USC Faculty Experts

Department of Sociology

Faculty are sorted by name and area of expertise. Contact Peggy Binette by phone (777-5400) or email for assistance in arranging interviews.

Sorted by area of expertise

... SORTED BY NAME

Mathieu Deflem - terrorism and counter-terrorism, international police cooperation, criminal justice, abortion, Internet technology, homeland security, international law, national security

Ronald Maris - suicidology, psychiatry and sociological theory

Barry Markovsky - justice, group dynamics, social influences on beliefs in paranormal claims, judgments, perceptions of fairness in work settings and power in social networks

Patrick Nolan - firearms; second amendment rights; gun control; assault-weapons ban; long term trends in political, social, economic and sexual inequality in human societies; Marx's theories of society and history, including Marxist (totalitarian) societies as social experiments; paranormal claims such as ESP, crop circles and UFOs.

Shane Thye - commitment in exchange networks, power from status in bargaining relations, status organizing processes, collective action in social traps, paranormal beliefs, social psychology, commitment in relationships.

Sorted by name

... SORTED BY AREA OF EXPERTISE

Abortion - Mathiew Deflem
Assault-weapons ban - Patrick Nolan
Bargaining relationships (power from status in) - Shane Thye
Criminal justice - Mathiew Deflem
Economic inequality (trends in) - Patrick Nolan
Exchange networks (commitment in) - Shane Thye
Fairness (perceptions of, in work settings) - Barry Markovsky
Firearms - Patrick Nolan
Group dynamics - Barry Markovsky
Gun control - Patrick Nolan
Homeland security - Mathiew Deflem
International law - Mathiew Deflem
International police cooperation - Mathiew Deflem
Internet technology - Mathiew Deflem
Judgments - Barry Markovsky
Justice - Barry Markovsky
Marxism - Patrick Nolan
National security - Mathiew Deflem
Paranormal claims (social influences on beliefs in) - Barry Markovsky, Patrick Nolan, Shane Thye
Political inequality (trends in) - Patrick Nolan
Power (in social networks) - Barry Markovsky
Psychiatry and sociological theory - Ronald Maris
Relationships (commitment in) - Shane Thye
Second-amendment rights - Patrick Nolan
Sexual inequality (trends in) - Patrick Nolan
Social inequality (trends in) - Patrick Nolan
Social psychology - Shane Thye Social traps (collective action in) - Shane Thye
Status organizing processes - Shane Thye
Suicidology - Ronald Maris
Terrorism and counter-terrorism - Mathiew Deflem

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