UCI Faculty and Scholars

Ed Amenta

Professor of Sociology
Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development

949-824-2143

Political Sociology, Historical and Comparative Sociology, Social Movements, Social Policy, Formal Qualitative Methods, Sport

Ed Amenta

Mario Barnes

Professor of Law
mbarnes2@uci.edu
949-824-7230

Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, National Security Law, Race and the Law

Mario Barnes

Courtney Cahill

Professor of Law
cahillcm@uci.edu
949-824-1051

Constitutional Law, Anti-discrimination Law, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality, LGBTQ Equality

Courtney Cahill

Simone Chambers

Professor and Chair of Political Science
949-824-3187
sechambe@uci.edu

Democratic Theory, Ethics, Secularism, Rhetoric, Civility and the Public Sphere

Simone Chambers

Michelle Deutchman

Executive Director of UC National Center for Free Speech & Civic Engagement
m.deutchman@uci.edu

Michelle Deutchman

David John Frank

Professor and Chair of Sociology
949-824-1117
frankd@uci.edu

Globalization, Sexuality, the Natural Environment, Higher Education

David John Frank

Howard Gillman

Chancellor of UC Irvine
Professor of Law, Political Science, and History

949-824-5111

American Constitutionalism, Judicial Politics

chancellor_gillman

David T. Goldberg

Distinguished Professor of Anthropology

949-824-8180

Race and Racism, Social and Political Theory, Social-Legal Studies/Law and Society, South Africa

David T. Goldberg

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

Jon Gould

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

David Kaye

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

Claire Jean Kim

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

Jeffrey Kopstein

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

Charis Kubrin

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

Julia Lerch

Mary McThomas

Associate Professor of Political Science
mary.mcthomas@uci.edu

Immigration, Theories of Citizenship, Feminist Political Theory, Gender and Politics

Mary McThomas

David S. Meyer

Professor of Sociology
dmeyer@uci.edu
949-824-1475

Social Movements, Public Policy, Peace & War, Social Justice

David S Meyer

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

Austen Parrish

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

Allison Perlman

Francesca Polletta

Professor of Sociology

949-824-5041

Social Movements, Democracy, Culture, Gender, Social Theory

Polletta

Ruben Rumbaut

Distinguished Professor of Sociology

949-824-2495

International Migration, Education, Inequality, Mobility, Race and Ethnicity, Bilingualism, Generations, Transitions to Adulthood

Ruben Rumbaut

David A. Snow

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology

949-824-9323

Collective Behavior and Social Movements, Social Psychology, Urban, Social Problems, Culture and Qualitative Methods

David A. Snow

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

Evan Schofer

Charles Anthony Smith

Professor of Political Science and Law
casmith@uci.edu
949-824-5403

Law and Legal Institutions, Comparative and International Law

Charles Anthony Smith

Yang Su

Professor of Sociology

949-824-2545

Social Movements and Collective Action, Political Sociology, China’s Political Transition

Yang Su

Jon Wiener

Professor of History
wiener@uci.edu
949-824-6521

Recent American History, Cold War Culture

Jon Wiener