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Stanford University
 
Contact:
  450 Serra Mall
Building 120, Room 160
Stanford, CA 94305-2047
  Telephone: (650) 723-1205 Fax: (650) 725-6471
  Email: susan.weersing@stanford.edu Web: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/soc
  Chair: Mark Granovetter,
Director of Graduate Studies: C. Matthew Snipp
  Aministrative Assistant(s): Susan Weersing
 
Degrees Offered: PhD, BA, MA, (Co-terminal Program Only) Academic Year System: Quarter
 
In–State Tuition (2002–2003): $27204
Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): $27204
Alternative Tuition Structure:
Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships- university funded and under faculty members' grants, Fellowships from the University, Fellowships from Outside Sources
Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 10
Admission Deadline: (Fall only) January 5
Financial Support Deadline: January 5
Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 50 (Doctoral students)
Number of Part-Time Graduate Students:
Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: 45 Co-term MA, 55
Teacher Trainings Programs:
Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: 45 Co-term MA, 55
Graduate Record Examination: General Test Required
Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002: 
Masters: 37 PHDs: 7
 
Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:
  Comparative/Historical Sociology, Organizations-Formal/Complex, Economy and Society, Education, Political Sociology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Sex and Gender, Social Psychology, Stratification/Mobility, Theory, Quantitative Methodology
 
Full–Time Faculty
Barr, Donald (PhD, Stanford 1993) Medical Sociology, Health Policy, Race and Ethnic Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access; Associate Professor (Teaching).
Cook, Karen S. (PhD, Stanford 1973) Social Psychology, Small Groups, Rational Choice; Professor.
Freeland, Robert (PhD, Berkeley 1994) Organizations-Formal/Complex, Economy and Society, Education; Assistant Professor.
Granovetter, Mark (PhD, Harvard 1970) Economy and Society, Political Sociology, Stratification/Mobility; Professor.
Hannan, Michael (PhD, North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1970) Human Ecology, Mathematical Sociology, Organizations-Formal/Complex; Professor.
Mark, Noah P. (PhD, Arizona 1998) Social Networks, Mathematical Sociology, Social Psychology; Assistant Professor.
McAdam, Doug (PhD, SUNY-Stony Brook 1979) Social Movements, Political Sociology, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Professor.
McDermott, Monica (PhD, Harvard 2001) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Urban Sociology, Race/Class/Gender Assistant Professor.
Olzak, Susan (PhD, Stanford 1978) Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Political Sociology; Professor.
Ridgeway, Cecilia (PhD, Cornell 1972) Social Psychology, Small Groups, Gender Inequality; Professor.
Rosenfeld, Michael (PhD, Chicago 2000) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Quantitative Methodology, Immigration and Assimilation; Assistant Professor
Sandefur, Rebecca (PhD, Chicago 2001) Stratification/Mobility, Education, Work and Labor Markets; Assistant Professor.
Shin, Gi-Wook (PhD, Washington 1991) Comparative/Historical Sociology, Stratification/Mobility, Political Economy of East Asia; Associate Professor.
Snipp, C. Matthew (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1981) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Stratification/Mobility/Inequality, Demography; Professor.
Tuma, Nancy (PhD, Michigan State 1972) Quantitative Methodology, Demography, Stratification/Mobility/Inequality, Life Course, Socialist Societies; Professor.
Walder, Andrew (PhD, Michigan 1981) Political Sociology, Stratification/Mobility, China Studies; Professor.
Part–Time Faculty
Berger, Joseph (PhD, Harvard 1958) Theory, Social Psychology, Theory; Emeritus.
Bohrnstedt, George (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1966) Social Psychology, Education, Quantitative Methodology; Consulting Professor.
Carroll, Glenn (PhD Stanford 1982) Organizational Theory, Industrial Development, Strategic Management; Courtesy Professor of Sociology, Affiliated with: Business.
Cohen, Bernard (PhD, Harvard 1957) Social Psychology, Theory; Emeritus.
Cohen, Elizabeth (PhD, Harvard 1958) Education, Evaluation Research, Social Psychology; Emeritus.
Cronkite, Ruth (PhD, Stanford 1976) Health Services, Medical Sociology, Family; Consulting Associate Professor.
Diamond, Larry (PhD, Stanford 1980) Political Sociology, Stratification/Mobility, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Courtesy Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Faculty from another institution: Hoover Institution.
Dornbusch, Sanford (PhD, Chicago 1952) Social Psychology, Education, Deviance, Adolescence; Emeritus.
Goode, William (PhD, Pennsylvania State 1946) Family, Occupations/Professions, Stratification/Mobility; Emeritus.
Inkeles, Alex (PhD, Columbia 1949) Social Psychology, Social Change; Emeritus.
Landis, Michele (PhD, Northwestern 2001) Law and Society; Courtesy Assistant Professor, Affiliated with: Law.
Lipset, Seymour M. (PhD, Columbia 1949) Political Sociology, Knowledge, Stratification/Mobility; Emeritus.
March, James (PhD, Yale 1953) Social Organizations-Formal/Complex, Decision Making, Organizational Learning; Emeritus.
Martin, Joanne (PhD, Harvard 1977) Organizations-Formal/Complex, Collective Behavior/Social Movements; Courtesy Professor, Affiliated with: Business.
McFarland, Daniel (PhD, Chicago 1999) Organizational Theory, Social Networks, Micro-Sociology; Assistant Professor, Affiliated with Education.
Meyer, John W (PhD, Columbia 1965) Education, Political Sociology, Comparative Sociology; Emeritus.
Nass, Clifford (PhD, Princeton 1986) Science and Technology, Social Change, Quantitative Methodology; Courtesy Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Communications.
Powell, Walter W (PhD, SUNY-Stony Brook 1978) Organizations-Formal/Complex, Science and Technology, Economy and Society; Courtesy Professor, Affiliated with: Education.
Ramirez, Francisco (PhD, Stanford 1974) Education, Political Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Sex and Gender; Courtesy Professor, Affiliated with: Education.
Ruef, Martin (PhD, Stanford 1999) Organizations-Formal/Complex, Social Networks, Economy and Society; Assistant Professor, Courtesy appointment, Affiliated with: Business.
Scott, W Richard (PhD, Chicago 1961) Organizations-Formal/Complex, Medical Sociology, Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Emeritus.
Zelditch, Morris Jr. (PhD, Harvard 1955) Theory, Social Psychology; Emeritus.
2001–02 PHD Recipients and Dissertation Titles
Castilla, Emilio J Social Networks and Employee Performance
Chew, Lionel Conspicuous Connection: Venture Capital Relations as Status Markers in the Equity-Financing Marketplace
Moon, Hyeyoung The Globalization of Professional Management Education, 1881-2000: Its Rise, Expansion, and Implication
Rice, Eric The Effect of Social Uncertainty in Networks of Social Exchange
Su, Yang Tumult from Within: State Bureaucrats and Mass Movement in the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966-71
Swanson, Aimee-Noelle Form Coherence and the Fates of De Alio and De Novo Organizations in the U.S. Digital Computer Industry: 1951-1994
Tsutsui, Kiyoteru Global Human Rights and Ethnic Social Movements in the Contemporary World