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City University of New York-The Graduate Center
 
Contact:
  365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016-4309
  Telephone: (212) 817-8770 Fax: (212) 817-1536
  Email: SocioIogy@gc.cuny.edu Web: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/socioIogy
  Chair: Philip Kasinitz,
Director of Graduate Studies: Philip Kasinitz, Paul Attewell, Julia Wrigley
  Aministrative Assistant(s):
 
Degrees Offered: PhD Academic Year System: Semester
 
In–State Tuition (2002–2003): $4350
Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): $7600
Alternative Tuition Structure:
Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships- university funded and under faculty member's grant, Fellowships from the University, Fellowships from Outside Sources
Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 14
Admission Deadline: (during academic year) February 1
Financial Support Deadline: February 1
Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 110
Number of Part-Time Graduate Students: 6
Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002:
Teacher Trainings Programs:
Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002:
Graduate Record Examination: General Test Required
Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002: 
Masters: 4 PHDs: 14
 
Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:
  Cultural Sociology, Education, Migration and Immigration, Political Economy, Race/Class/Gender, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Sex and Gender, Social Change, Urban Sociology
 
Full–Time Faculty
Alford, Robert R. (PhD, California-Berkeley 1961) Political Sociology, Theory; Distinguished Professor.
Aronowitz, Stanley (PhD, Union 1972) Cultural Sociology, Theory; Distinguished Professor.
Attewell, Paul (PhD, California-San Diego 1978) Social Organization, Theory, Science and Technology; Professor.
Duneier, Mitchell (PhD, Chicago 1992) Urban Sociology, Qualitative Methodology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Distinguished Professor.
Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs (PhD, Columbia 1968) Occupations/Professions, Sex and Gender, Law and Society; Distinguished Professor.
Kasinitz, Philip (PhD, New York 1987) Urban Sociology, International Migration, Race/Ethnicity; Professor, Joint Appointment: Hunter College.
Kornblum, William (PhD, Chicago 1972) Urban Sociology, Environmental Sociology; Professor.
Wrigley, Julia (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1977) Education, Sex and Gender, Political Sociology; Professor.
Part–Time Faculty
Battle, Juan (PhD, Michigan 1994) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Quantitative Methodology, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization; Associate Professor, Joint Appointment: Hunter College.
Bennett, Neil G. (PhD, Princeton 1981) Demography, Family, Aging/Social Gerontology; Professor.
Beveridge, Andrew (PhD, Yale 1973) Quantitative Methodology; Associate Professor.
Bloom, Samuel W (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1956) Medical Sociology, Social Psychology, Socialization; Emeritus, Joint Appointment with: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.
Bologh, Roslyn Wallach (PhD, CUNY-Graduate Center 1976) Sex and Gender, Theory; Professor.
Bozorgmehr, Mehdi (PhD, California-Los Angeles 1992) Urban Sociology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Migration and Immigration; Assistant Professor.
Catsambis, Sophia (PhD, New York 1988) Education; Associate Professor.
Churchill, Lindsey (PhD, Harvard 1961) Ethnomethodology, Qualitative Methodology, Language/Social Linguistics; Emeritus.
Clough, Patricia (PhD, Illinois-Urbana 1977) Theory, Sex and Gender; Professor.
Danzger, Herbert (PhD, Columbia 1968) Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Religion; Professor.
Denitch, Bogdan (PhD, Columbia 1973) Political Sociology, State; Emeritus.
Eisenstein, Hester (PhD, Yale 1967) Gender; Professor, Joint Appointment: Queens College.
Ewen, Stuart (PhD, SUNY-Albany 1974) Mass Communication/Public Opinion; Professor.
Farber, Samuel (PhD, California-Berkeley 1969) Political Sociology; Professor.
Farrell, Ronald A. (PhD, Cincinnati 1972) Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Criminology/Delinquency, Social Control; Professor.
Fishman, Mark (PhD, California-Santa Barbara 1975) Mass Communication/Public Opinion; Professor.
Flores, Juan (PhD, Yale 1969) Latina/o Sociology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Theory; Professor.
Font, Mauricio A. (PhD, Michigan 1983) Social Change, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Associate Professor.
Gallo, Carmenza (PhD, Boston University 1985) Development, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Economy and Society; Associate Professor.
Goode, David (PhD, California-Berkeley 1980) Disabilities; Professor.
Green, Charles (PhD, Rutgers 1981) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Urban Sociology, Development; Professor.
Halle, David (PhD Columbia 1978) Art/Music, Urban Sociology, Work and Labor Markets; Adjunct Faculty.
Hammond, John L. (PhD, Chicago 1972) Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Political Sociology, Work and Labor Markets; Professor.
Handel, Gerald (PhD, Chicago 1962) Family, Qualitative Methodology, Socialization; Professor, Emeritus.
Heilman, Samuel (PhD, Pennsylvania 1973) Theory, Ethnomethodology, Jewish Studies; Professor.
Helmreich, William (PhD, Washington-Saint Louis 1971) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Religion; Professor.
