Faculty Clusters
Faculty clusters are groups of faculty members with common areas of expertise who agree to serve on area examination committees on a regular basis. They are listed here to make it easier for graduate students to form committees for their area exams, as well as for their M.A. theses and dissertations. Keep in mind when viewing it that we do have faculty in specialty areas not included on this page and even the faculty listed below have other specialty areas not listed here. See our People page for a listing of faculty and individual pages for details. Students are also free to solicit faculty from other departments within Boston College and from other universities to serve on their committees.
For more information about the M.A., area exam, and dissertation requirements, see our graduate handbooks. You can also see abstracts for recent dissertations on our Recent Graduates page.
Advanced Statistical Methodology
Latrica Best, Associate Professor
Wen Fan, Associate Professor
Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor
Sara Moorman, Professor
Natalia Sarkisian, Associate Professor
Aging and the Life Course
Latrica Best, Associate Professor
Wen Fan, Associate Professor
Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor
Sara Moorman, Professor
Natalia Sarkisian, Associate Professor
Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor
Josh Seim, Assistant Professor
Critical Studies of Culture, Media, and Consumer Society
Zine Magubane, Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor
Juliet Schor, Professor
Environmental Sociology
Charles Derber, Professor
Brian Gareau, Associate Professor
Lacee Satcher, Assistant Professor
Juliet Schor, Professor
Family and Carework
Wen Fan, Associate Professor
Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor
Natalia Sarkisian, Associate Professor
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Theory
Wen Fan, Associate Professor
Sharlene Hesse-Biber, Professor
Zine Magubane, Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor
Natalia Sarkisian, Associate Professor
C. Shawn McGuffey, Associate Professor
Global and Transnational Sociology
Sarah Babb, Professor
Brian Gareau, Associate Professor
Ali Kadivar, Assistant Professor
Zine Magubane, Professor
Gustavo Morello, Professor
Health and Medicine
Latrica Best, Associate Professor
Wen Fan, Associate Professor
Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor
Sara Moorman, Professor
Lacee Satcher, Assistant Professor
Josh Seim, Assistant Professor
Political Sociology
Sarah Babb, Professor
Brian Gareau, Associate Professor
Ali Kadivar, Assistant Professor
Gustavo Morello, Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor
Social Theory
Brian Gareau, Associate Professor
Ali Kadivar, Assistant Professor
Zine Magubane, Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor
Josh Seim, Assistant Professor
Eve Spangler, Associate Professor
Sociology of Development
Sarah Babb, Professor
Brian Gareau, Associate Professor
Ali Kadivar, Assistant Professor
Juliet Schor, Professor
Work and Organizations
Sarah Babb, Professor
Wen Fan, Associate Professor
Juliet Schor, Professor
Josh Seim, Assistant Professor
Race and Inequality
Latrica Best, Associate Professor
Alyssa Goldman, Assistant Professor
Zine Magubane, Professor
Natalia Sarkisian, Associate Professor
Stephen Pfohl, Professor
Lacee Satcher, Assistant Professor
C. Shawn McGuffey, Associate Professor