Faculty
The Department of Sociology currently has nine faculty, and two emeritus faculty.
Stacy Lee Burns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology and Department Chair
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
J.D., Yale University
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Contact Information:
Office: University Hall 4319
Telephone 310.338.2712 Campus: 82712
e-mail: sburns@lmu.edu
Research Areas: Courts and Judges, Crime, Deviance and Mass Media, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Criminal and Civil Justice Studies, Sociology of Law
James D. Faught, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
B.A., San Jose State University
M.A., San Jose State University
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Contact Information:
Office: University Hall, 4321
Telephone: 310.338-2802 Campus: 82802
e-mail: jfaught@lmu.edu
Research Areas: Sociological Theory, Inequality, Political Sociology, Community
Peter R. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of Urban Studies
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles
M.A. University of Arizona
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Contact Information:
Office: University Hall.
Telephone: 310.338.7380; Campus: 87380
e-mail: phoffman@lmu.edu
Research Areas: Third-World development; Latin America; International tourism
Nadia Y. Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A. Sociology & English, University of California---Santa Barbara
M.A. Sociology, University of Michigan
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Michigan
Contact Information:
Office: University Hall, 4315
Telephone: 310.338.2810 Campus: 82810
e-mail: nkim1@lmu.edu
Research Areas: Immigration, Asian/Asian American Studies, Gender, Race and Class, Globalization Culture and Media
Eric Magnuson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Sociology & Philosophy, Brown University
M.A., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Contact Information:
Office: University Hall, 4316
Telephone: 310.338.1755; Campus: 81755
e-mail: emagnuson@lmu.edu
Research Areas: Masculinities; Media and Society; Sociology of Work and Occupations.
David Marple, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Western Kentucky University
M.A., The University of Albany
Ph.D. University of Cincinnati
Contact Information:
Office: University Hall, 4317
Telephone: 310.338.2818; Campus: 82818
e-mail: dmarple@lmu.edu dmarple@yahoo.com
Research Areas: Sociology of Leisure & Sport; Sociology of Emotions; Urban Sociology; Social Psychology
Anna Muraco, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., University of Santa Clara
M.A., San Jose State University
Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Contact Information
Office: University Hall, 4329
Telephone: 310.338-1754 Campus: 81754
e-mail: amuraco@lmu.edu
Research Areas: Aging/lifecourse, Family, Social Psychology, Sexualities, and Gender
Rebecca Sager, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., University of California, San Diego
M.A., University of Arizona
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Contact Information:
Office: University Hall, 4318
Telephone: 310.338.2811 Campus: 82811
e-mail: rsager@lmu.edu resager@gmail.com
Research Areas: Social Movements, Sociology of Religion
Rachel Washburn
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz in Politics
Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
Contact Information:
Office: University Hall 4327
Telephone: 310.338.1794 campus:81794
e-mail: Rachel.Washburn@lmu.edu
Research Areas: Medical Sociology, Environmental Health, U.S.-Mexico Border, Science and Technology Studies