Faculty & Lecturers

Academic Council Faculty

Department of Economics Faculty profile page (Ram Abramitzky)
Senior Associate Dean of the Social Sciences, Professor of Economics
ranabr@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Economic History; Applied Microeconomics; Labor Economics; Immigration and Income Inequality
Urban Studies profile page (Image: Michelle Wilde Anderson)
Professor of Law; Doerr School of Sustainability
mwa@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
State and Local Governance (Urban Policy, City Planning, Local Democracy, Public Finance); Local Governance of Urban and Rural High Poverty Areas; Legal Causes of Concentrated Poverty and Fiscal Crisis
Asad L. Asad
Assistant Professor of Sociology
asadasad@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Social Stratification; Migration and Immigrant Incorporation; Race and Ethnicity; Sociology of Health and Medicine; Sociology of Law
Graduate School of Education profile page (Image: Eric Bettinger)
Professor of Education; Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute
ebetting@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Access and Equity; Applied Econometrics; Applied Statistics in Educational Research; Design Experiments; Economics of Education; Education Policy; Evaluation; Higher Education; Research Methods; State and Federal Education Policy
School of Engineering profile web page (image: Sarah Billington)
Chair and Professor of Civil and Environental Engineering; Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment
billington@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Impact of building design, materials, and symbols on human wellbeing; Building management systems and impact of built features on community wellbeing; Performance-based durability engineering
Sociology faculty web page (Image: Sarah Brayne)
Associate Professor of Sociology
sbrayne@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Crime, Law, and Deviance; Race and Ethnicity; Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility; Health; Sociology of Health and Medicine; Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology
Stanford Law School faculty profile page (Image: Juliet Brodie)
Professor of Law; Director of Stanford Community Law Clinic; Haas Center for Public Service
jmbrodie@law.stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Access to Justice; Clinical Education; Inequality; Public Interest Law; Public Interest Practice; Welfare and Poverty Law
Bryan Brown
Professor of Education
brbrown@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Diversity and Identity; Science Education and Access in Urban Communities; Teachers and Teaching
Art and Art History profile page (Image: Scott Bukatman)
Professor of Film and Media Studies, Art and Art History
xbody@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Critical Theory and Popular Media; Embodied / Perceptual Experience in Contemporary Culture; Bodily Utopia; Hyperbole in General.
Political Science faculty profile page (Image: Bruce E. Cain)
Professor of Political Science; Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West
bcain@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
American Politics; Political Theory
Sociology faculty profile web page (Image: Matt Clair)
Assistant Professor of Sociology
mclair@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Sociology of Law; Race and Ethnicity; Inequality; Culture; Criminal Justice; Courts; Organizations, Occupations, and Work
Anthropology Faculty profile page (Image: Emma Crane Shaw)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
emmasc@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Americas, Environmental Justice, Public and Community-Engaged Anthropology, Race and Racism, War, Materialism, and Carceral Studies
Center for Nature and Society faculty profile page (Image: Gretchen C. Daily)
Professor of Biology; Director of the Center for Nature & Society; Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
gdaily@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Conservation Science; Countryside Biogeography; Dynamics of Biodiversity Change; Valuation of Ecosystem Services; Policy and Financial Analysis for Integrating Conservation and Human Development
Personal website (Image: Alberto Diaz-Cayeros)
Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
albertod@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Federalism; Poverty Relief; Indigenous Governance: Political Economy of Health: Violence, and Citizen Security in Mexico and Latin America
Faculty profile page (Image: Paulla Ebron)
Associate Professor of Anthropology
pebron@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Culture as a Commodity; Memory and History; Feminism / Difference / Performance; Environmental Justice; Historical African Diaspora
History faculty profile page (Image: Paula Findlen)
Professor of History
pfindlen@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Early History of Science and Medicine; Renaissance Italy; Relations among Gender Culture and Knowledge
Communications faculty profile page (Image: James Fishkin)
Professor of Communications; Director of the Deliberative Democracy Lab; Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
jfishkin@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Deliberative Polling; International Communication;
English Department faculty profile page (Image: Shelley Fisher Fishkin)
Professor of English
sfishkin@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
American Studies; Effects of Journalism on American Writers’ Poetry and Fiction; African American Voices on Canonical American literature; Transnational Studies
Religious Studies faculty profile page (Image: Charlotte Fonrobert)
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
fonrober@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Judaism: Talmudic Literature and Culture; Gender in Jewish Culture; Judaism & Christianity in Late Antiquity; Discourses of Orthodoxy vs. Heresy
Stanford Law School faculty profile page (Image: Richard Thompsonj Ford)
Professor of Law
rford@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Civil Rights and Anti-Discrimination Law; Political and Legal Boundaries as Instruments of Social Regulation and Cultural Phenomena; Race and Multiculturalism
History Faculty Profile Page (Image: Frank Zephyr)
Professor of History
zfrank@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Social History of Brazil; Latin American Economic History; Wealth and Inequality; Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Anthropology Faculty Profile Page (Image: Angela Garcia)
Professor of Anthropology
garcia2@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Medical and Psychological Anthropology; Violence, Suffering and Care; Addiction, Morality and Science; Subjectivity; United States, Mexico.
