Office:   Raubinger 451
Phone:   (973)720-3429
Email:   felsonj@wpunj.edu
Office Hours:   Tues & Thurs 2-3:15 p.m., MW 12:15-12:30 in Atrium 123B, and by appointment

Department: Sociology
Position: Assistant Professor
URL: https://waxempirical.wordpress.com/

Jacob Felson received his doctorate in sociology from Penn State University in December 2009. He received a master's in sociology from Penn State in 2004, and a bachelor's degree, also in sociology, from the University of Chicago in 2002.

Prof. Felson's work has focused on issues related to the debate about nature versus nurture.  For example, Prof. Felson published a paper in the past year which explores the extent to which sexual orientation is simply a product of biological predispositions, or whether social forces, such as religious background, also play a role ("The Effect of Religious Background on Sexual Orientation").  

Prof. Felson has also written a book, currently under contract with Edwin Mellen Press, entitled What Can We Learn from Twin Studies? A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Equal Environments Assumption. 

Prof. Felson lives in downtown Jersey City with his wife Monisa and their two dogs, Buddy and Boo.

Links to Prof. Felson's classes are http://tinyurl.com/quantmethods andhttp://tinyurl.com/felsonstats.