of Virginia (English Language and Literature; minor: Studies in Women and Gender); MS, Virginia Commonwealth University (Sociology)
Committee: Shelley Correll (Chair), Ed Lawler, and Kim Weeden
Courses taught (adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University): Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Sociology of Sex and Gender (SOC 333)
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Sociology of Gender (SOC 270), Evaluating Statistical Evidence (SOC 301)
Research assistantships: Shelly Correll (ADVANCE grant)
Academic Interests: Gender, Social Psychology, Group Processes, Inequality, Education
Noona Oh
Education: BA, University of Georgia (Sociology); BAJ, University of Georgia (Newspapers)
Academic interests: Social Movements, Social Psychology
In Paik
Education: MA, Teachers College, Columbia University (Higher Education Administration); BA, University of Chicago (Sociology)
Committee: Sarah Soule (Chair), Shelley Correll, David Harris
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101); Design and Measurement (SOC 303)
Research assistantships: Shelley Correll, "Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty?"
Academic interests: Race, Gender, Discrimination, Higher Education, Social Movements, Social Psychology
Jung Mee Park
Education: BA, University of Pennsylvania (Sociology and History); MA, Columbia University (Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences)
Academic interests: Organizational Research, Sociology of Culture, Political Sociology
Patrick Park
Education: BA, Yonsei University, Korea (Sociology/Chinese Literature)
Academic interests: Social Networks, Cyber Communities, Economic Sociology, Agent-Based Modeling
Kelly L. Patterson
Education: BA, The Citadel (Business and Modern Languages); MBA, Ohio State
Committee: David Strang (Chair), Pamela Tolbert
Teaching assistantships: Social Networks (SOC 304); Organizational Behavior (ILROB 170/1)
Research assistantships: David Strang (cyber-tools project), Martine Haas (higher education)
Academic interests: Organizations, Economic Sociology, Social Networks, Historical Sociology
Jared L. Peifer
Education: BA, Temple University (Economics and Sociology)
Committee: Richard Swedberg (Chair), Sarah A. Soule, David Strang
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Classical Theory (SOC 375), Analyzing Statistical Evidence (SOC 301), Social Inequality (SOC 208)
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Organizations
Jason Perelshteyn
Education: BS, Pennsylvania State University (Sociology)
Committee: Stephen Morgan (Chair), Shelley Correll, Richard Swedberg
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101); Design & Measurement (SOC 303); Social Policy (SOC 326/526)
Academic interests: Social Psychology, Inequality, Economic Sociology
Esther Quintero
Education: MA, Cornell University (Sociology); BA, University of Seville, Spain (History)
Committee: Shelley Correll (Chair), Mabel Berezin, David Grusky, Celia Valiente
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Social Inequality (SOC 208), Spanish 121, Spanish 202
Academic interests: Gender and Social Psychology
Erik Schmidt
Education: BA, UCLA (Sociology)
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Organizations, Historical Sociology, Social Networks
John C. Scott
Education: BA, Swarthmore College (Economics); JD, Dickinson School of Law, Penn State; MA, University of Maryland, College Park (Sociology)
Committee: Victor Nee (Chair), Sidney Tarrow, Richard Swedberg, Douglas Heckathorn
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Classical Theory (SOC 375)
Research assistantships: Stephen Morgan (Wealth Inequality), Sarah Soule (Environmental Politics), Office of the President (General)
Academic interests: Political Sociology, Economic Sociology, Inequality, Social Movements and Contentious Politics
Yongren Shi
Education: M.Eng., Huazhong University of Sci. and Tech. (Industrial Engineering); B.Eng., Huazhong University of Sci. and Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)
Academic interests: Social Dynamics, Agent Based Modeling, Online Social Networks
Kyle Siler
Education: BA, University of Calgary - Calgary, Alberta (Sociology); MA, McMaster University - Hamilton, Ontario (Sociology)
Committee: David Strang (Chair), Sarah Soule, Pamela Tolbert
Academic interests: Organizations, Social Networks, Sociology of Science, Economic Sociology
Michael "Trey" Spiller III
Education: BS, Midwestern State University (Sociology)
Committee: Doug Heckathorn (Chair), Steve Morgan