Catherine Gorle Civil and Environmental Engineering profile page (an image of Catherine Gorle)
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
gorle@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Development of Predictive Flow Simulations to Support Design of Sustainable Buildings and Cities
Sociology faculty profile page (Image: David Grusky)
Chair and Professor of Sociology; Director of the Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality
grusky@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Stratification; Quantitative Methodology; Race Class and Gender
Anthropology faculty profile page (Image: Thomas Hansen)
Professor of Anthropology
tbhansen@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
South Asia and Southern Africa; Cities; Political Theory and Continental Philosophy; Psychoanalysis; Comparative Religion; Contemporary Urbanism
History department faculty profile pages (Image: Gabrielle Hecht)
Professor of History
ghecht@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
African History and Anthropology; Science and Technology Studies; Nuclear Studies; French History
History faculty profile page (Image: Allyson Hobbs)
Professor of History
ahobbs@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
African American Social and Cultural History; African American Women's History; Twentieth Century American History
Sociology faculty profile page (Image: Jackelyn Hwang)
Professor of Sociology
jihwang@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Urban Sociology; Race and Ethnicity; Inequality; and Immigration
Anthropology department faculty profile page (Image: Miyako Inoue)
Associate Professor of Anthropology
minoue@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Linguistic Anthropology; Anthropology of Japan; Language and Gender; Media Technologies
Anthropology faculty profile page (Image: Lochlann Jain)
Professor of Anthropology
sarjain@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Medical Anthropology; Design; Injury; Mobility
Civil Engineering faculty web page (Image: Rishee Jain)
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
risheej@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Socio-spatial Dynamics of Commercial Building Energy Usage; Data-driven Benchmarking; Sustainability Urban Planning
History faculty web page (Image: Rachel Jean-Baptist)
Professor of History
rjeanbaptiste@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Gender and Sexuality, Legal History, Social History
Tomás Jiménez
Professor of Sociology; Director Stanford Institute for Advancing Just Societies
tjimenez@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Immigration; Race and Ethnicity; Inequality, Poverty and Mobility; Assimilation; Mexican Americans
Stanford profiles (Image: Abby C. King)
Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, and of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center)
Topics of interest
Behavioral Theory and Social Ecology; Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Social Environments on Health Behaviors and Outcomes
Stanford profile (Image: Kimcho Law)
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
law@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Computational and Information Science in Engineering; Numerical Methods, Analysis and Simulation of Large-Scale Systems; Computer-aided Designn,
Civil Engineering faculty profile page (Image: Michael Lepech)
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
mlepech@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Sustainable Integrated Materials, Structures, Systems (SIMSS) Framework; Smart Cities and Urban Sustainabilty
Graduate School of Education faculty profile page (Image: Ira Lit)
Professor of Education
iralit@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Teacher Education; Elementary Education; Educational Equity; Design and Purpose of Education and Schooling
Anthropology faculty profile web site
Professor of Anthropology
luhrmann@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Anthropology of Religion; Medical Anthropology; Science and Technology Studies
Political Science faculty profile page (Image: Beatriz Magaloni)
Professor of International Relations
magaloni@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Comparative Politics; Poverty; Violence; Governance; Human Rights
School of Education faculty profile: (Image: Ramón Martinez)
Associate Professor of Education
ramonmtz@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Language, Race, and Ideology in K-12 Public School; Literacy Learning Among Multilingual Children and Youth
Graduate School of Education profile page (Image: Daniel McFarland)
Professor of Education
mcfarland@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Organizational Characteristics Schools and Classrooms; Social Networks; Micro-Sociology; Social Dynamics
Stanford profiles page (Image: Jisha Menon)
Professor of International Studies and of Theater and Performance Studies
jmenon@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Critical Theory and Performance Studies; Law and Humanities; Affect Theory, Cities, and Capitalism; Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism
History faculty professor profile (Image: Ana Raquel Minian Andjel)
Professor of History
aminian@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Latin America, Transnational, International and Global History; United States
Classsics professor profile page (Image: Ian Morris)
Professor of Classics
imorris@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Ancient Greek Archeology; Cultural and Economic History; Excavation Monte Polizzo
Dept. of Economics faculty profile pages (Image: Melanie Morten)
Professor of Economics
memorten@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Development Economics; Migration and Labor Mobility; Global Inequality; Spacial Economics; Causal Inference in Economics
Political Science faculty profile page (Image: Josiah Ober)
Professor of Political Science and of Classics; Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute
jober@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Athenian Democracy; Greek Political Thought; Politics of Knowledge and Innovation; Relationship between Democracy and Inherent Human Capacities
School of Engineering faculty profile page (Image: Nicholas Ouellette)
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
nto@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
The Environmental Complexity Lab studies self-organization in a variety of complex systems, ranging from turbulent fluid flows to granular materials to collective motion in animal groups.
