UCI Faculty and Scholars
Ed Amenta
Professor of Sociology
Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development
ea3@uci.edu
949-824-2143
Political Sociology, Historical and Comparative Sociology, Social Movements, Social Policy, Formal Qualitative Methods, Sport
Mario Barnes
Professor of Law
mbarnes2@uci.edu
949-824-7230
Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, National Security Law, Race and the Law
Courtney Cahill
Professor of Law
cahillcm@uci.edu
949-824-1051
Constitutional Law, Anti-discrimination Law, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality, LGBTQ Equality
Simone Chambers
Professor and Chair of Political Science
949-824-3187
sechambe@uci.edu
Democratic Theory, Ethics, Secularism, Rhetoric, Civility and the Public Sphere
Michelle Deutchman
Executive Director of UC National Center for Free Speech & Civic Engagement
m.deutchman@uci.edu
David John Frank
Professor and Chair of Sociology
949-824-1117
frankd@uci.edu
Globalization, Sexuality, the Natural Environment, Higher Education
Howard Gillman
Chancellor of UC Irvine
Professor of Law, Political Science, and History
chancellor@uci.edu
949-824-5111
American Constitutionalism, Judicial Politics
David T. Goldberg
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology
goldberg@uci.edu
949-824-8180
Race and Racism, Social and Political Theory, Social-Legal Studies/Law and Society, South Africa
Jon Gould
Dean of the School of Social Ecology
Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
jon.gould@uci.edu
949-824-5466
Hate Speech, Hate Crime, Justice Policy, Social Change and Government Reform, Erroneous Convictions, Indigent Defense, Prosecutorial Innovation, Sexual Harassment and International Human Rights
David Kaye
Director of International Justice Clinic
dkaye@law.uci.edu
949-824-2427
Public International Law, International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights, International Criminal Justice, the Law Governing Use of Force, and Freedom of Expression
Claire Jean Kim
Professor of Political Science and Asian American Studies
949-824-3192
cjkim@uci.edu
Race, Asian American Politics, Black Politics, Social Movements, Immigration, Human-Animal studies
Jeffrey Kopstein
Professor of Political Science
Academic Advisory Board Member, UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement
kopstein@uci.edu
Comparative Politics, Dictatorship and Democracy, Ethnic Politics, Political Violence, Post-communism
Charis E. Kubrin
Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
ckubrin@uci.edu
949-824-0704
Rap on Trial, Crime and Crime Trends, Immigration and Crime; Criminal Justice Reform, Culture and Crime; Race/Ethnicity and Violence
Julia Lerch
Assistant Professor of Sociology
lerchj@uci.edu
Sociology of Education, Global and Transnational Sociology, Education and Citizenship, Higher Education, Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies, International Organizations, Globalization
Mary McThomas
Associate Professor of Political Science
mary.mcthomas@uci.edu
Immigration, Theories of Citizenship, Feminist Political Theory, Gender and Politics
David S. Meyer
Professor of Sociology
dmeyer@uci.edu
949-824-1475
Social Movements, Public Policy, Peace & War, Social Justice
Austen Parrish
Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law
aparrish@law.uci.edu
949-824-7722
Transnational Law and Litigation, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Federal Courts
Allison Perlman
Assistant Professor of Film & Media Studies, History
aperlman@uci.edu
949-824-6521
History of Broadcasting, American Social Movements, Media Law and Policy, Media Activism, Popular Memory
Francesca Polletta
Professor of Sociology
polletta@uci.edu
949-824-5041
Social Movements, Democracy, Culture, Gender, Social Theory
Ruben Rumbaut
Distinguished Professor of Sociology
rrumbaut@uci.edu
949-824-2495
International Migration, Education, Inequality, Mobility, Race and Ethnicity, Bilingualism, Generations, Transitions to Adulthood
David A. Snow
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology
dsnow@uci.edu
949-824-9323
Collective Behavior and Social Movements, Social Psychology, Urban, Social Problems, Culture and Qualitative Methods
Evan Schofer
Professor of Sociology
949-824-3197
schofer@uci.edu
Comparative Political Sociology, Sociology of Education, Quantitative Methods and Statistics, Globalization, Sociology of the Environment, Organizations, Sociology of Science
Charles Anthony Smith
Professor of Political Science and Law
casmith@uci.edu
949-824-5403
Law and Legal Institutions, Comparative and International Law
Yang Su
Professor of Sociology
su.yang@uci.edu
949-824-2545
Social Movements and Collective Action, Political Sociology, China’s Political Transition
Jon Wiener
Professor of History
wiener@uci.edu
949-824-6521
Recent American History, Cold War Culture
