Faculty Publications

The literature on Ali Shariati, “the ideologue’’ of ‘‘the Iranian revolution,” and his arguments about women presents varied views, including rejection, criticism, and confirmation. While this literature is instructive, it primarily interprets Shariati’s texts from today’s socio-political...

This paper analyzes the lives of whom I call poli-creatives and how they reimagine space making and urban autonomy across greater Los Angeles through a queer and feminist praxis of collective care. Using women of color feminisms, queer of color critique, and transnational feminisms, this paper...

Jacob Richardson, “Silence, Shame, and Disrupting Heteronormative Ethics in Sexualities Research: Autoethnographic Reflections of a Queer Researcher” Quinesha Bentley, “No Legislation No Protection: How Volunteers Advocate Against Structural Dimensions of Gender-...

Nehal Elmeligy, a Sociology PhD candidate, has been awarded the Honorable Mention for the 2023 Distinguished Article Award from the American Sociological Society for her article “Airing Egypt’s Dirty Laundry: BuSSy’s Storyelling as Feminist Social Change.”   

Jose Atiles is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Atiles recently had an article titled "Coloniality of Anti-Corruption: Whiteness, Disasters, and the US Anti-Corruption Policies in Puerto Rico" published in the Sociological...

Ghassan Moussawi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Dr. Moussawi had an article published in the journal Feminist Formations titled "In Defense of Specters: Ambivalent Mourning as Queer Affect". To read the full...

Dr. Kevin Leicht is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Leicht has recently been working on developing an app to alert health care professionals to misinformation on social media. To learn more about this development, click...

Dr. Kevin Leicht is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Leicht recently had a new paper published in The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences titled "The Presentation of Self in Virtual Life: Disinformation Warnings and...

Dr. Tim Liao is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Liao recently had a new paper published titled "A Study of cumulative COVID-19 Mortality Trends Associated with Ethnic-Racial Composition, Income Inequality, and Party Inclination among...

Dr. Tim Liao is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Liao recently had a new paper published in International Migration Review  titled "Fertility of Female Filipino and Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong". To read...

Dr. Tim Liao is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Dr. Liao published a new paper titled "Linked Labor Force Trajectories: Empirical Evidence From Dual-Parent Families in the United States and Australia". To read the full article...

Dr. Zsuzsa Gille is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois, at Urbana Champaign. Recently, Dr. Gille had an article published titled "The Socialocene: From Capitalocene to Transnational Waste Regimes", to read the full article, click...

Brian F. O'Neill is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Recently, Brian F. O'Neill just had a new article released titled "Desalination as a New Frontier of Environmental Justice Struggle: A Dialogue with Oscar Rodriguez and Andrea...

Asef Bayat is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Professor Bayat was interviewed by the Academic Journal of Protest, click here to read the full interview.  Abstract: Asef Bayat is...

Dr. Tim Liao is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Dr. Liao published a new paper titled "Sequence Analysis: Its Past, Present, and Future". To read the full piece, click...

Miguel A. Avalos and Ghassan Moussawi recently published a co-authored paper titled  "(Re)framing the emerging mobility regime at the U.S.-Mexico borderlands: Covid-19, temporality, and racial capitalism". Miguel A. Avalos is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in...

Dr. Tim Liao is the Department Head at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Sociology. Recently, Dr. Liao had a new paper published titled "Understanding Anti-COVID-19 Vaccination Protest Slogans in the US". To read the full piece, click...

Brian F. O'Neill is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Recently, Brian F. O'Neill had a new piece published titled "Water for whom? Desalination and the cooptation of the environmental justice frame in Southern California". Click...

Brian F. O'Neill is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Recently, Brian F. O'Neill had a new sociology piece published titled "Demystifying the Global 'Just Transition' - On Power Struggles and Electric Mountains". Click...

Leslie Miller is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Leslie Miller had one of her dissertation articles published titled "Marginalization in the Medical Encounter: Ostomy Patients Experience of Perceived...

Ghassan Moussawi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Professor Moussawi received an award on his co-authored article "A Queer Sociology: On Power, Race, and Decentering Whiteness”. Click...

Amirhossein Teimourigerdeh is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Amirhossein had an article published titled "The Mahdavī Society: The Rise of Millennialism in Iran as the Cultural Outcome of Social Movements (...

Brian F. O'Neill is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Brian F. O'Neill was named a semifinalist for the 2022 Graduate Student Image of Research. To read more about the competition and Brian's research, click...

Brian F. O'Neill is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Brian F. O'Neill had a sociology piece published titled "Desalination and the Political (Blue) Economy of Climate Adaptation". Click...

Brian F. O'Neill is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recently, Brian F. O'Neill published an article on his conversation with Frank Cancian titled "Documentary Photography as Vocation: Reflecting on Frank Cancian's Contribution...