Classics faculty profile page (Image: Grant Parker)
Associate Professor of Classics and of African and African American Studies
grparker@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Latin; Roman Imperial Culture; Ancient Travel Literature; Classical Reception; Memorization and Public History - Rome and South Africa
Aeronautics and Astronautics profile page (image: Marco Pavone)
Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
pavone@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Development of Methodologies for the Analysis, Design, and Control of Autonomous Systems, Emphasis on Self-Driving Cars, Autonomous Aerospace Vehicles, and Future Mobility Systems
Graduate School of Education faculty profile page (Image: Francis A. Pearman)
Assistant Professor of Education
apearman@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Poverty and Inequality; Race and Ethnicity; Research Methods; Early Childhood; Educational Policy
English faculty profile page (Image: Peggy Phelan)
Professor of Theater and Performance Studies and of English
pphelan@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
American and British Literature; Poetry; Drama/Theater; Performance
Graduate School of Education faculty profile page (Image: Woody Powell)
Professor of Education
woodyp@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Civil Society; Role of Non-Profit Organizations in Urban Life; Higher Education; Leadership and Organization
African and African American Studies (Image: Prof. Ato Quayson)
Chair and Professor of African and African American Studies and of English
aquayson@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
African Literature; Post Colonial Literature; Shakespeare; Tragedy
Education faculty profile page (Image: Sean Reardon)
Professor of Education
sean.reardon@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
School Segregation; Race/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Achievement Disparities; Neighborhood Influences of Child Development
Economics Faculty profile page (Image: Stephen Redding)
Professor of Economics
reddings@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
International Trade, Productivity and Economic Development, Urban and Transportation Economics
History faculty profile page (Image: Pedro Regalado)
Assistant Professor of History
pedror@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Cultural History; Economic and Financial History; Labor History: Urban History; Race and Ethnicity
Political Science faculty profile page (Image: Rob Reich)
Political Science, Education
reich@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Contemporary Liberal Theory; Intersection of Political Theory and Educational Theory
Stanford faculty profile page (Image: Laura Roberts)
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
robertsl@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Bioethics; Psychiatry; Medicine; Health Policy; Physical and Mental Illness; Societal Implications for Genetic Innovation; Role of Stigma in Health Disparities
Political Science faculty profile page (Image: Jonathan Rodder)
Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Researc
jrodden@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Comparative Political Economy of Institutions; Political Geography and Electoral Districts
Stanford faculty profiles (Image: Jonathan Rosa)
Professor of Education and Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
jdrosa@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Race and Racialization; Youth Socialization; Education; Semiotics; Language Ideologies; Multilingual and Multimodal Communication; (Im)migration; Diaspora; Latina/o Identity; U.S. and Latin America
Michael Rosenfeld personal website (Image: Michael Rosenfeld)
Professor of Sociology
michael.rosenfeld@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Family; Population and Demography; Sociology of Sex and Gender; Quantitative Methods; Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Classics faculty profile page (Image: Walter Scheidel)
Professor of Classics and History
scheidel@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Ancient Social and Economic History; Pre-Modern Historical Demography; Comparative and Interdisciplinary World History
Classics faculty profile page (Image: Michael Shanks)
Professor of Classics; Founding Faculty of the Stanford Archeology Center
mshanks@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Ancient Greek Archeology; Ancient Roman Archeology; Classical Art; Classical Reception; Digital Humanities
Sociology faculty profile page (Image: Forrest Stuart)
Faculty Director of Urban Studies; Professor of Sociology, Director of Stanford Ethnography Lab
fstuart@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Urban Sociology; Crime and Policing; Culture; Digital Media; Ethnography
Jenny Suckale
Associate Professor of Geophysics
jsuckale@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Disaster Risk and Resilience; Natural Hazards; Multiphase Flow Dynamics; Equity in Hazard Response
Classics faculty profile page (Image: Jennifer Trimble)
Associate Professor of Classics
trimble@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Ancient Roman Archeology; Ancient Roman History; Dynamics of Urban Space.
