Faculty

Anthony Alvarez, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Associate Professor/Undergraduate Advisor
CP-913
(657) 278-4906
asalvarez@fullerton.edu
Professor Alvarez's research interests include economic Sociology, poverty and inequality, historical comparative Sociology, public policy, race/ethnicity, and technology studies.

Mariam Ashtiani, Ph.D link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Associate Professor
CP-926
(657)278-2444
mashtiani@fullerton.edu
Professor Ashtiani's research interest include race/ethnicity, crime, law, and deviance, inequality and stratification, education, and immigration.

Christina Chin, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Associate Professor/Graduate Advisor
CP-928
(657) 278-7634
cchin@fullerton.edu
Professor Chin's research interests include immigration, racial and ethnic identity, youth, popular culture, Asian American communities, and qualitative methodologies.

Dana Collins, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Professor
CP-915
(657) 278-5420
dcollins@fullerton.edu
Professor Collins' research interests include food studies, environmental justice, Philippine area studies, critical globalizations and post-colonial studies, gender, sexualities, urban communities, social theory and qualitative research.

Ed Collom, Ph.D link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Professor
CP-934
(657)-278-3241
edcollom@fullerton.edu link opens in a new windowopens in a new window
Professor Collom's research interests include Sociology of Work and Occupations, Social Movements, Social Networks, Social Inequality, and Sociology of Education.

Jorge Fontdevila, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Professor
CP-922
(657) 278-2755
jfontdevila@fullerton.edu
Professor Fontdevila's research interests include health and illness, sexualities, HIV/AIDS, Latino populations, migration, microsociology, emotions, sociolinguistics and networks, and sociological theory.

Christopher Gibson, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Associate Professor
CP-938
(657) 278-3531
cwgibson@fullerton.edu
Professor Gibson's research focuses on the intersection of economic markets and social policy, with special attention to environmental governance.

Brianna Harvey, Ph.D link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Assistant Professor
CP-923
(657) 278-2652
bmharvey@fullerton.edu
Professor Harvey's research interests include education, carceral systems, Black students, Black families, abolition, community rooted research, and qualitative inquiry.

Sharon Kim, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Professor
CP-919
(657) 278-7044
sharonkim@fullerton.edu
Professor Kim's research interests include race/ethnicity, immigration, religion, Asian Americans, and social inequality.

Patricia Literte, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Associate Professor
CP-942
(657)278-3447
pliterte@fullerton.edu
Professor Literte's research interests include race/ethnicity, social inequalities, higher education, and urban Sociology.

Edwin Lopez, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Associate Professor
CP-932
(657) 278-2462
edwlopez@fullerton.edu
 Professor Lopez's research interests include race, class, gender, & sexualities, critical globalizations & postcolonial studies.

Maria Malagón, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Associate Professor/Undergraduate Advisor/Vice-Chair
CP-940
(657) 278-8364
mmalagon@fullerton.edu
Professor Malagón's research interests include Chicana and women of color feminist epistemologies, critical race theory & Latina/o critical theory, racialized masculinities in education, remedial and alternative education, Sociology of education, and urban youth identity and resistance.

Michael Perez, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Professor
CP-924
(657) 278-3022
mperez@fullerton.edu
Professor Perez's research interests include critical race studies, race, ethnic and indigenous relations, Native Pacific studies, Sociology of sports, education and critical pedagogy, deviance, and delinquency.

Carter Rakovski, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Professor/Department Chair
CP-910
(657) 278-2742
crakovski@fullerton.edu
 Professor Rakovski's research interests include Sociology of work and occupations, intersectionality and healthcare workers, employment and health, and drug policy.

Devon Thacker Thomas, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Professor
CP-908
(657) 278-8416
dthackerthomas@fullerton.edu link opens in a new windowopens in a new window
Professor Thacker Thomas' research interests include intimate partner, family, and interpersonal violence; gender and victimization; law enforcement and the criminal justice system; and corrections, penology, and re-entry.

Berna Torr, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Professor
CP-903
(657) 278-3188
btorr@fullerton.edu
Professor Torr's research interests include family, demography, migration, applied research, race/ethnicity, and health.

LaTosha Traylor, Ph.D link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Assistant Professor
CP-917
(657) 278-2770
ltraylor@fullerton.edu
Professor Traylor's research interests include motherhood at the intersection of criminalization, re-entry decision-making strategies for women during the re-entry process, and the implications of criminalization and subsequent incarceration for vulnerable families and communities.

Eileen Walsh, Ph.D. link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Professor
CP-920
(657) 278-2737
ewalsh@fullerton.edu
Professor Walsh's research interests include research methods, inequality; race, theory, race, class, gender, multiracial families, and education inequalities.

Edward Watson, Ph.D link opens in a new windowopens in a new window

Assistant Professor
CP-930
(657) 278-2447
ewatson@fullerton.edu
Professor Watson's research interests include Sociology of education, race and ethnicity, African Americans, identity and culture, and research design.