Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Office: Dudley Moorhead Hall 241
Telephone: 408-924-5320
Email: sociology@sjsu.edu; asianamericanstudies@sjsu.edu; wgssprogram@sjsu.edu
Website: www.sjsu.edu/siss

Professors

William Armaline
Tanya Bakhru, Associate Chair Natalie Boero, Chair
Hien Duc Do
Carlos Eduardo Garcia
Megan Thiele Strong

Associate Professors

Faustina DuCros
Yvonne Y. Kwan, Coordinator, Asian American Studies Program
Joanne Rondilla

Assistant Professors

Soma de Bourbon
Susana Gallardo, Coordinator, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
Abel Gomez
CJ Jones
Wayne Jopanda
Kerri J. Malloy, Coordinator, Native American and Indigenous Studies Program
Mariana Manriquez
Trung Nguyen
Saugher Nojan
Preston O. Rudy
Morgan Sanchez
Yolanda Wiggins

Overview

The Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences educates students about the social processes that create, maintain, and transform our society. The department has four programs: Asian American Studies; Native American and Indigenous Studies; Sociology; and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

The Asian American Studies (AAS) major critically examines power and structure through the relational and intersectional analysis of racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and diasporic movements. An interdisciplinary field, AAS brings together perspectives and methodologies in the creative arts, humanities, and social sciences while maintaining a commitment to activism and the needs of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities..

The Sociology major uses sociological foundations and applications as well as interdisciplinary approaches to the study of society. Sociologists analyze how social institutions and social structures such as the race, class, gender, economy, politics, education, and the family affect individuals in society. The major provides students with the skills and knowledge to navigate the social, political, economic, historical, and cultural issues that build and sustain effective leadership in our complex global society. Students will obtain skills to cultivate critical thinking, cultivation of dialogue, coalition building, appreciation of diversity, and contribution to social change.

The department offers several minor courses of study: Asian American Studies; Sociology;; and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. These degree programs lead to careers in education, government and public policy, criminal justice, nonprofit organizations, marketing research, human resource management, social work, and other areas.

Programs

Undergraduate Major(s)

Undergraduate Minor(s)

Roadmaps

Courses

Asian American Studies

Jewish Studies

JWSS 136 - World Jewish History

Native American and Indigenous Studies

Social Science

Sociology

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies