Prof. Lara-Millán earned his PhD in Sociology from Northwestern University in 2013. Before joining the Department of Sociology, he was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar in Health Policy Research at UC Berkeley. He is an ethnographer and historical sociologist. His research is currently focused on studying “reasoning” in a wide range of contexts, including law, medicine, criminal justice, economic pricing, austerity budgeting, and urban poverty governance.
Dr. Brian Sargent is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Washington Department of Sociology. He earned his MA (2009) and PhD (2017) in Sociology from Northwestern University, MA (2005) in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, and BA (2004) in Spanish and Applied Linguistics from Washington University in St. Louis. Starting Fall 2018, he'll join the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy.
