Faculty in the Department of Sociology and Demography engage in meaningful, community-based research. Topics include, but are not limited to, aging, family, gender, health disparities, migration, religion, poverty and more.

Below are examples of their areas of expertise.

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Aging & Life Course

  • Melinda Denton
  • Terrence Hill
  • Ying Huang
  • Zhiyong Lin
  • Raymond Swisher
  • Xiaohe Xu

Demography (Applied, Social, Formal)

  • Lynne Cossman
  • Ginny Garcia-Alexander
  • Ying Huang
  • Kara Joyner
  • Zhiyong Lin
  • Lloyd Potter
  • Fernando Riosmena
  • Johnelle Sparks
  • Rene Zenteno

Family & Gender

  • John Bartkowski
  • Chelsea Belanger
  • Melinda Denton
  • Christopher Ellison
  • Zhiyong Lin
  • Kara Joyner
  • Xiaohe Xu

Health Disparities & Medical Sociology

  • John Bartkowski
  • Lynne Cossman
  • Christopher Ellison
  • Ginny Garcia-Alexander
  • Terrence Hill
  • Ying Huang
  • Kara Joyner
  • Zhiyong Lin
  • Lloyd Potter
  • Fernando Riosmena
  • Rogelio Saenz
  • Johnelle Sparks
  • Raymond Swisher

Methodology (Demographic, Evaluation, Qualitative, Quantitative)

  • John Bartkowski
  • Melinda Denton
  • Terrence Hill
  • Kara Joyner
  • Zhiyong Lin
  • Lloyd Potter
  • Christina Sue
  • Xioahe Xu

Migration & Immigration

  • Zhiyong Lin
  • Fernando Riosmena
  • Rogelio Saenz
  • Christina Sue
  • Rene Zenteno

Poverty and Inequality

  • Lynne Cossman
  • Ying Huang
  • Michael Miller
  • Rogelio Saenz
  • Johnelle Sparks
  • Raymond Swisher

Race, Ethnicity & Latino Studies

  • Christopher Ellison
  • Zhiyong Lin
  • Michael Miller
  • Fernando Riosmena
  • Rogelio Saenz
  • Johnelle Sparks
  • Christina Sue
  • Rene Zenteno

Religion & Culture

  • John Bartkowski
  • Chelsea Belanger
  • Melinda Denton
  • Christopher Ellison
  • Ginny Garcia-Alexander
  • Michael Miller
  • Joanne Ford-Robertson
  • Xiaohe Xu