Faculty Publications

UIC Sociology faculty write books, publish articles in top academic journals, author op-eds in national news outlets and blogs, and create and contribute to edited volumes. The department’s high productivity is impressive, both in publishing academic research and in engaging the public with that research.
Recent Books by Sociology Faculty Heading link

Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities, and Counterrevolution in Egypt
Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities, and Counterrevolution in Egypt by Atef Shahat Said

Families As They Really Are
Families As They Really Are by Virginia E. Rutter (Editor, Framingham State University), Kristi Williams (Editor, Ohio State University), Barbara J. Risman (Editor, University of Illinois, Chicago)

The Browning of the New South
The Browning of the New South by Dr. Jennifer Jones

The Western Disease
The Western Disease: Contesting Autism in the Somali Diaspora by Claire Laurier Decoteau

Neoliberal Apartheid
Neoliberal Apartheid: Palestine/Israel and South Africa after 1994 by Andy Clarno

Cycle of Segregation
Cycle of Segregation: Social Processes and Residential Stratification by Maria Krysan and Kyle Crowder

Despite the Best Intentions
Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools by Amanda E. Lewis and John B. Diamond

Where the Millennials Will Take Us
Where the Millennials Will Take Us: A New Generation Wrestles with the Gender Structure by Barbara Risman

From Deportation to Prison
From Deportation to Prison: The Politics of Immigration Enforcement in Post-Civil Rights America by Patrisia MacĂas-Rojas