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University of Notre Dame
 
Contact:
  810 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
  Telephone: (574) 631-6463 Fax: (574) 631-9238
  Email: Sociology.Soc.1@nd.edu Web: http://www.nd.edu/~soc/
  Chair: Michael Welch,
Director of Graduate Studies: David M. Klein
  Aministrative Assistant(s):
 
Degrees Offered: PhD, MA, BA Academic Year System: Semester
 
In–State Tuition (2002–2003): $25400
Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): $25400
Alternative Tuition Structure:
Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships- university funded and under faculty members' grants, Tuition Waivers, Fellowships from the University. Summer funding available.
Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 11
Admission Deadline: (Fall only) February 1 Finandal Support: January 15
Financial Support Deadline:
Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 51
Number of Part-Time Graduate Students:
Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: 172
Teacher Trainings Programs:
Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: 172
Graduate Record Examination: General Test Required
Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002: 
Masters: 6 PHDs: 5
 
Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:
  Cultural Sociology, Development, Education, Family, Quantitative Methodology, Political Sociology, Religion, Social Psychology, Theory, Comparative/Historical Sociology
 
Full–Time Faculty
Aldous, Joan (PhD, Minnesota 1963) Family, Sex and Gender, Aging/Social Gerontology; Professor.
Bustamante, Jorge A. (PhD, Notre Dame 1975) Development, International Migration and Immigration; Professor.
Carbonaro, William J. (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 2000) Education, Stratification/Mobility, Social Organization; Assistant Professor.
Cardenas, Gilberto (PhD, Notre Dame 1977) Migration and Immigration, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Economy and Society; Professor.
Cassirer, Naomi (PhD, Ohio State 1997) Work and Labor Markets, Sex and Gender, Stratification/Mobility; Assistant Professor.
Christiano, Kevin J. (PhD, Princeton 1983) Religion, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Cultural Sociology; Associate Professor.
Fishman, Robert (PhD, Yale 1985) Political Sociology, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Theory; Associate Professor.
Hachen, David S., Jr. (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1983) Stratification/Mobility, Organizations, Quantitative Methodology; Associate Professor.
Hallinan, Maureen (PhD, Chicago 1972) Education, Quantitative Methodology; Professor.
Halton, Eugene (PhD, Chicago 1979) Theory, Cultural Sociology, History of Sociology/Social Thought; Professor.
Johnson, C. Lincoln (PhD, Kansas 1974) Social Psychology, Religion, Quantitative Methodology; Associate Professor.
Klein, David (PhD, Minnesota 1978) Family, Theory, Science and Technology; Associate Professor.
LeClere, Felicia B. (PhD, Pennsylvania State 1990) Demography, Medical Sociology, Statistics; Associate Professor.
McVeigh, Rory M. (PhD, North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1996) Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Political Sociology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Assistant Professor.
Myers, Daniel J. (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison; 1997) Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Political Sociology, Social Psychology; Associate Professor.
Pinglé, Vibha (PhD, Brown 1996) Development, Economy and Society, Race/Class/Gender; Assistant Professor.
Sikkink, David (PhD, North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1998) Education, Religion, Political Sociology; Assistant Professor.
Spillman, Lyn (PhD, California-Berkeley 1991) Cultural Sociology, Theory, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Associate Professor.
Valenzuela, J. Samuel (PhD, Columbia 1979) Comparative/Historical Sociology, Development, Political Sociology; Professor.
Weigert, Andrew J. (PhD, Minnesota 1968) Social Psychology, Environmental Sociology; Professor.
Welch, Michael R. (PhD, North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1980) Social Psychology, Religion, Social Control; Associate Professor.
Williams, Richard (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1986) Quantitative Methodology, Demography, Social Psychology; Associate Professor.
Yamane, David A. (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1998) Religion, Cultural Sociology, Theory; Assistant Professor.
Part–Time Faculty
Chrobot, Leonard (PhD, Wayne State 1975) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Religion, Urban Sociology; Adjunct Professor.
Dasilva, Fabio B. (PhD, Florida 1963) Theory, Art/Music, Cultural Sociology; Emeritus.
Gibbons, Michael (PhD, Notre Dame 2002) Cultural Sociology, Social Psychology, Qualitative Methodology; Visiting Assistant Professor.
Gunty, Mark L. (PhD, Notre Dame 1993) Education, Quantitative Methodology, Sex and Gender; Assistant Director, Institutional Research.
Lamanna, Richard (PhD, North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1965) Urban Sociology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Community; Emeritus.
Power, AnnMarie R. (PhD, Notre Dame 1999) Education, Children and Youth, Stratification/Mobility; Visiting Assistant Professor.
Vasoli, Robert H. (PhD, Notre Dame 1964) Criminology/Delinquency, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization; Emeritus.
2001–02 PHD Recipients and Dissertation Titles
Burkemper, Tom Towards a Synthesis of Social Psychological Orientations Towards Understanding Consumptive Behavior
Chun, Sung-Chang Christian Religiosity: A Force for Assimilation and/or for Ethnicity-Generational Comparison of the Impact of Christian Religiosity on Assimilation and Ethnicity Among Korean-Americans
Gibbons, Michael Insiders: The Social Construction of the Islander Identity on Madeline Island
Hamad, Jihad Nation-State Building and Transition to Democracy: The Case of Palestine
Kaftan, Joanna National Identity, Religion and Democracy in Poland Since 1989