Hoffman, Lily (PhD, Columbia 1981) Political Sociology, Urban Sociology, Occupations/Professions; Associate Professor.
Jacobson, Michael P. (PhD, CUNY Graduate School and University Center 1985) Criminal Justice, Criminology/Delinquency, Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Professor.
Kadushin, Charles (PhD, Columbia 1960) Quantitative Methodology, Social Networks; Emeritus.
Kelly, Robert (PhD, CUNY-Graduate Center 1978) Criminology/Delinquency, Criminal Justice, Education; Professor.
Kuechler, Manfred Paul (PhD, Bielefeld 1971) Political Sociology, Quantitative Methodology, Collective Behavior/Social Movements; Professor.
Kwong, Peter (PhD, Columbia 1978) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Community; Professor.
Lavin, David (PhD, New York 1960) Education; Professor.
Lazreg, Marnia (PhD, New York 1974) Theory, Sex and Gender, Development; Professor.
Lenzer, Gertrud (PhD, Munich 1962) History of Sociology/Social Thought, Theory, Children and Youth; Professor.
Levine, Harry G. (PhD, California-Berkeley 1978) History of Sociology/Social Thought, Alcohol and Drugs, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization; Professor.
Lorber, Judith (PhD, New York 1971) Medical Sociology, Sex and Gender; Emeritus.
Mayer, Egon (PhD, Rutgers 1975) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Religion; Professor.
Meyersohn, Rolf (PhD, Columbia 1965) Art/Music, Cultural Sociology; Emeritus.
Miller, Joanne (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1975) Work and Labor Markets, Social Organization, Sex and Gender; Professor.
Min, Pyong Gap (PhD, Georgia State 1983) Family, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Asia and Asian American; Professor.
Mirotznik, Jerrold (PhD, Columbia 1988) Medical Sociology, Mental Health, Aging/Social Gerentology; Professor, Affiliated with: Health Sciences.
Mollenkopf, John (PhD, Harvard 1974) Urban Sociology, Political Sociology, Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Professor, Affiliated with: Political Science.
Montagna, Paul (PhD, New York 1967) Occupations/Professions, Stratification/Mobility; Emeritus.
Perinbanayagam, Robert (PhD, Minnesota 1967) Sociological Theory; Professor.
Piven, Frances Fox (PhD, Chicago 1962) Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Political Sociology; Distinguished Professor, Affiliated with: Political Science.
Rothman, Barbara Katz (PhD, New York 1979) Medical Sociology, Sex and Gender; Professor.
Saran, Parmatma (PhD, CUNY-Graduate Center 1975) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Social Change, Third World Countries; Professor.
Savage, Dean (PhD, Columbia 1975) Social Organization, Industrial Sociology, Education; Associate Professor.
Seron, Carroll (New York 1976) Criminal Justice, Law and Society; Professor.
Shaughnessy, Edward (PhD, New School for Social Research 1973) Law and Society; Professor, Emeritus.
Silver, Catherine (PhD, Columbia 1970) Sex and Gender, Aging/Social Gerontology; Professor.
Smith, Charles (PhD, Brandeis 1966) Theory, Political Economy; Professor.
Sokoloff, Natalie (PhD, CUNY-Graduate Center 1979) Criminal Justice; Professor.
Steinberg, Stephen (PhD, California-Berkeley 1971) Urban Sociology; Professor.
Stone, Pamela (PhD, Johns Hopkins 1979) Work and Labor Markets, Sex and Gender, Occupations/Professions; Associate Professor.
Turner, Charles F. (PhD, Columbia 1978) Medical Sociology, Quantiattive Methodology; Professor, Affiliated with CUNYQueens College.
Waring, Elin J. (PhD, Yale 1993) Criminology/Delinquency, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Social Organization; Assistant Professor.
Winik, Charles (PhD, New York 1960) Mass Communication/Public Opinion, Criminology/Delinquency, Social Control; Emeritus.
Yorburg, Betty (PhD, New School for Social Research 1968) Family, Sex and Gender; Professor.
Zimmer, Lynn (PhD, Cornell 1982) Criminology/Delinquency, Law and Society, Occupations/Professions; Associate Professor.
Zukin, Sharon (PhD, Columbia 1972) Urban Sociology; Professor.
Blumberg, Paul M. (PhD, California-Berkeley 1966) Stratification/Mobility, Industrial Sociology; Emeritus.
Goldner, Fred H. (PhD, California-Berkeley 1961) Organization, Formal and Complex, Occupations/Professions; Emeritus.
Reichler, Melvin L. (PhD, Michigan 1963) Theory, Community, Leisure/Sports/Recreation; Emeritus.
2001–02 PHD Recipients and Dissertation Titles
Cho, Dong-Ho Intimate Alien: An Immanent Critique of Korean Pentecostalism
Ditmore, Melissa Trafficking and Sex Work: A Problematic Conflation
Isserles, Robin Ideology, Rhetoric and Politics of Bureaucracy: Exploring Women and Development
Kelner, Shaul Almost Pilgrims: Authenticity, Identity and the Extra-Ordinary on a Jewish Tour of Israel
Klein, Jessica High Profile School Shootings: How Violence is Hidden in Masculinity Expectations
Lemmon, Nadine Medical Images and the Optical Unconscious: A Sociology of Visual Language
Maguire, Jennifer Smith Bodies Fit for Consumption: The Cultural Production of the Fitness Field
McGee, Micki The Belabored Self and the End(s) of Self-Improvement
Merkel, Cindy Professional Ideology and the Practice of Work: Nurses Caring Work in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Oglensky, Bonnie Bittersweet Attacchments: The Bonds and Binds of Mentorship
Pinsky, Dine Personal Identities and Political Lives: Jewish Identity Among Second Wave Feminists
Romani, Teresa Thinking about Rape: The Meaning of Sexual Violence for "Non-Victimized" Women
Shaefer, Millie Factors Related to Outcomes of Drug Abusers
Wilgus, Gay Why Don't You Try Letting Her Do it Herself?