Faculty and Staff

Full-Time Faculty

The Department of Sociology has eleven full-time faculty members and a number of affiliated faculty from diverse backgrounds as well as varied areas of expertise.

	Jay Livingston Professor and Chair Ph.D. (Psychology and Social Relations), Harvard University Interests: Culture; Social Psychology; Crime and Deviance 303 Dickson Hall; (973) 655-4131; livingstonj@mail.montclair.edu
	Faye Allard Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Pennsylvania Interests: Race and Ethnicity; Education; Urban Sociology; Qualitative Methodolgy; Gender 339 Dickson Hall; (973) 655-7944; allardf@mail.montclair.edu
	Yasemin Besen-Cassino Associate Professor Ph.D. (Sociology), State University of New York, Stony Brook Interests: Work and Labor; Youth; Gender; Quantitative Methodology; Ethnography 305 Dickson Hall; (973) 655-7229; beseny@mail.montclair.edu
	Christopher Donoghue Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Sociology), Fordham University, New York Interests: Aging and Health; Ethnic and Racial Prejudice; Social Psychology of Education 312 Dickson Hall; (973) 655-7227; donoghuec@mail.montclair.edu
	Benjamin F. Hadis Professor and Director, Minor in International Studies Ph.D. (Sociology), University of California, Los Angeles Interests: Development/Globalization; Population; Theory; Race and Ethnicity; Methods 306 Dickson Hall; (973) 655-7276; hadisb@mail.montclair.edu
	George Martin Professor Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Chicago Interests: Environmental and Urban Sociology 308 Dickson Hall; (973) 655-7231; martingt@mail.montclair.edu
	Marietta Morrissey Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Ph.D. (Sociology), Michigan State University Interests: State and Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 401 Dickson Hall; (973) 655-4314; morrisseym@mail.montclair.edu
	Sangeeta Parashar Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Maryland, College Park Interests: Demography; Development/Globalization; Sociology of Health 310 Dickson Hall; (973) 655-7168; parashars@mail.montclair.edu
	Janet Ruane Professor Ph.D. (Sociology), Rutgers University Interests: Research Methods; Popular Culture; Applied Sociologyy; Deviance and Social Control 309 Dickson Hall; (973) 655-7647; ruanej@mail.montclair.edu
	Yong Wang Associate Professor Ph. D. (Sociology), Iowa State University Interests: Theory; Cultural Sociology; Text Analysis; Statistics 311 Dickson Hall; (973) 655-7170; wangy@mail.montclair.edu
	Gilbert Zicklin Associate Professor Ph.D. (Sociology), University of California, Davis Interests: Sexuality; Family; LGBTQ Studies 313 Dickson Hall; (973) 655-4168; zickling@mail.montclair.edu