Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Faculty and Staff

  • Sherri-Ann P. Butterfield

    Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology; Associate Director, Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology
    Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience


    Sherri-Ann P....

  • Anne-Marie Cantwell

    Emeritus Professor of Anthropology
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    Archaeology; North American Indigenous Peoples; Development of Complex Societies

    I am an archaeologist and my field...

  • Aldo Civico

    Assistant Professor of Anthropology; Director, International Institute for Peace
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    Sociocultural and political anthropology; Latin America (with a focus on Colombia); political violence; armed conflict; narco...

  • Ira Cohen

    Associate Professor of Sociology
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    I am a social theorist with extensive commitments to research and education in classical and contemporary theory and social...

  • R. Brian Ferguson

    Professor of Anthropology
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    Cultural Anthropology; The Anthropology of War; Ethnic Conflict; State-Tribe Interaction; Policing; Puerto Rico

    My...

  • Clayton Hartjen

    Professor of Sociology
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    Comparative/International Criminology and Juvenile Delinquency.

    Current Research: Comparative analysis of juvenile...

  • Carol E. Henderson

    Faculty Associate in Anthropology
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

    I study culture and power in South Asia.  Key to this focus is investigation of issues linked to landscape, memory, and discourse. ...

  • Alex Hinton

    Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    Sociocultural and psychological anthropology; genocide and political violence; Southeast Asia (with a focus on Cambodia);...

  • Douglas S Irvin

    Graduate Student Instructor
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    I am a social scientist interested in mass violence and peace-building, with a focus on International Humanitarian Law. My...

  • Diana Karafin

    Assistant Professor of Sociology
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    Diana recently joined the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Rutgers University Newark after completing her Ph.D. in...

  • DIANA KARAFIN

    Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Rutgers University-Newark
    Faculty
    Center for Migration and the Global City
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    Diana recently joined the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Rutgers University Newark after...

  • Jamie Lew

    Associate Professor
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    Jamie Lew is associate professor of sociology at Rutgers—Newark. She received her Ph.D. in comparative education and...

  • JAMIE LEW

    Associate Professor Department of Sociology Rutgers University-Newark
    Faculty
    Center for Migration and the Global City
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    Jamie Lew is Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey. She received her...

  • Sean T. Mitchell

    Assistant Professor of Anthropology
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    I am a cultural anthropologist. My ethnographically-based work focuses on science and technology studies; race and ethnicity;...

  • Samantha Munoz

    Student Assistant
    Staff
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology
  • Shipra Prasad

    Student Assistant
    Staff
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology
  • S. Priyadarsini

    Associate Research Professor
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    Research Interests: Research Interests include the Indian Family, International and Comparative Delinquency and Juvenile Justice...

  • Isaias Rojas-Perez

    Assistant Professor of Anthropology
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    Sociocultural anthropology; anthropological theory and methods; Andean anthropology (with a focus on Peru); anthropology of...

  • Kurt Schock

    Associate Professor of Sociology and Global Affairs
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

     

    Research Interests

    Civil resistance, social movements, political sociology, and...

  • Genese Sodikoff

    Assistant Professor of Anthropology
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    Political ecology; conservation; international development; colonialism and postcolonialism; human-animal relations; extinction...

  • Dawn Wilson

    Department Administrator for Sociology and Anthropology
    Staff
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology
  • Elizabeth Ziff

    Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
    Faculty
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology

     

    I am a sociologist of embodiment and the family with a focus on the intersection of race, class and gender.  I am...