Director
| Name | Research Interests | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Vilain | medical genetics; gender-based biology; genetic bases of sex determination and sexual orientation; molecular mechanisms responsible for intersexuality in humans; mechanisms of early gonadal development and brain sexual differentiation; psychological well-being of individuals born with disorders of sex development | evilain@ucla.edu Rolfe 1323 Gonda 6335 |
Vice Chair
| Name | Research Interests | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Christina Palmer | implications on genetic testing for deafness; examination of the inter-relationships among research methodologies/technologies, advocacy groups and perspectives on deafness and how they impact the lives of all individuals | cpalmer@mednet.ucla.edu Semel 47-422 |
Associate Director
| Name | Research Interests | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Lynch Alfaro | mating strategies; evolution of social behavior and social learning; phylogenetics and phylogeography; Neotropical primates; reproductive endocrinology; masculinity and violence; sex and gender in biological, social and developmental contexts | jlynchalfaro@ucla.edu (310) 206-1889 Rolfe 1321 |
Administrative Support
| Name | Title | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Ana Wevill | Chief Administrative Officer | ana [at] socgen.ucla.edu (310) 267-5471 Rolfe 1325 |
| Rich Moushegian | Student Affairs Officer | rmousheg [at] socgen.ucla.edu (310) 206-1890 Rolfe 1308 |
| Danielle Shenise | Administrative Assistant | dshenise [at] socgen.ucla.edu Rolfe 1327 |
| Feliza Estrada | Student Assistant | festrada@socgen.ucla.edu |
Faculty
| Name | Research Interests | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Alfaro | diversification and macroevolution; evolutionary morphology; theoretical phylogenetics; reef fish molecular systematics | michaelalfaro@ucla.edu Terasaki 2154 |
| Patrick Allard |
gene-environment interaction and its relevance to health and society
|
pallard@socgen.ucla.edu |
| Soraya de Chadarevian | history of biology and medicine, nineteenth and twentieth century with special focus on history of molecular biology and genetics post-World War II; material cultures of experimentation, especially the role of technologies, images and models in the production and circulation of scientific knowledge; technoscience/medicine, industry and the state; science/medicine and the military; historiographical issues | chadarevian@history.ucla.edu (301) 267-4767 Rolfe 1319 |
| Debra Greenfield | law and emerging biotechnologies, including intellectual property and property law; privacy and human genetic material and information | dgreenf@ucla.edu Rolfe 1328 |
| Wayne Grody | diagnostic molecular pathology; human genetics; DNA-based testing for genetic, infectious and neoplastic diseases; quality assurance and ethical guidelines for DNA-based genetic testing; DNA fingerprinting | wgrody@mednet.ucla.edu |
| Martie G. Haselton | how evolution has shaped the social mind; human intimate relationships and sexuality, their endocrine foundations, and their links to outcomes with broad social relevance, including health. | haselton@ucla.edu |
| Barbara Herman | genetic privacy; concepts of property rights in the person; moral philosophy; medical law and ethics | herman@humnet.ucla.edu |
| Christopher Kelty | anthropological and historical research on science and technology; free and open source software; intellectual property and open access; politics of electronic voting; history of software; ethics and politics of nanotechnology | ckelty@socgen.ucla.edu (310) 267-4775 Rolfe 1315 |
| Russell Korobkin | health care law; stem cell law and policy | korobkin@law.ucla.edu |
| Hannah Landecker | social and historical study of biotechnology and life science from 1900-present; intersections of biology and technology, with a particular focus on cells; in vitro conditions of life in research settings | landecker@soc.ucla.edu (310) 825-5502 Rolfe 1316 |
| Aaron Panofsky | sociology of science and knowledge; social theory; cultural sociology; social change; the causes and consequences of controversy in behavior genetics; the impact of patient advocacy on medical genetics; how genetics affects different fields of knowledge; the relationship between expertise and democracy in decision making; governance of science | apanofsky@socgen.ucla.edu (310) 206-9362 Rolfe 1317 |
