Department Chair


David John Frank
  • Professor & Chair
    Ph.D., Stanford University, 1995

  • globalization, sexuality, the natural environment, higher education

  •  4107 Social Science Plaza A | 949-824-1117

  • frankd@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

 

Directors of Graduate Studies


Edwin Amenta
  • Professor & Co-Director of Graduate Studies
    Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1989

  • political sociology, historical and comparative sociology, social movements, social policy, media, and American political development

  •  4101 Social Science Plaza A | 949-824-6800

  • ea3@uci.edu
  • CV
Kristin Turney
  • Dean's Professor & Co-Director of Graduate Studies
    Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2009

  • social inequality; family demography; population health; incarceration and punishment; intergenerational transmission of disadvantage; child wellbeing

  •  4283 Social Science Plaza B | 949-824-8846

  • kristin.turney@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

 

Director of Undergraduate Studies and Honors Program


Emily Carian
  • Assistant Professor of Teaching and Director of Undergraduate Studies & Honors Program
    Ph.D., Stanford University, 2019

  • gender inequality, masculinity, male supremacism

  •  4231 Social Science Plaza B

  • cariane@uci.edu
  • Website

 

School of Social Sciences Graduate Advisor


Jennifer Gerson
  • Director, Graduate Affairs
    Ed.D., University of Southern California, 2020

  • educational counseling, graduate student exceptions/petitions, teaching assistant applications and assignments

  •  5210 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway | (949) 824-4074

  • jennifer.gerson@uci.edu
  • For any administrative questions concerning the graduate application process, financial award opportunities, and/or other pre-enrollment matters, please contact the Graduate Studies Office.

 

Department Manager


Alysha Casado
  • Department Manager

  •  4215 Social Science Plaza B | (949) 824-7637

  • acasado@uci.edu

 

 

Administrative Staff


Nicole Carpenter
  • Librarian Liaison for Sociology Department

  •  472 Langson Library | (949) 824-3275

  • ncarp@uci.edu
Carolina Villegas
  • Department Analyst

  •  4211 Social Science Plaza B | (949) 824-6800

  • cvilleg1@uci.edu
Penni Vo
  • Department Analyst

  •  4221 Social Science Plaza B | 949-824-2572

  • penniv@uci.edu

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

Mailing Address
Department of Sociology
4215 Social Science Plaza B
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-5100

Telephone: (949) 824-6800

Email: socnet@uci.edu

Direction (UCI Campus)
The Department Administrative Suite is located on the 4th floor of the Social Science Plaza Building B.
See: SSPB Building (213)

Directions to the campus can be found here.

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