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Department of Sociology: professors and courses

Course codes H S, L A, NSC, SOC, UGS

Who teaches here

Department of Sociology professors and instructors
NameTeaches
Professors · 56
Ari Adut EvaluationsCVAssociate professor
SOC 379M
Jacqueline L AngelProfessor
No classes listed this year
Javier Auyero EvaluationsCVProfessor
UGS 303
Casey Breen CVAssistant professor
SOC 321K, SOC 384J
Simone Arlene Browne EvaluationsCVAssociate professor
UGS 302
Christina Nefeli Caramanis CVAssistant professor of instruction
SOC 317L, SOC 329
Shannon Eileen Cavanagh EvaluationsCVProfessor
SOC 369K
Mounira M Charrad EvaluationsCVAssociate professor
UGS 302
Jacob Earl CheadleProfessor
No classes listed this year
Diane L CoffeyAssociate professor
No classes listed this year
Jordan Andrew Conwell CVAssociate professor
SOC 327M
Dagoberto Cortez EvaluationsCVAssistant professor
SOC 330C, SOC 388N
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Department of Sociology professors and instructors, continued
NameTeaches
Professors · 56
Robert Lyle Crosnoe EvaluationsCVProfessor
UGS 303
Leta F Deithloff EvaluationsCVAssociate professor of instruction
H S 340, H S 378
Christy L Erving CVAssociate professor
UGS 302
Mateo FarinaAssistant professor
No classes listed this year
Daniel G Fridman CVAssociate professor
SOC 321C, SOC 379M
Kelly Fulton EvaluationsCVAssistant professor of instruction
SOC 302, SOC 323, SOC 323F
Elizabeth Thompson GershoffProfessor
No classes listed this year
Matthew S Giani EvaluationsCVResearch associate professor
L A 325
Jennifer Glass CVProfessor
SOC 307K
Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez EvaluationsCVProfessor
UGS 302
Bridget Jeaneen GoosbyProfessor
No classes listed this year
Kathleen A Griesbach EvaluationsCVAssistant professor
UGS 302
Mehdi Haghshenas EvaluationsCVAssociate professor of instruction
SOC 302, SOC 308L, SOC 322C, UGS 302
Chantal Annise Hailey EvaluationsCVAssistant professor
SOC 325K
Mike Hames-Garcia CVProfessor
No classes listed this year
Mark D HaywardProfessor
No classes listed this year
Paul Von HippelProfessor
No classes listed this year
Yasmiyn Irizarry EvaluationsCVAssociate professor
L A 325, L A 331C, SOC 321L
William R Kelly CVProfessor
SOC 325L
Ken-Hou Lin EvaluationsCVProfessor
UGS 303
Brianna McCaslin EvaluationsCVAssistant professor of instruction
SOC 327M, SOC 340G, SOC 379M, UGS 302
Chandra L MullerProfessor
No classes listed this year
Dhiraj Murthy CVProfessor
No classes listed this year
Marc A Musick EvaluationsCVProfessor
SOC 354K
Stephanie L Osbakken EvaluationsCVAssociate professor of instruction
H S 301, H S 340, H S 378, SOC 308S, SOC 320C
Nina J Palmo EvaluationsCVAssociate professor of instruction
H S 302, H S 341C, H S 679HA, H S 679HB, NSC 110H
Pamela Marie Paxton CVProfessor
UGS 303
Kim Pernell EvaluationsCVAssistant professor
SOC 323E
Becky M Pettit EvaluationsCVProfessor
L A 101L, SOC 327M
Daniel A Powers EvaluationsCVProfessor
SOC 317L
Blanca A Ramirez CVAssistant professor
SOC 302, SOC 321K
Robert L ReeceAssociate professor
No classes listed this year
Mark Regnerus EvaluationsCVProfessor
SOC 308J, SOC 327M, UGS 302
Nestor P Rodriguez EvaluationsCVProfessor
SOC 322U, UGS 302
Mary Rose EvaluationsCVProfessor
SOC 322L, SOC 330P, SOC 336P
Lauren SchuddeAssociate professor
No classes listed this year
Harel Shapira CVAssociate professor
SOC 320T
Michael Sierra-Arevalo CVAssociate professor
SOC 321K
William S Swearingen EvaluationsCVAssistant professor of instruction
SOC 309C, SOC 321U, SOC 323S, UGS 302
Eric Tang CVAssociate professor
No classes listed this year
Debra J UmbersonProfessor
No classes listed this year
Abigail Weitzman EvaluationsCVAssociate professor
SOC 327M
Christine L WilliamsProfessor
No classes listed this year
Michael P Young EvaluationsCVProfessor
SOC 352, SOC 379M
Lecturers and instructors · 1
Daniel Dillon EvaluationsCVLecturer
SOC 302, SOC 322M, SOC 340D, SOC 343
Graduate and other instructors · 37
Joel Adler CV
NSC 110H
Hector Alcoser Evaluations
UGS 016
Ella Barwick EvaluationsCV
NSC 108
Mary Broadhead EvaluationsCV
UGS 302
Marnie Castor Evaluations
UGS 302
Joshua Chang EvaluationsCV
UGS 302
Paulina Cottom CV
SOC 307Q
Lauren DePue EvaluationsCV
NSC 109
Gabrielle Estringel Evaluations
UGS 016
Lilly Ettinger EvaluationsCV
UGS 303
Ruth Franks CV
NSC 120E, NSC 322
Karl Gunther EvaluationsCV
UGS 303
Leslie Guzman Evaluations
UGS 016
Vanessa Huitron EvaluationsCV
NSC 108
Erin Ice EvaluationsCV
H S 340, SOC 341C
Jill Ingram EvaluationsCV
UGS 303
Robert Ingram EvaluationsCV
UGS 303
Daniel Krasnicki CV
SOC 307T
Allison Lang EvaluationsCV
SOC 307Q
Gabriel Lopez EvaluationsCV
NSC 108
Robert McDonald EvaluationsCV
UGS 302
Claire Migliore EvaluationsCV
SOC 307T
Cecilia Raatz Evaluations
L A 101L
Esther Raizen CV
UGS 303
Emily Reagan Evaluations
UGS 302
Cory Reed CV
UGS 303
Yma Revuelta Evaluations
UGS 016
Asya Saydam EvaluationsCV
SOC 321G
Marina Smith EvaluationsCV
UGS 303
Steve Steffensen EvaluationsCV
NSC 110H, UGS 323
Sam Strohmeyer EvaluationsCV
NSC 108
Lisa Stuardi EvaluationsCV
UGS 303
Elaine Tang Evaluations
L A 113P
Betty Jeanne Taylor EvaluationsCV
L A 101P, L A 113P
Edward Vizy EvaluationsCV
UGS 303
Carolyn Waldrep EvaluationsCV
SOC 307K
Jonathan White EvaluationsCV
UGS 302

Who teaches each course

Department of Sociology: who teaches each course
CourseTaught by
H S 301Stephanie L Osbakken
H S 302Nina J Palmo
H S 340Leta F Deithloff, Stephanie L Osbakken, Erin Ice
H S 341CNina J Palmo
H S 378Leta F Deithloff, Stephanie L Osbakken
H S 679HANina J Palmo
H S 679HBNina J Palmo
L A 101LBecky M Pettit, Cecilia Raatz
L A 101PBetty Jeanne Taylor
L A 113PElaine Tang, Betty Jeanne Taylor
L A 325Matthew S Giani, Yasmiyn Irizarry
L A 331CYasmiyn Irizarry
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Department of Sociology: who teaches each course, continued
CourseTaught by
NSC 108Ella Barwick, Vanessa Huitron, Gabriel Lopez, Sam Strohmeyer
NSC 109Lauren DePue
NSC 110HNina J Palmo, Joel Adler, Steve Steffensen
NSC 120ERuth Franks
NSC 322Ruth Franks
SOC 302Kelly Fulton, Mehdi Haghshenas, Blanca A Ramirez, Daniel Dillon
SOC 307KJennifer Glass, Carolyn Waldrep
SOC 307QPaulina Cottom, Allison Lang
SOC 307TDaniel Krasnicki, Claire Migliore
SOC 308JMark Regnerus
SOC 308LMehdi Haghshenas
SOC 308SStephanie L Osbakken
SOC 309CWilliam S Swearingen
SOC 317LChristina Nefeli Caramanis, Daniel A Powers
SOC 320CStephanie L Osbakken
SOC 320THarel Shapira
SOC 321CDaniel G Fridman
SOC 321GAsya Saydam
SOC 321KCasey Breen, Blanca A Ramirez, Michael Sierra-Arevalo
SOC 321LYasmiyn Irizarry
SOC 321UWilliam S Swearingen
SOC 322CMehdi Haghshenas
SOC 322LMary Rose
SOC 322MDaniel Dillon
SOC 322UNestor P Rodriguez
SOC 323Kelly Fulton
SOC 323EKim Pernell
SOC 323FKelly Fulton
SOC 323SWilliam S Swearingen
SOC 325KChantal Annise Hailey
SOC 325LWilliam R Kelly
SOC 327MJordan Andrew Conwell, Brianna McCaslin, Becky M Pettit, Mark Regnerus, Abigail Weitzman
SOC 329Christina Nefeli Caramanis
SOC 330CDagoberto Cortez
SOC 330PMary Rose
SOC 336PMary Rose
SOC 340DDaniel Dillon
SOC 340GBrianna McCaslin
SOC 341CErin Ice
SOC 343Daniel Dillon
SOC 352Michael P Young
SOC 354KMarc A Musick
SOC 369KShannon Eileen Cavanagh
SOC 379MAri Adut, Daniel G Fridman, Brianna McCaslin, Michael P Young
SOC 384JCasey Breen
SOC 388NDagoberto Cortez
UGS 016Hector Alcoser, Gabrielle Estringel, Leslie Guzman, Yma Revuelta
UGS 302Simone Arlene Browne, Mounira M Charrad, Christy L Erving, Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez, Kathleen A Griesbach, Mehdi Haghshenas, Brianna McCaslin, Mark Regnerus, Nestor P Rodriguez, William S Swearingen, Mary Broadhead, Marnie Castor, Joshua Chang, Robert McDonald, Emily Reagan, Jonathan White
UGS 303Javier Auyero, Robert Lyle Crosnoe, Ken-Hou Lin, Pamela Marie Paxton, Lilly Ettinger, Karl Gunther, Jill Ingram, Robert Ingram, Esther Raizen, Cory Reed, Marina Smith, Lisa Stuardi, Edward Vizy
UGS 323Steve Steffensen
Bachelor’s degrees1 program
Master’s degrees1 program
Doctoral degrees1 program
Pay after graduationUp to $58,800
Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study1 year out4 years out
SociologyBachelor’s · Sociology$43,200$58,800

Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.

About the department

Department of Sociology is part of College of Liberal Arts, led by Dean David Sosa. Its course codes are H S, L A, NSC, SOC and UGS.

SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504

Colleges, deans, departments and degree programs come from UT’s catalog. Who teaches what comes from UT’s public HB 2504 course information, which lists the instructor of record and a CV for every section.

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