Faculty

Full-time Faculty


Karolyn Tyson

Chair and Professor
Interests: Education, social inequality, and social psychology
Email: kt801@georgetown.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 3-5pm, Friday 11am-12:30pm

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Dr. Bartley

Tim Bartley

Professor, Joint Appointment with Earth Commons
Interests: Organizations, Economic sociology, Environmental sociology, Global and Transnational sociology
Email: tb1114@georgetown.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 2-4pm, Reiss 206

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Katharine Donato

Herzberg Professor and SFS Faculty Chair | Adjunct- JD | Donald G. Herzberg Professor of International Migration, and Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM)
Interests: International Migration, Global Cities, Refugee and Migrants, Refugees and Migrants
Email: kmd285@georgetown.edu

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Dr. Fields

Corey D. Fields

Associate Professor, Idol Family Term Chair
Interests: African American studies, culture and politics, and the relationship between identity, experience, and culture
Email: cdf46@georgetown.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 11am-1pm

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Provost Groves

Robert Groves

Provost, Gerard Campbell SJ Professor
Interests: Global cities, statistics, social cognitive and behavioral influences on the quality of statistical information
Email: bgroves@georgetown.edu

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Dr. Guidroz

Kathleen Guidroz

Teaching Professor
Interests: Gender, sexuality, transgender studies, victimization studies
Email: kg578@georgetown.edu

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Dr. Gözde Güran

Gözde Güran

Assistant Professor, Joint Appointment with SFS/Walsh
Interests: Economic sociology, migration studies, and cultural sociology
Email: gg754@georgetown.edu

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Dr. Becky Yang Hsu

Becky Yang Hsu

Associate Professor
Interests: Sociology of religion, organizations and institutions, global and transnational sociology, sociology of culture
Email: bh297@georgetown.edu

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Dr. Kato

Yuki Kato

Assistant Professor
Interests: Urban sociology, urban agriculture, food justice, environmental justice, consumption
Email: yk483@georgetown.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 1-2pm, Wednesday 10-11am, Thursday 7-8pm (Zoom)

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Dr. McCabe

Brian J. McCabe

Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Interests: Housing policy, cities, community, social inequality, poverty and mobility, quantitative methods
Email: mccabeb@georgetown.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 12-1:30pm

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Dennis McNamara, S.J.

Dennis McNamara, S.J.

Park Professor Sociology & Korean Studies, Special Assistant to the University President for China Affairs
Interests: Socio-economic development in East Asia (Japan and South Korea), innovation in Southern China, comparative study of innovation systems
Email: mcnamard@georgetown.edu
Office Hours: Monday 11am-12pm, Tuesday 4-5pm

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Dr. Newman

Alyssa M. Newman

Assistant Professor, Joint Appointment with KIE
Interests: Sociology of race and ethnicity, assisted reproductive technologies, racial health inequities, bioethics
Email: an941@georgetown.edu

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Dr. Perkins

Kristin L. Perkins

Assistant Professor
Interests: Urban sociology, housing and neighborhoods, family demography
Email: Kristin.Perkins@georgetown.edu

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Carla Shedd

Carla Shedd

Associate Professor
Interests: Race and ethnicity, criminalization and criminal justice, social inequality, urban policy, education, and law
Email: cs2084@georgetown.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 1-2:30pm

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Affiliate Faculty

Dr. johnson

Rebecca Johnson

Assistant Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy
Interests: K-12 education, quantitative methods, computational social science 
Email: rj545@georgetown.edu

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Dr. Rosen

Eva Rosen

Associate Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy
Interests: Urban sociology, poverty and inequality, race and ethnicity, ethnography, social policy, immigration, crime, and culture
Email: ejr73@georgetown.edu

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Dr. Christine Schiwietz

Christine Schiwietz

Assistant Dean for Curricular and Academic Advising
Interests: New technologies & society; gender roles, peace, security and international development
Email: kjs58@georgetown.edu

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Dr. Jamillah Bowman Williams

Jamillah Bowman Williams

Director, Professor of Law
Interests: Civil rights and discrimination, labor and employment law, psychology, behavioral economics and cognitive science
Email: bowmanj@georgetown.edu

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Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Elif Andac-Jones

Elif Andaç-Jones

Adjunct Professor
Interests: Middle East, international politics, social policy, survey research
Email: ea568@georgetown.edu

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Dr. Holland

Kimberlee Holland

Adjunct Professor
Interests: Medical sociology
Email: Kimberlee.holland@georgetown.edu

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Jennifer Turner

Adjunct Professor
Interests:
Email: jt1520@georgetown.edu

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Dr. White

Gregory White

Adjunct Professor
Interests: Sociology of Education, Civic Education, Educational Transformation, Demography
Email: gregory.white@georgetown.edu

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Emeritus Faculty 

José V. Casanova

Professor Emeritus, Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, & World Affairs
Email: jvc26@georgetown.edu

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Sarah Stiles

Professor Emeritus
Interests: Film Studies, Flourishing, Law and Society, Social Entrepreneurship
Email: sarah.stiles@georgetown.edu

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