Communication profile page (Image: Fred Turner)
Chair and Professor of Communication
fturner@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Digital Media Journalism and American Culture; Media, Politics, and Cultural Narratives
Anthropology faculty profile page (Image: Barbara Voss)
Professor of Anthropology
bvoss@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Intersections of Archaeology Anthropology; Feminist Studies; Critical Race Studies; History of Human Sexuality
History Profile page (Image: Ali Yaycıoğlu)
Associate Professor of History
ayayciog@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Early Modern Europe; Middle East and Central Asia; Transnational, International, and Global History
History faculty profile pages (Image: Steven Zipperstein)
Professor of History
Steven.zipperstein@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Modern Jewish History; History of Zionism; Russian and East European Jewish History; Biography

Lecturers

Melanie Edwards
Urban Studies
Melanie.Edwards@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Social Entrepreneurship; Community Based Digital Data Collection; International Management Development and Consulting.
Urban Studies profile website (Image: Delan (Danno) Glanz)
Urban Studies
dehanglanz@gmail.com
Topics of interest
Architecture; Urban Design; Urban Planning; Transit as a Fundamental Means of Transportation.
Urban Studies profile page (Image: Clayton Hurd)
Urban Studies, Haas Center for Public Service
churd@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Community Engaged Research
Urban Studies profile page: (Image: Kathleen Kelly)
Urban Studies
Topics of interest
Social Innovation; Philanthropy; Public-Private Partnerships; Human Rights; Social Entrepreneurship
Urban Studies profile page (Image: Michael Kahan)
Co-Director of Urban Studies; Lecturer Urban Studies and Sociology
mkahan@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Urban and Social History; Street Life; Urban Space
Urban Studies profile page (Image: Richard Kos)
Urban Studies
rickkos@gmail.com
Topics of interest
Urban Sustainability; Community Engagement; Geographic Information Systems; Coordinated Land Use and Transportation Planning
Urban Studies profile page (Image: Jennifer LeSar)
Urban Studies
Topics of interest
Community Development; Real Estate Development; Investment Banking; Eco-System Change Management; Organizational Strategy
Taylor McAdam
Urban Studies
taylormcadam13@gmail.com
Topics of interest
Transportation Policy and Planning; Transit Planning; Community Outreach and Engagement; Equity; Implementation Strategy; Community-Based Plans
Urban Studies profile page (Image: Marisa Raya)
Urban Studies
marisa.b.raya@gmail.com
Topics of interest
Regional and Urban Planning; Equity and Public Accountability; Community Development; Rural Land Use; Restoration
Urban Studies profile pages (Image: Dan Rich)
Urban Studies, Bill Lane Center
danrich@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Land Use; Equitable Development and Sustainable Planning; Local Government Management Issues
Urban Studies Profile Page (Image: Laura Scher)
Working Assets, Urban Studies
laura.scher@gmail.com
Topics of interest
Social Entrepreneurship.
Urban Studies profile page (Image: Katie Ulvestad)
Urban Studies
ulvestad@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Social Sector and Social Investments
Urban Studies profile page (Image: Tracey Weisler)
Urban Studies, Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow
taw61@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
International Digital Economy Policy
Urban Studies profile page (Image: Mark Wolf)
Urban Studies
mrw@mrwolfeassociates.com
Topics of interest
Urban Economics; Land Use Law; Environmental Law; Urban Planning

Other Affiliates

Urban Studies profile page (Image: Thomas Beischer)
Architectural History
beisch@hotmail.com
Topics of interest
Architectural History and Theory; Art.
Urban Studies profile pages (Image: Claudia Engel)
Anthropology, Stanford Libraries
cengel@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
The innovative potential of new technologies for teaching and research with a focus on mobile technologies; spatial analysis; and GIS.
Urban Studies profile pages (Image: Anne Guerry)
Woods Research Natural Capital Project
anne.guerry@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Sustainable Liveable Cities and Urban Nature; Ecosystem Services and Nature-Based Solutions; Policy; Urban Planning
Reglab profile page (Image: Derek Ouyang)
Geophysics
douyang1@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Civil and Environmental Engineering; Architectural Design; Structural Engineering; Geomechanics
Urban Studies profile pages (Image: Lisa Marie Swan)
Program in Writing and Rhetoric
lswan@stanford.edu
Topics of interest
Composition Pedagogy; Equity; Faculty Professional Development
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