DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Laura Acosta-Gonzalez

Area(s) of Interest: Peace, War and Social Conflict, Political Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Social Networks, Latin America

Advisor: Mahoney

acosta@u.northwestern.edu

Brandon Alston

Area(s) of Interest: Sociology of Culture, Surveillance, Crime and Law, Race, Gender, Class, Sexualities, Urban Neighborhoods, Digital Technologies, Qualitative Methods, and Inequalities.

Advisor: Pattillo; Hagan

brandonalston2020@u.northwestern.edu

Melike Arslan (Ph.D. 2021)

Area(s) of Interest: Comparative and International Political Economy; Economic Sociology; Socio-Legal Studies; Organizational Behavior; Institutions and Economic Development; Experts and Professionals

MelikeArslan2020@u.northwestern.edu

Nicholas Bascuñan-Wiley

Area(s) of Interest: Globalization, transnationalism, migration, culture, sensation, food

Advisor: Carrillo

NicholasBascunan-Wiley2022@u.northwestern.edu

Karlia Brown

Area(s) of Interest: Prisoner Reentry; Law & Society; Urban Sociology; Black Feminism; and Gender & Sexuality Studies

Advisor: Papachristos

karliabrown2016@u.northwestern.edu

Laura Carrillo

Area(s) of Interest: Social Stratification/Inequality, Urban Issues, Education, and Race/Ethnicity

Advisor: Pattillo

LauraCarrillo2012@u.northwestern.edu

Yannick Coenders

Area(s) of Interest: Race, Violence, Urban Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Political Sociology, Historical Sociology

Advisor: Orloff; Rodriguez-Muniz

ycoenders@u.northwestern.edu

Angel Escamilla Garcia (PhD 2022)

Area(s) of Interest: Latin America, Central America, Mayan Studies, migration, race, childhood, ethnography and Sociology of Law

AngelEscamillaGarcia2015@u.northwestern.edu

Mallory Fallin

Area(s) of Interest: Science and technology, Race, Medical sociology, Sociology of knowledge

Advisor: Epstein

MalloryFallin2015@u.northwestern.edu

Emily Handsman (PhD 2022)

Area(s) of Interest: Education; Inequality; Culture; Organizations

EmilyHandsman2015@u.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

Lantian Li

Area(s) of Interest: Political Economy of Development, Global Health and Biomedicine, Welfare State and Social Policy, Comparative and Historical Analysis, Law and Society, Asia

Advisor: Carruthers

lantianli2014@u.northwestern.edu

Sonia Planson

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

Advisor: Pattillo

SoniaPlanson2019@u.northwestern.edu

Qi Song

Area(s) of Interest: Political and Economic Sociology; Fiscal Sociology, Sociology of Finance, Comparative-Historical Studies, Chinese Society

Advisor: Carruthers

QiSong2022@u.northwestern.edu

Omri Tubi

Area(s) of Interest: Comparative Historical Sociology; Political Sociology; Development; Global and Transnational Sociology; Health, Science and Medicine; Israel/Palestine

Advisor: Mahoney

OmriTubi2015@u.northwestern.edu

Rahardhika Utama

Area(s) of Interest: Sociology of Development; Comparative and Historical Sociology; Ethnography; Global and Transnational Sociology; Inequality; Politics of Culture; Southeast Asia

Advisor: Prasad

rahardhika.utama@northwestern.edu

Luna Vincent

Area(s) of Interest: Sociology of Knowledge, Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements, Political Sociology, Theory

Advisor: Pattillo

lunavincent@u.northwestern.edu