Department Chair


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

  • globalization, sexuality, the natural environment, higher education

  •  SSPA 4107 | 949-824-1117

  • frankd@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

 

Director of Graduate Studies


Yang Su
  • Professor and Co-Graduate Director, Sociology, UCI
    Ph.D., Stanford University, 2003

  • social movements and collective action, political sociology, china's political transition

  •  SSPB 4279 | 949-824-6800

  • su.yang@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

 

Director of Undergraduate Studies Honors Program


Emily Carian
  • Assistant Professor of Teaching & Director of Undergraduate Studies Honors Program

  • gender inequality, masculinity, male supremacism

  •  4231 Social Science Plaza B

  • cariane@uci.edu

 

Director of Undergraduate Studies


Matt Huffman
  • Professor & Undergraduate Director
    Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1997

  • inequality, organizations, work and employment, research methods

  •  SSPB 4229 | 949-824-6460

  • mhuffman@uci.edu
  • Website
  • CV

 

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

  •  Social Science Tower 323 | (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.

 

Administrative Staff


Nicole Carpenter
  • Librarian Liaison for Sociology Department

  •  472 Langson Library | (949) 824-3275

  • ncarp@uci.edu
Alysha Casado
  • Department Analyst

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

  • acasado@uci.edu
Janine Keys
Penni Vo
  • Department Analyst

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

  • penniv@uci.edu
Maryann Zovak-Wieder
  • Department Administrator

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

  • mzovak@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

Fax: (949) 824-4771

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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