Sociology Department

Lawrence Raffalovich

Associate Professor

Expertise: Stratification, Statistics

Contact Info:

• lraffalovich@albany.edu
• Office: 336 Arts & Sciences Building
• Phone: (518) 442-4456
  
• Mailing Address:
• 1400 Washington Ave.
  Arts & Sciences 351
  University at Albany
  Albany, NY 12222

CV: Curriculum Vitae

Education

• 1987 Ph.D., Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington
• 1981 M.A., Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington
• 1979 M.S., Counseling, St. Michaels College
• 1973 B.A., Sociology, University of Vermont

Research Interests

• Social Inequality: Income and Wealth Inequality Within and Among Nations and Over Time
• Quantitative Methods: Time-series and Multilevel Analysis, Model Selection Strategies
• Mathematical Sociology: Social Structure and Dynamics, Social Network Analysis

Courses Taught

• SOC 221: Social Statistics
• SOC 341: Social Inequality
• SOC 440: Writing Intensive Seminar: Research on Social Inequality in the U.S.
• SOC 522: Intermediate Statistics
• SOC 553: Social Stratification
• SOC 708: Multilevel Analysis
• SOC 708: Time Series Analysis