Ali R. Chaudhary, PhD
Sociologist - Scholar - Professor - Musician
Ali R. Chaudhary, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Welcome to my site!!
I'm a sociologist, professor, and musician based in the NJ/NYC metro area. I write and teach about immigration, race and ethnicity, nonprofits, and music.
I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Rutgers Center for Security, Race, and Rights, and the Rutgers Program in South Asian Studies.
I am also a Research Fellow at the International Migration Institute (University of Amsterdam) and inaugural director of the Sociology of Music research cluster within the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association.
Before coming to Rutgers in 2017, I was based at the University of Oxford as a Marie Curie ITN Early Career post-doctoral researcher and Junior Research Fellow of Wolfson College. I am a proud alumnus of the California Public Education System and earned my M.A. & Ph.D., in sociology from the University of California, Davis, and a B.A. in sociology from Cal Poly Humboldt.
Current, Upcoming, and Past Courses
Immigration and Society
Undergraduate
(Spring 2023 )
Undergraduate (Spring 2023)
Graduate Seminar
(Fall 2023)
Contemporary Theorizing in Sociology
Graduate Seminar
(Spring 2021)
Ways to get in touch
Ali R. Chaudhary, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
Rutgers University
26 Nichol Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901