| Joan Silk | how natural selection shapes evolution of social behavior in primates; behavioral and reproductive strategies in Old World monkey species; questions that link studies of nonhuman primates to humans; phylogenic roots of capacities that relate to nonhuman and human societies | jsilk@anthro.ucla.edu |
| Janet Sinsheimer | human genetics; biomathematics and the application of statistical methodology in human genetic analysis; statistical methods related to maternal-fetal genotype incompatability; estimating ethnic ancestry from DNA data | janet@mednet.ucla.edu |
| Stefan Timmermans | ethnography; sociology of health and illness; science and technology of the body, death and dying; interpretive theories related to genetics; qualitative research methods | stefan@soc.ucla.edu |
| Norton Wise |
history of science, eighteenth to twentieth centuries; co-evolution of science and society; science and political economy; gardens as culture/economic projectors; the gendering of scientific ideas | nortonw@history.ucla.edu |
Visiting Scholars
| Name | Research Interests | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Otniel E. Dror | from Hebrew University Jerusalem, Visiting Scholar at both ISG and the Department of History | otnield@ekmd.huji.ac.il |
| Melissa Hines | from University of Cambridge | mh504@cam.ac.uk |
| Amisha Gadani | Visiting Artist at both ISG and the Alfaro Lab of Dr. Michael Alfaro | agadani@ucla.edu Rolfe 1326, Teresaki 2154 |
| Sarah Blacker | Visiting Graduate Researcher, University of Alberta, Canada | sblacker@socgen.ucla. |
Postdoctoral Fellows
| Name | Research Interests | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Nathan Ha | history of biology and medicine, especially genetics in the twentieth century; gender and sexuality studies; scientific constructions of sexual and racial differences; public understanding of science; US cultural history | nathanha@socgen.ucla.edu Rolfe 1326 |
| Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook | cognitive, evolutionary, and health psychology; the role of hormones in shaping maternal psychology and behavior | jhahn@psych.ucla.edu Rolfe 1326 |
| Bradley Fidler | information technology and psychiatric drug markets |
fidler [at] ucla.edu
|
| Martine Lappé | sociology of health and illness; science and technology studies; autism; gender and embodiment; risk; feminist theory; qualitative methods | mlappe@socgen.ucla.edu Rolfe 1328 |
Graduate Student Fellows
| Name | Research Interests | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Lindsey Chambers | morality of procreation | kchambers@humnet.ucla.edu 363 Dodd |
| Lianna Hart | qualitative methods; health care and illness; mental health; gender; families; disabilities | liannahart@ucla.edu |
| Marc Johnston | multiraciality in higher education | marcjohnst@ucla.edu |
| Gabriela Cybis | stochastic models for evolutionary processes, viral evolution, cancer dynamics | gcybis [at] ucla.edu |
Associates
| Name | Department | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Hal Ackerman | Theater, Film and Television | hack@tft.ucla.edu |
| Stefan Bargheer | Sociology | bargheer@soc.ucla.edu |
| Clark Barrett | Anthropology | barrett@anthro.ucla.edu |
| Patrick Boudreault | Deaf Studies | pboudreault@usfca.edu |
| Dan Blumstein | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | marmots@ucla.edu |
| Joel Braslow | Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences | jbraslow@ucla.edu |
| Elizabeth Bromley | Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences | ebromley@mednet.ucla.edu |
| Carole Browner | Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences | browner@ucla.edu |
| Allison Carruth | English | acarruth@humnet.ucla.edu |
| Steven Clarke | Chemistry and Biochemistry | clarke@mbi.ucla.edu |
| Christopher Colwell | School of Medicine | ccolwell@mednet.ucla.edu |
| JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez | Public Affairs | jdamron@ucla.edu |
| Dan Fessler | Anthropology | dfessler@anthro.ucla.edu |
| Michelle Fox | School of Medicine, Pediatrics + Pediatric Genetics | mfox@mednet.ucla.edu |
| Tony Friscia | UEI; Integrative Biology and Physiology | tonyf@ucla.edu |
| Patrick Geary | History | geary@ias.edu |
| Jim Gimzewski | Chemistry and Nanotechnology | gim@chem.ucla.edu |
| Myrna Hant | Center for the Study of Women | myrnahant@aol.com |
| Steve Hubbell | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | shubbell@eeb.ucla.edu |
| Lejla Kucukalic | English | lekius@humnet.ucla.edu |
| Rachel Lee | Center for the Study of Women | rlee@women.ucla.edu |
