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Leadership

Janet M. Wilmoth

Janet M. Wilmoth

Professor and Chair, Sociology Department

Director, Aging Studies Institute

Dissemination Core Lead, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

314 Lyman Hall
315.443.5053 | jwilmoth@syr.edu

Janet Wilmoth is professor and chair of the Sociology Department and director of the Aging Studies Institute.  She received a Ph.D. in sociology and demography, with a minor in gerontology, from the Pennsylvania State University. Her research, which utilizes quantitative methods to understand later life well-being from a life course perspective, has been supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging, the Social Security Administration and the National Poverty Center. She has authored over 70 articles and book chapters, and coedited five volumes, including "Gerontology: Perspectives and Issues (3rd and 4th editions)", "Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations", "Life Course Perspectives on Military Service" and "Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policies". Professor Wilmoth teaches Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Research, Statistics for the Social Sciences, and Sociology of Aging and the Life Course.

Scott Landes

Scott Landes

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Sociology Department

O’Hanley Faculty Scholar

Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

320B Lyman Hall
315.443.3457 | sdlandes@syr.edu

Yingyi Ma

Yingyi Ma

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology Department

Director, Asian/Asian American Studies

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Advisory Board Member, East Asia Program

426 Eggers Hall
315.443.3716 | yma03@syr.edu

Staff

Janet M. Coria

Janet M. Coria

Administrative Specialist, Sociology Department

302 Maxwell Hall
315.443.2347 | jmcoria@syr.edu

Janet Coria is the administrative assistant in the Sociology Department. She has worked at the University for 26 years; 12 of them in Falk College Marriage & Family Therapy and 14 in the Sociology Department. She has a B.A. degree in sociology from LeMoyne College and is a lifelong resident of Syracuse. She is responsible for the department budgets and for scheduling classes. She works closely with the graduate students and assists with admissions, submitting TA and fellowship information and degree certification. She assists with faculty searches and part-time instructor postings. She has two children and two grandchildren and is a huge Syracuse basketball fan.

Nicole Perrigo

Nicole Perrigo

Office Coordinator, Sociology Department

302 Maxwell Hall
315.443.2346 | njperrig@syr.edu

Sociology Department
302 Maxwell Hall