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Introduction to Organizations (SOC 215), Evaluating Statistical Evidence (SOC 301)
Research assistantships: Doug Heckathorn (3 City Unregulated Work Study)
Academic interests: Inequality, Organizations, Education, Social Networks
Catherine (Cate) Taylor
Education: BA, Smith College (Economics); MA, Cornell University (Human Development)
Committee members: Shelley Correll (Chair), Elaine Wethington, Ed Lawler
Courses taught: Gender Beliefs and Current Policy Issues (SOC 100)
Teaching assistantships: Gender - Meanings and Practice (SOC 270), Introduction to Human Development (HD 101 - head TA)
Research assistantships: Shelley J. Correll (Gender and Education), Karl J. Pillemer (Employee Turnover), Elaine Wethington (Stress), Rachel Dunifon (Public Policy and Child Welfare)
Academic interests: Sociology of Gender, Social Inequality, Social Psychology, Sociology of Education, Stress and Mental Health in the Workplace
Sarah Thébaud
Education: BA, California Lutheran University (Economics and Sociology)
Committee: Shelley J. Correll and Kim A. Weeden (Co-Chairs), Richard Swedberg
Teaching assistantships: Problems in Contemporary Society (SOC 207), Controversies about Inequality (SOC 222)
Research assistantships: Shelley J. Correll (gender inequality in academia), Kim A. Weeden (social stratification and voting preferences)
Academic interests: Sociology of Gender, Economic Sociology, Social Psychology, Entrepreneurship, Political Sociology, Cross-National Research
Jennifer Todd
Education: BA, Cornell University (Sociology)
Committee: Stephen L. Morgan (Chair), Shelley Correll, Kim Weeden
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Drugs and Society (SOC 246), Controversies About Inequality (SOC 222)
Research assistantships: Stephen L. Morgan (social closure and educational achievement)
Academic Interests: Stratification, Education, Race/Ethnicity, Organizations
Yujun Wang
Education: BA, Renmin University of China (Sociology); MA, Cornell University (Sociology)
Committee: Victor Nee (Chair), David Harris, Daniel Lichter, James Booth
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC101), Evaluating Statistical Evidence (SOC301), Research Methods II (SOC 506)
Research assistantships: Victor Nee
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Interracial Marriage, Social Stratification, Inequality, Methodology, Market Transition in China
Elizabeth Warburton
Education: BA, UC San Diego (Political Science); MSc, London School of Economics (International Relations)
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Organizations, Social Movements
Cyprian Wejnert
Education: MA, Cornell University (Sociology); BS, Cornell University (Biometry and Statistics)
Committee: Douglas Heckathorn (Chair), Steve Morgan, Michael Macy, Richard Swedberg
Teaching assistantships: Politics and Culture (SOC 248)
Research assistantships: Douglas Heckathorn - Sexual Acquisition and Transmission of HIV Cooperative Agreement Program (SATH-CAP)
Academic interests: Social Networks, Social Norms, Rational Choice Theory, Methodology, Hidden Populations, HIV/AIDS, Sociology of Education
C. Erik Williams
Education: BA, Baylor University (University Scholar)
Committee: Shelley Correll (Chair), Kim Weeden
Teaching Assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101); Politics and Culture (SOC 248); Evaluating Statistical Evidence (SOC 301)
Academic interests: Social Psychology, Sociology of Gender and Sexualities, Public Health
Chris Yenkey
Education: BA, University of Texas-Austin (Economics)
Committee: Richard Swedberg (chair), Victor Nee, David Strang
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Introduction to Economic Sociology (SOC 105), Research Design and Measurement (SOC 303)
Research assistantships: Victor Nee "The Entrepreneurial Spirit and the Birth of Chinese Capitalism"
Academic interests: Economic sociology, institutional theory, market regulation, capital market development, development of modern market institutions in traditional social environments
Alexa Yesukevich
Education: BA, Mount Holyoke College (Critical Social Thought); MA, Brandeis University (Politics)
Committee: Sidney Tarrow (Chair), Shelley Correll, Sarah Soule
Teaching Assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Drugs and Society (SOC 246), Politics and Culture (SOC 248/GOVT 363), Gender: Meanings and Practice (SOC/FGSS 270)
Research Assistantships: Mabel Berezin
Academic interests: Social Movements and Gender
