DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Katherine Copas

Area(s) of Interest: Economic Sociology, Historical Sociology, Inequality, Quantitative and Computational Methods

Advisor: Carruthers

KatherineCopas2025@u.northwestern.edu

Clay Davis

Area(s) of Interest: Science & Technology Studies; Sociology of Medicine; Sociology of Knowledge; Health Care Policy & Public Health; Gender & Sexuality; Sociology of Law

Advisor: Epstein

ClayDavis2025@u.northwestern.edu

Sino Esthappan

Area(s) of Interest: Classification, Culture, Law, Organizations, Punishment, Inequalities, and Science, Knowledge, & Technology

Advisor: Nelson; Pattillo

SinoEsthappan2026@u.northwestern.edu

Ryan Fajardo

Area(s) of Interest: Economic Sociology; Science & Technology Studies; Labor; Consumption; Education

Advisor: Carruthers

RyanFajardo2025@u.northwestern.edu

Brandon Honoré

Area(s) of Interest: Urban Sociology, Political Sociology, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Law, Race and Ethnicity, and Public Policy

Advisor: Quillian; Pattillo

brandon.honore@law.northwestern.edu

Austin Jenkins

Area(s) of Interest: Science, Knowledge, & Technology; Crime, Law, & Deviance; Alcohol, Drugs, & Tobacco

Advisor: Epstein

austinjenkins@u.northwestern.edu

Kory Johnson (PhD 2021)

Area(s) of Interest: Comparative-Historical Sociology; Inequality, Poverty and Mobility; Latin America; Political Sociology; Quantitative and Mixed-Methods; Race, Gender and Class; Social Policy

koryjohnson2014@u.northwestern.edu

Kristina Lee

Area(s) of Interest: Race and racism; political sociology; global and transnational race; historical sociology; qualitative methods; computational text analysis

Advisor: Pattillo; Rodriguez-Muniz

KristinaLee2025@u.northwestern.edu

Gershwin Penn

Area(s) of Interest: Sociology of Education, Inequality, Race and Ethnicity

Advisor: Watkins-Hayes

Gershwin.Penn@u.northwestern.edu

Sonia Planson (PhD 2023)

Area(s) of Interest: Immigration, Race, Ethnicity; Citizenship and Identity; Culture; Education

SoniaPlanson2019@u.northwestern.edu

Wayne Rivera

Area(s) of Interest: Science and Technology Studies, Emotions, Trauma & Violence, Networks, Medical Sociology

WayneRivera2024@u.northwestern.edu

Andrés Rodríguez-Cáceres

Area(s) of Interest: Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, stratification.

Advisor: Mahoney

andresrodriguez-caceres2024@u.northwestern.edu

Luna Vincent

Area(s) of Interest: Sociological methods and epistemology, race theory, anti-colonial thought, empire, race and racism, global sociology

Advisor: Pattillo

lunavincent@u.northwestern.edu

Rose Werth

Area(s) of Interest: Community safety, race and racism, violence, urban social change, mixed methods research design

Advisor: Papachristos

RoseWerth@u.northwestern.edu

Yingzhe Zhu

Area(s) of Interest: Culture, Knowledge, Inequality, Digital Economy, Technology

Advisor: Epstein

YingzheZhu2025@u.northwestern.edu