| Neil Malamuth | Communication Studies; Psychology | nmalamut@ucla.edu |
| Ariadna Martinez | Jules Stein Eye Institute | amartinez@jsei.ucla.edu |
| Edward R.B. McCabe | University of Colorado at Denver | edward.mccabe@ucdenver.edu |
| Linda McCabe | University of Colorado at Denver | linda.mccabe@ucdenver.edu |
| Kyle McJunkin | Undergraduate Education | kmcjunkin@college.ucla.edu |
| Marcia Meldrum | History | meldrum@history.ucla.edu |
| Jennifer Mnookin | Law | mnookin@law.ucla.edu |
| Peter Nonacs | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | pnonacs@biology.lifesci.ucla.edu |
| John Novembre | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | jnovembre@ucla.edu |
| Kathy O’Byrne | UCLA Center for Community Learning | kobyrne [a] college.ucla.edu |
| Elinor Ochs | Anthropology | eochs@anthro.ucla.edu |
| Matteo Pellegrini | Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology | matteop@mcdb.ucla.edu |
| Mark Peterson | Public Policy; Political Science | markap@ucla.edu |
| Ted Porter | History | tporter@history.ucla.edu |
| Brooke Scelza | Anthropology | bscelza@anthro.ucla.edu |
| Barney Schlinger | Integrative Biology and Physiology, EEB | schlinge@lifesci.ucla.edu |
| Seana Shiffrin | Philosophy; Law | shiffrin@law.ucla.edu |
| Erica Silver | Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center | esilver@mednet.ucla.edu |
| Victoria Sork | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | vlsork@ucla.edu |
| Annette Stanton | Psychology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences | astanton@ucla.edu |
| Charles Taylor | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | taylor@biology.ucla.edu |
| Victoria Vesna | Design and Media Arts | vv@ucla.edu |
| Robert Wayne | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | rwayne@biology.ucla.edu |
| Alice Wexler | Center for the Study of Women | arwexler@ucla.edu |
| Juliet Williams | Gender Studies | jawilliams@gender.ucla.edu |
| Lynne Zucker | Sociology; Public Policy | lynne.g.zucker@gmail.com |
Alumni
this section in progress, we will have all alumni up shortly
| Name | Research Interests | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Olivia Banner | race in a postracial/postgenomic era; cultural interrogations of genetic discourses of race, sex, sexuality, and disability; virus narrative | olivia.banner@rice.edu |
| Chris Conway | role of molecular genetic research in shaping the classification of mental disorders; identification of cognitive and behavioral phenotypes accounting for genetic risk for psychopathology; borderline personality disorder | conwayc@ucla.edu |
| Laura Foster | patent law and indigenous communities; tangible versus intangible intellectual property | fosterl@indiana.edu |
| James Li | independent and interactive effects of genetic and environmental risk factors in the etiology of childhood psychological disorders; differential susceptibility and genetic plasticity; epigenetic mechanisms underlying developmental psychopathology; advanced statistical approaches in psychological classification | jamesjli@ucla.edu |
| Lisa Onaga | history of biology; history of science and technology in East Asia from the nineteenth through the twenty-first century, especially genetic and agricultural experimentation in Japan; standardization of living organisms in relation to industrial textile and food production; historical relationships among genetics, race, and nation; formation of animal and plant genetic resources and biobanks; history of Asian Americans in science and technology | lonaga@ntu.edu.sg |
| Sharlene Santana | evolution of morphology, performance and behavior; diversification; bats, primates and other mammals; tropical ecology; genetic basis of behavioral and morphological traits; biomechanics | ssantana@uw.edu |
| Jennifer Smith | evolutionary origins of cooperation; causes and consequences of maternal effects; social decision-making in mammals; reproductive endocrinology; genetic structuring of social networks; public perception of evolutionary science; behavioral and evolutionary ecology | jesmith@mills.edu |
| Lindsay Smith | genetic technologies as part of international reconstruction and repair initiatives; medical anthropology; social anthropology; large scale DNA databanking; human rights and DNA | lasmith@socgen.ucla.edu |
| Elani Streja | genetics of inflammatory markers and the development of cerebral palsy in a Denmark cohort; racial paradoxes in survival of chronic kidney disease | elani@ucla.edu |