UMass Boston

Faculty & Staff

Department Chair & Program Directors

Reef Youngreen
Chair of the Sociology Department
Reef.Youngreen@umb.edu

Elizabeth Brown
Director of the Master's Program
Elizabeth.Brown@umb.edu

Cinzia Solari
Director of the PhD Program
Cinzia.Solari@umb.edu

Heather Zaykowski
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Heather.Zaykowski@umb.edu


Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty

Lecturers

  • Anna Beckwith, Senior Lecturer III in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Elizabeth Clemens, Senior Lecturer II in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Paul DeFazio, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Jon Dzitko, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Courtney Feldscher, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Daniel Finn, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Matthew Gregory, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Brikitta Hairston, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Lisa Holmes, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Gerard Horgan, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Sarah Horsley, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Ngai Kwan, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Community Inclusion
  • Jackie Lageson, Senior Lecturer III in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Jill LaPlante, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Karen Lischinsky, Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Linda Ai-Yun Liu, Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • William McNicholas, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Angela Silletti Murolo, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Karla Odenwald, Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • J. Lincoln Passmore, Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Dakota Roundtree-Swain, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Diann Simmons, Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Arts
  • Jyoti Sinha, Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Elizabeth Souffront, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Corrine Stocking, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Lydia Todd, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Gerald Walsh, Associate Lecturer in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Staff

  • Danielle Foley, Administrative Assistant II, Department of Sociology
  • Alison L. Moll, Internship Coordinator, Academic Advisor, and Grants Manager, Department of Sociology
  • Ellen Noone, Administrative Assistant I, Department of Sociology
  • Joy C.L. Solon, Graduate Programs Coordinator, Department of Sociology

Affiliated Faculty

  • Chris Bobel, Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts
  • Jeffrey Burr, Professor, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing & Health Sciences
  • Lee Hargraves, Interim Director, Center for Survey Research
  • Meghan Kallman, Associate Professor, International Development, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
  • Heather MacIndoe, Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, McCormack School, College of Liberal Arts; and Research Affiliate, Center for Social Policy
  • Jan Mutchler, Director, Gerontology Institute
  • Courtenay Sprague, Associate Professor of Global Health, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, McCormack School, College of Liberal Arts; and Department of Nursing, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Jeffrey Stokes, Assistant Professor of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Mark R. Warren, Professor, Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, McCormack School, College of Liberal Arts

Faculty Emeriti

  • Paul Benson, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Estelle Disch, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Susan Gore, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Calvin J. Larson, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Sylvia Mignon, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Siamak Movahedi, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Russell Schutt, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Sharon Stichter, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Robert Weiss, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts