back to contents Complete Information New York University   Contact:   269 Mercer Street 4th Floor New York, NY 10003   Telephone: (212) 998-8340 Fax: (212) 995-4140   Email: Web: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/socio/   Chair: Kathleen Gerson, Director of Graduate Studies: Edwin Amenta   Aministrative Assistant(s): Gregory Morton   Degrees Offered: PhD, MA, BA Academic Year System: Semester   In–State Tuition (2002–2003): $20866 Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): $20520 Alternative Tuition Structure: Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships- university funded and under faculty members' grants, McCracken Fellowships Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 8 Admission Deadline: (Fall only) January 4 Financial Support Deadline: January 4 Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 77 Number of Part-Time Graduate Students: 1 Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: 171 Teacher Trainings Programs: Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: 171 Graduate Record Examination: General Test Required Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002:  Masters: PHDs: 10   Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:   Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Criminology/Delinquency, Cultural Sociology, Education, Law and Society, Political Sociology, Sex and Gender, Stratification/Mobility, Theory, Qualitative Methodology   Full–Time Faculty Arum, Richard (PhD, California-Berkeley 1996) Education, Stratification/Mobility, Organizations-Formal/Complex; Associate Professor. Brenner, Neil (PhD, Chicago 1999) Urban Sociology, Political Sociology, Theory; Assistant Professor. Calhoun, Craig (PhD, Oxford 1980) Theory, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Political Sociology; Professor. Chibber, Vivek (PhD, Wisconsin 1999) Comparative/Historical Sociology, Political Sociology, Economy and Society; Assistant Professor. Conley, Dalton (PhD, Columbia 1996) Stratification/Mobility, Race/Class/Gender, Medical Sociology; Associate Professor. Corradi, Juan (PhD, Brandeis 1973) Theory, Cultural Sociology, Latina/o Sociology; Professor. Dixon, Jo (PhD, Indiana-Bloomington 1988) Law and Society, Criminology/Delinquency, Social Organization; Associate Professor. Duster, Troy (PhD, Northwestern 1962) Science and Technology, Law and Society, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization; Professor. Ertman, Thomas (PhD, Harvard 1990) Comparative/Historical Sociology, Political Sociology, Theory; Associate Professor. Garland, David (PhD, Edinburgh 1984) Criminology/Delinquency, Social Control, Theory; Professor. Gerson, Kathleen (PhD, California-Berkeley 1981) Family, Sex and Gender, Qualitative Methodology; Professor. Goodwin, Jeffrey (PhD, Harvard 1988) Political Sociology, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Collective Behavior/Social Movements; Associate Professor. Greenberg, David (PhD, Chicago 1969) Criminology/Delinquency, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Law and Society; Professor. Guthrie, Douglas (PhD, California-Berkeley 1997) Economy and Society, Social Organization, Work and Labor Markets; Associate Professor. Haney, Lynne (PhD, California-Berkeley 1997) Sex and Gender, Qualitative Methodology, Social Psychology; Assistant Professor. Heyns, Barbara (PhD, Chicago 1971) Education, Stratification/Mobility, Quantitative Methodology; Professor. Horowitz, Ruth (PhD, Chicago 1976) Social Control, Qualitative Methodology, Social Psychology; Professor. Jackson, Robert M. (PhD, California-Berkeley 1981) Sex and Gender, Economy and Society, Quantitative Methodology; Associate Professor. Jasso, Guillermina (PhD, Johns Hopkins 1974) Mathematical Sociology, Quantitative Methodology, Stratification/Mobility; Professor. Klinenberg, Eric (PhD, California-Berkeley 2000) Urban Sociology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Theory; Assistant Professor. Lehman, Edward W. (PhD, Columbia 1966) Political Sociology, Theory, Social Organization; Professor. Lukes, Steven (PhD, Oxford 1968) Theory, Political Sociology, History of Sociology/Social Thought; Professor. Maisel, Richard (PhD, Columbia 1958) Mass Communication/Public Opinion, Quantitative Methodology; Associate Professor. Molotch, Harvey (PhD, Chicago 1968) Environmental Sociology, Urban Sociology, Cultural Sociology; Professor. Nelkin, Dorothy (ABD, Cornell 1954) Medical Sociology, Science and Technology, Collective Behavior/Social Movements; Professor. Park, Hyun Ok (PhD, California-Berkeley 1994) Political Economy, Race/Class/Gender, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Assistant Professor. Persell, Caroline (PhD, Columbia 1971) Education, Stratification/Mobility, Science and Technology; Professor. Sennett, Richard (PhD, Harvard 1969) Urban Sociology, Art/Music, Family; University Professor. Smith, Sandra (PhD, Chicago 1998) Stratification/Mobility, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Urban Sociology; Assistant Professor. Stacey, Judith (PhD, Brandeis 1979) Sex and Gender, Family, Qualitative Methods; Professor. Wu, Lawrence L. (PhD, Stanford 1987) Family, Demography, Quantitative Methodology; Professor. Part–Time Faculty Bamyeh, Mohammed (PhD, Wisconsin 1990) Theory, Political Sociology, Comparative/Historical Sociology. Freidson, Eliot (PhD, Chicago 1952) Occupations/Professions; Emeritus. Heydebrand, Wolf (PhD , Chicago 1965) Social Organization, Theory, Law and Society; Professor, Emeritus. Jacobs, James (PhD, Chicago 1975) Law and Society, Criminal Justice, Political Sociology. Jacobson, David (PhD, Chicago 1998) Organizations-Formal/Complex, Education, Work and Labor Markets. Marwell, Gerald (PhD, New York 1964) Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Religion, Social Psychology; Professor. Schur, Edwin W (PhD, London 1959) Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Criminology/Delinquency, Sex and Gender; Emeritus. Sexton, Patricia (PhD, Wayne State 1969) Education, Work and Labor Markets, Sex and Gender; Emeritus. Wrong, Dennis H. (PhD, Columbia 1956) Theory, Political Sociology; Emeritus. 2001–02 PHD Recipients and Dissertation Titles Green, Adam Out of the Closet and Into the Gay Ghetto: A Comparative Study of the Sexual Careers of a Pool of Heterosexual and Homosexual Men Kelli, Henry Romanian Household Portfolios: Economic Strategies and Transition, 1990-1995 Martinez, Miranda Constructing Community: The Community Gardens of the Lower East Side