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				Faculty: Rebecca L. Bach, Associate Professor of the Practice Emerita Specialties: Gender and Sexuality, Stratification/Mobility, Applied Sociology Christopher A. Bail, Douglas and Ellen Lowey Associate Professor Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Specialties: Racial Stratification, Social Theory, Critical Race Methods, Political Sociology, Latinos, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Epistemology Tyson Brown, WLF Associate Professor Specialties: life course and aging inequality, race/ethnic and gender stratification, social demography, health disparities, wealth mobility, and quantitative methods Mark Chaves, Anne Firor Scott Distinguished Professor Specialties: social organization of religion Tony Cheng, Assistant Professor Bai Gao, Professor Specialties: Economic Sociology, Globalization, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Comparative Political Economy Jenifer Hamil Luker, Associate Professor of the Practice Ashley L. Harrell King, Assistant Professor Angel L. Harris, Professor Specialties: Social inequality Policy Education Kieran Healy, Professor Specialties: Economic Sociology Sociology of Culture Organizations Social Theory Hedwig E. Lee, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Scott M. Lynch, Professor Specialties: Social Epidemiology Quantitative Methodology Demography Sociology of Aging Craig M. Rawlings, Associate Professor Jen'nan Read, Sally Dalton Robinson Professor and Chair Specialties: Gender, Ethnicity, Health, and Religion Martha Reeves, Professor of the Practice Martin Ruef, Jack and Pamela Egan Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship Specialties: Organizational Theory Economic Sociology Historical / Comparative Sociology Network Analysis Lynn Smith-Lovin, Robert L. Wilson Professor Distinguished Specialties: Social Psychology, Emotions, Gender, Group Processes Jessi Streib, Associate Professor Stephen Vaisey, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Specialties: Culture and Cognition, Action Theory, Quantitative Methods Christopher Wildeman, Professor Secondary Appointment: Nicholas W. Carnes, Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy Matthew E. Dupre, Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine and Sociology Specialties: Medical Sociology Social Epidemiology Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Life Course Christina M. Gibson-Davis, Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy Frances S. Hasso, Professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies M. Giovanna Merli, Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy Ashleigh S. Rosette, James L. Vincent Distinguished Professor of Leadership Emily Ryo, Professor of Law Anna Sun, Associate Professor of Religious Studies Visiting Faculty: Mary Hovsepian, Senior Lecturer Specialties: Sociology of Economic Change Third World Development Globalization Political Sociology Gender and Work Area Studies: Middle East Evan Jones, Visiting Professor Leigh Shamblin, Adjunct Professor Rick A. Singer, Instructor Faculty Emeriti: Linda K. George, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Emeritus Specialties: social antecedents of physical and mental health social factors affecting recovery from illness stress and social support religion and health life course trajectories Gary Gereffi, Professor Emeritus Specialties: Development, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Economy and Society Kenneth C. Land, John Franklin Crowell Distinguished Professor Emeritus Specialties: Mathematical Sociology, Statistical Methods, Demography, Crime, Law and Deviance, Social Indicators and Quality-of-Life Measurement Nan Lin, Oscar L. Tang Family Distinguished Professor Emeritus Specialties: Social networks and social capital, Stratification/Mobility, Mental Health, China J. Miller McPherson, Professor Emeritus Specialties: Organizations, Associations, Social Networks, Quantitative Methodology Angela M. O'Rand, Professor Emeritus Specialties: Stratification/Mobility, Life Course Studies, Population Aging, Social Organization of Science Jack J. Preiss, Professor Emeritus Specialties: Role theory Criminal justice systems Social aspects of mental illness Political sociology Edward A. Tiryakian, Professor Emeritus Specialties: Theory, History of Sociology/Social Thought, Religion Globalization National Identity Sociology of Disasters John Wilson, Professor Emeritus Specialties: Volunteering, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Religion, Leisure/Sports Recreation Affiliated Faculty: Gilbert W. Merkx, Professor of the Practice Emeritus Specialties: Comparative/Historical Sociology, Economy and Society, Theory Suzanne Shanahan, Associate Research Professor of Sociology and Nannerl O. Keohane Director of Kenan Institute for Ethics and Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society Specialties: Comparative Historical Sociology, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Postdoctoral Fellow: Collin Mueller, Postdoctoral Scholar