
Edwin Ackerman
Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Director, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean
Areas of Expertise

Aaron Benanav
Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Winter 2015

Sean J. Drake
Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2017
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Areas of Expertise

Selina Gallo-Cruz
Associate Professor and Graduate Director, Sociology Department
Research Co-Director, Advocacy and Activism
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Research Affiliate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Marc A. Garcia
Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 2015
Areas of Expertise

Madonna Harrington Meyer
University Professor, Sociology Department
Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise

Gabriela Kirk-Werner
Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Law and society, sociology of punishment, criminal legal system, qualitative methods

Prema Kurien
Professor, Sociology Department
Director, Senior Research Associate and Advisory Board Member, South Asia Center
Senior Research Associate, Sovereignty, Order and Conflict Working Group
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Areas of Expertise

Scott Landes
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
O’Hanley Faculty Scholar
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2014
Areas of Expertise

Andrew S. London
Professor, Sociology Department
Associate Dean for Research, Maxwell School
Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise

Amy Lutz
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise

Yingyi Ma
Professor, Sociology Department
Director, Asian/Asian American Studies
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, East Asia Program
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Program at Brookings
Areas of Expertise

Shannon Monnat
Professor, Sociology Department
Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Director and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Co-Director, Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab
Research Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise
Rural demography, social and structural determinants of health and health disparities, spatial differences in morbidity and mortality

Jennifer Karas Montez
University Professor, Sociology Department
Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies
Director, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Co-Director of the Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise


Arthur Paris
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Advisory Board Member and Research Affiliate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean
Areas of Expertise

Gretchen Purser
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Research Co-Director, Advocacy and Activism
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Director of the Law, Society and Policy Integrated Learning Major
Areas of Expertise

Rebecca Schewe
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Areas of Expertise

Merril Silverstein
Professor and Chair, Sociology Department
Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Falk College
Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor in Aging
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise

Haowei Wang
Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise

Janet M. Wilmoth
Professor, Sociology Department
Director, Aging Studies Institute
Dissemination Core Lead, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research