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George A. Akerlof George A. Akerlof
Dept of Economics
macroeconomics, monetary theory, behavioral economics, sociology and economics, theory of unemployment, asymetric information, staggered contract theory, money demand, labor market flows, theory of business cycles, economics of social customs, measurement of unemployment, economics of discrimination
headshot of Eric T. Meyer Eric T. Meyer
School of Information
social informatics, digital transformation, knowledge, social and cultural studies
Seth M. Holmes Seth M. Holmes
Dept of Anthropology
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
immigration and migration, medical anthropology with foci on social theory and ethnography, social studies of medicine and science, social difference related to race, social difference related to socioeconomic status, social difference related to citizenship, social difference related to gender, social difference related to sexuality, the naturalization and normalization of social hierarchies and health disparities, social suffering and symbolic violence, urban and rural Latin America and North America, population health with focus on global health, population health with focus on health disparities, population health with focus on social determinants of health
Dmitry Taubinsky Dmitry Taubinsky
Dept of Economics
behavioral economics, tax policy, soda taxes, payday loans, household consumption and portfolio choice, energy policy, health, gambling, state-run lotteries, inflation expectations, nudges
Nicholas Dirks Nicholas Dirks
Dept of Anthropology
Dept of History
History and anthropology of South Asia, social and cultural theory, history of imperialism, historiography, cultural studies, globalization
Michael Austin standing in office with yellow door Michael J. Austin
School of Social Welfare
strategic planning, social welfare, social service management, organizational development
Lawrence Cohen Lawrence Cohen
Dept of Anthropology
Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies
social cultural anthropology, medical and psychiatric anthropology, critical gerontology, lesbian and gay studies, feminist and queer theory
Photo by Diamela Cutiño Courtney Desiree Morris
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
Black women's social movement, state violence and authoritarianism, racial formations in Latin American, racial formations in the Caribbean, racial formations in the U.S., feminist and queer theory, environmental ethics, Black visual culture and aestetics
woman with black glasses, curly hair wearing orange dress Tina Sacks
School of Social Welfare
racial disparities in health, social disparities of health, race and class and gender, poverty and inequality
Chris Ansell Christopher Ansell
Dept of Political Science
political science, social movements, political sociology, network analysis, organization theory, public administration, political parties, Western Europe
Eric Stanley Eric A. Stanley
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
critical prison studies, queer/trans social movements, anti-colonial feminism, gentrification, California housing market, critical theory
Jonathan Glater Jonathan Glater
School of Law
education law, social justice, racial justice
Pheng Cheah Pheng Cheah
Dept of Rhetoric
world literature, human rights, nationalism, legal philosophy, feminism, 18th-20th century continental philosophy & contemporary critical theory, postcolonial theory & anglophone postcolonial literatures, cosmopolitanism & globalization, social & political thought
Shafi Goldwasser Shafi Goldwasser
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
cryptography, computational number theory, complexity theory, fault tolerant distributed computing, probabilistic proof systems, approximation algorithms, theory(THY)
Mary Ann Doane Mary Ann Doane
Dept of Film and Media
feminist theory, cultural theory, archaeology of media technology, film and modernity, film theory, psychoanalytic theory
Robert Kaufman Robert Kaufman
Dept of Comparative Literature
modern poetry, aesthetics, literary theory, history of criticism, Frankfurt School Critical Theory
Judith Butler Judith Butler
Dept of Comparative Literature
critical theory, gender and sexuality studies, comparative literature, 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, social and political thought, philosophy and literature
Poulomi Saha standing in front of decorative wood panels, hands in pockets Poulomi Saha
Dept of English
Asian American studies, critical theory, postcolonial theory, spirituality, comparative race and gender, cults
Susan Stone smiling in office setting Susan Irene Stone
School of Social Welfare
school-based psycho-social services, school-effects, archival data analysis, community development, organizational development, policy development
Sameer B. Srivastava in lecture setting Sameer Srivastava
Haas School of Business
culture, cognition, social networks, social capital, organizational sociology, formal organizations, social influence
Claude Fischer Claude Fischer
Dept of Sociology
social networks, American social history, technology, urban sociology, sociology
Heather Haveman Heather Haveman
Dept of Sociology
Haas School of Business
organizations, economic sociology, entrepreneurship, China, careers and social mobility, gender, social history
Serena Chen Serena Chen
Dept of Psychology
Self and identity, close relationships, social cognition, social psychology, relational self, collective self, social power, hierarchy, status
Yu-Ling Chang Yu-Ling Chang
School of Social Welfare
poverty and inequality, Social Safety Net Programs, Unemployment and Labor Studies, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, research practice partnership, social justice research
Coye Cheshire Coye Cheshire
School of Information
sociology, trust, social media, social psychology, misinformation, disinformation, social networks, collective action, social exchange, information exchange, social incentives, reputation, internet research, online research, online behavior, human-computer interaction, data science, biosensors, virtual reality
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