Urban Sociology
Affiliated Faculty
Core Faculty
Debbie Becher
Associate Professor, Sociology, Barnard College
Research Interest
Faculty Emeriti
Herbert J. Gans
Robert S. Lynd Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Research Interest
Core Faculty
Ryan Hagen
Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Department of Sociology
Research Interest
Core Faculty
Saskia Sassen
Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology
Research Interest
Core Faculty
Gerard Torrats-Espinosa
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Data Science Institute Member
Research Interest
Affiliated Graduate Students
Brittany Nicole Fox-Williams
PhD Student
Research Interest
Dissertation / Thesis Title
Trust Matters: Race, Relationships, and Achievement in NYC Public Schools
Sebastian M. Ortega
Master's Student
Research Interest
Dissertation / Thesis Title
Resisting Settler Colonialism Through the Occupation of Space, Prison Politics, and Indigeneity: Chicano/Indigenous Street and Prison Gangs
Lisa Lucile Owens
PhD Student
Research Interest
Dissertation / Thesis Title
Notes on the use of Surveillance in Public Housing
Dakota Zoe Ross-Cabrera
Master's Student
Research Interest
Dissertation / Thesis Title
Black, White, Latino, or Other? Race and 2nd Generation Dominican Identity in New York City
Dialika Sall
PhD Student
Research Interest
Dissertation / Thesis Title
"(Re)Defining Blackness: Race, Ethnicity and the Children of African Immigrants"