Faculty

Please note that appointments, if needed, are made directly with each professor - they are not made through the main office!

However, Appointments with the chair of department can be made through the office.

 

Advisors

 Note:

Undergraduate major Advisor: Susan Murray

Graduate Major Advisor: Rudy Preston

Boero, Natalie

Associate Professor

 Major Advisor
Natalie Boero
  • Gender
  • Socialization
  • Qualitative Methods
  • Sociology of health and illness

Office: DMH 211

Phone: 408-924-5345

Email: natalie.boero@sjsu.edu

Office hours:

Mon. 2:45pm-3:30pm (7:15-8:15pm Soci 105B Only)

Wed. 11:45am - 1:15pm

Chua, Peter

Associate Professor

 Major Advisor
Peter Chua
  • Race/Ethnicity/Gender/Class inequalities
  • Southeast Asian studies
  • Human rights, Social justice
  • Sociology of the Third World
  • Global gender and sexuality issues

Office: DMH 223

Phone: 408-924-5330

Email: peter.chua@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

Tues./Thurs. 3:30pm - 5:30pm or
 by appt.

Garcia, Carlos

Associate Professor

 Major Advisor
Carlos Garcia
  • Immigration
  • Race/Ethnicity
  • Quantitative Methods

Office: DMH 216

Phone: 408-924-5804

Email: carlos.e.garcia@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

Mondays 11:45am - 12:20pm

Tues./Thurs. 9:00am - 10:25am

Leisenring, Amy

Associate Professor

  Major Advisor
Amy Leisenring  
  • Gender
  • Family
  • Identity
  • Feminist theory
  • Domestic violence
  • Education
  • Qualitative research methods

 Office: DMH 224

Phone:408-924-5756

Email: amy.leisenring@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

 On Sabbatical Leave Spring 2013

 

Murray, Susan B.

Associate Professor

 UG Major Advisor
Susan Murray
  • Sociology of Gender
  • Social Psychology
  • Child Care Workers
  • Violence in Families
  • Families in Modern Society
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Immigration
  • Immigrant Families

Office: DMH 224

Phone: 408-924-5327

Email: susan.murray@.sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

Tuesdays 1:00pm -5:00pm;

Thursdays 8:00am - 10:30am

Selected WEDNESDAYS 2:00pm-5:00pm on January 30; February 13, 27; March 13; April 3, 17; May 1.

Myers-Lipton, Scott

Full Professor

 Major Advisor
Scott Myers-Lipton
  • Social Inequality
  • Service Learning
  • Community Action
  • Poverty, Race and Gender

Office: DMH 210

Phone:408-924-5761

Email: smlipton@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

 On Leave Fall 2012 and Spring 2013

 

Ng, Wendy 

 Full Professor

 Department Chair
Wendy Ng 2008
  • Race
  • Urban
  • Ethnic relations
  • Community research

Office : DMH 241

Phone : 408-924-5594

email : wendy.ng@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

 

Rudy, Preston

 Associate Professor

 Graduate Major Advisor
Preston Rudy
  • Labor and Social Movements
  • Political Sociology
  • Economic Sociology
  • Social Change
  • Oral Histories
  • Historical and Comparative methods

Office: DMH 222

Phone: 408-924-5333

Email: preston.rudy@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

Tues. 10:45am - 11:30am

Tues. 5:45pm - 6:45pm

Thurs. 12:30pm - 1:15pm

Wed. 3:00pm - 4:00pm & 7:15pm - 7:445pm

 

Lecturers

Note: Lecturers Do Not Provide Major Advising

 

 Bautista, Jose

Office:DMH 216
Phone:408-924-4336 or 408-741-2492
Email: jbautista@prodigy.net

Office hours:

 Mon. 5:30pm - 6:30pm
 

 Bean, Steven

Office:DMH 237A
Phone:408-924-4332 
Email: steven.bean@sjsu.edu

Office hours:

 Thurs. 4:30 - 5:30pm or by appt.

 Brook, Daniel

Office: DMH 237A
Phone: 408-924-2914
Email: brook@brook.com

  • Political
  • Environmental
  • Global & Global Sociology

Office hours:

 Tues./Thurs. 10:15 - 11:45am
Rachel Bryant-Anderson

 Bryant-Anderson, Rachel

Office: DMH 222
Phone: 408-924-5336
Email: rachel.bryantanderson@sjsu.edu

Office hours:

 Mon. 4:30 - 5:30pm
Saul Ury Cohn

 Cohn, Saul

Office: DMH 212
Phone: 408-924-5325
Email: saul.cohn@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

  Mon./Wed. 10:30 - 11:45am

 
 

Christopher Cox

Cox, Christopher

Office: DMH 210
Phone: 408-924-5326
Email: cj373@hotmail.com

Office Hours:

Mon./Wed. 1:30 - 3:00pm

Wed. 5:00 - 6:00pm

 DeHaan, Jason

Office:DMH 224
Phone:408-924-
Email: jason.m.dehaan@gmail.com

Office hours:

 Tues. 10:30am - 11:30am and
            3:00pm - 4:00pm
               

 

 

 DeHaan, Tracy

Office: DMH 224
Phone:408-924-
Email: tracy.j.dehaan@gmail.com

Office hours:

Mon. 3:00 - 4:00pm
Tues. 1:30 - 3:00pm
Thurs. 4:30 - 6:00pm

 Durden, Michelle

Office: DMH 237A
Phone: 408-924-5344
Email: durdensjsu@yahoo.com

  • Gender
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Symbolic Interactionism

Office Hours:

 
Mon./Wed. 2:50pm - 4:20pm

Michael Fallon

 Fallon, Michael

Office: CL 203
Phone: 408-924-5440
Email: michael.fallon@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

 
 Mon./Wed. 3:00 - 4:00pm or by appt/Email

 

 


John Gomez

 Gomez, John

Office: BT 562
Phone:408-924-5331
Email: john.gomez@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

 Tues./Thurs. 3:30pm - 4:30pm

 Montes, Vince

Office: DMH 212
Phone:408-924-5329
Email: vince.montes@sjsu.edu

Office hours:

 Mon./Wed. 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Stephen Morewitz

 Morewitz, Stephen J.

Office: BT 465
Phone: 408-924-5365
Email: stephen.morewitz@sjsu.edu

Office Hours:

 Mon. 7:45am - 8:45am

 

 

 

 

Nava, Steve

Office: DMH 223
Phone: 408-924-2942
Email: steve.nava@sjsu.edu

 

 

Office Hours:

Tues. 2:30pm - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Thurs. 2:30pm - 3:00pm


 Pasion, Mark

Office: DMH 237A
Phone: 408-924-5335
Email: markpasion@att.net

Office Hours:

Tues./Thurs. 9:00 - 10:15am  (In Room DMH 227)

 


Julianne Pekarthy

 Pekarthy, Julianne

Office: BT 464
Phone: 408-924-5329
Email:jpekarthy@juno.com

  • Family
  • Gender
  • Socialization
  • Stratification

Office hours:

ON LEAVE
FALL 2012 and SPRING 2013

 Rokni, Mitra

Office: DMH 210
Phone:48-924-5788
Email: myth_ra@yahoo.com

  • Global Society
  • Critical Theory

Office Hours:

 Tues./Thurs. 1:30 - 3:00pm
 

 Zepeda, Susy

Office: DMH 237A
Phone:408-924-5335
Email: susy.zepeda@sjsu.edu

Office hours:

Mon. 1:30 - 2:00pm or by appt.
Wed. 11:15 - 11:45am or by appt.