The Department of Sociology currently has eleven faculty, and two emeritus faculty.

James D. Faught, Ph.D.Professor of Sociology and Department Chair
 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

Stacy Lee Burns, Ph.D.

 Professor of Sociology
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

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
Web Page: www.nadiakimacademic.net

Research Areas: Immigration, Asian/Asian American Studies, Gender, Race and Class, Globalization Culture and Media

Stephanie A. Limoncelli, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas
M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Contact Information:
Office: University Hall, 4326
Telephone: 310.338.2312 Campus:82312
e-mail:stephanie.limoncelli@lmu.edu
Web page:http://limoncelli.wordpress.com/


Research Areas: Global and Transnational Sociology, Gender, Labor, Poverty,Comparative Sociology, Sociological Theory

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 ofEmotions; 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
Web Page: http://myweb.lmu.edu/amuraco

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.eduresager@gmail.com

Research Areas: Social Movements, Sociology of Religion

Mona Seymour, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Urban Studies
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., University of Southern California

Contact Information:
Office: University Hall, 4328
Telephone: 310.338.2814 Campus: 82814
e-mail: Mona.Seymour@lmu.edu


Research Areas: Human Dimensions of Environmental Sustainability, Urban Greenspace and Environmental Justice, Animal Geographies

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