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

Faculty & Staff

Department Chairman

Youngreen

Reef Youngreen

Title: Department Chairman

Department: Sociology

Email: Reef.Youngreen@umb.edu

Director of the Master's Program

Rodriquez

Jason Rodriquez

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Sociology

Email: Jason.Rodriquez@umb.edu

Director of the PhD Program

Solari

Cinzia Solari

Title: Graduate Program Director/Associate Professor

Department: Sociology

Email: Cinzia.Solari@umb.edu

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Zaykowski

Heather Zaykowski

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Sociology

Email: Heather.Zaykowski@umb.edu

Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty

Contreras

Christopher Contreras

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Sociology

Email: C.Contreras@umb.edu

Expertise:
Gascón

Daniel Luis Gascón

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Sociology

Email: Daniel.Gascon@umb.edu

Expertise:
Morales

Danielle Morales

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Sociology

Email: Danielle.Morales@umb.edu

Brown

Elizabeth Brown

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Sociology

Email: Elizabeth.Brown@umb.edu

Expertise:
Stewart

Evan Stewart

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Sociology

Email: Evan.Stewart@umb.edu

Expertise:
Capetillo-Ponce

Jorge Capetillo-Ponce

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Sociology

Email: Jorge.Capetillo@umb.edu

Expertise:
Okigbo

Karen Okigbo

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Sociology

Email: Karen.Okigbo@umb.edu

Montalva Barba

Miguel Montalva Barba

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Sociology

Phone: 617.287.6348

Email: Miguel.MontalvaBarba@umb.edu

Expertise:

Lecturers

Beckwith

Anna Beckwith

Title: Senior Lecturer III

Department: Sociology

Email: Anna.Beckwith@umb.edu

Expertise:
Clemens

Elizabeth Clemens

Title: Senior Lecturer II

Department: Sociology

Email: Beth.Clemens@umb.edu

Expertise:
Kokerer
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Can Kokerer

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Can.Kokerer@umb.edu

Moore
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Charles Moore

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Charles.Moore@umb.edu

Feldscher

Courtney Feldscher

Title: Senior Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Courtney.Feldscher@umb.edu

Expertise:
Finn

Daniel Finn

Title: Senior Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Daniel.Finn@umb.edu

Expertise:
Simmons

Diann Simmons

Title: Assistant Dean

Department: College of Liberal Arts

Email: Diann.Simmons@umb.edu

Walsh

Gerald Walsh

Title: Associate Lecturer A

Department: Sociology

Email: Gerald.Walsh@umb.edu

Horgan

Gerard Horgan

Title: Senior Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Gerard.Horgan@umb.edu

Expertise:
Lageson

Jacqueline Lageson

Title: Senior Lecturer III

Department: Sociology

Email: Jacqueline.Lageson@umb.edu

Lopes
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Jeffrey Lopes

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Jeffrey.Lopes@umb.edu

LaPlante
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Jill LaPlante

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Jill.LaPlante@umb.edu

Liu

Linda Liu

Title: Senior Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Linda.Liu@umb.edu

Expertise:
Holmes

Lisa Holmes

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Lisa.Holmes@umb.edu

Todd

Lydia Todd

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Lydia.Todd@umb.edu

Expertise:
Gregory

Matthew Gregory

Title: Senior Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Matthew.Gregory@umb.edu

DeFazio

Paul DeFazio

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Paul.DeFazio@umb.edu

Expertise:
Pendleton
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Rontear Pendleton

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Rontear.Farmer@umb.edu

Taylor
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Scott Taylor

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: Scott.Taylor@umb.edu

McNicholas

William McNicholas

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Sociology

Email: W.McNicholas001@umb.edu

Expertise:

Staff

Affiliated Faculty

Bobel

Christina Bobel

Title: Professor

Department: Women/Gender/Sexuality Studies

Email: Chris.Bobel@umb.edu

Expertise:
MacIndoe

Heather MacIndoe

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Heather.MacIndoe@umb.edu

Expertise:
Burr

Jeffrey Burr

Title: Adjunct Faculty

Department: Gerontology

Email: Jeffrey.Burr@umb.edu

Expertise:
Stokes

Jeffrey Stokes

Title: Graduate Program Director/Associate Professor

Department: Gerontology

Email: Jeffrey.Stokes@umb.edu

Expertise:
Warren

Mark Warren

Title: Professor

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Mark.Warren@umb.edu

Expertise:
Kallman

Meghan Kallman

Title: Associate Professor

Department: School for Global Inclusion & Social Development

Email: Meghan.Kallman@umb.edu

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