Department of Sociology Faculty

Luis Nuño

Luis F. Nuño (Assistant Professor) received his BA with High Honors in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley. He earned his MA and PhD degrees in Sociology and Historical Studies from the New School for Social Research. He is currently teaching Quantitative Methods and Juvenile Delinquency, and has taught many different sociology and cultural studies courses at Baruch College of the City University of New York, Manhattan College, and Eugene Lang College of the New School.

His primary areas of research are in the sociology of punishment, violence, the social life of the metropolis, and Mexican immigration to New York City. Dr. Nuño’s dissertation, On the Social Anatomy of Broken Windows, examines the claims of COPS (Community-Oriented Police Services) in New York City to understand the rise of a new form of moral authority in the transition from welfare to penal state. His dissertation research combines historical, interview, archival, and ethnographic data to investigate the public cultural narratives surrounding the popularity of community oriented policing services in the era of mass incarceration. Professor Nuño’s current research projects analyze the social forces driving trends in forms of lethal violence and explore the personal trajectories of the first wave of Mexican immigrants to the boroughs of New York City.

Originally from Southern California, Professor Nuño still bleeds Dodger blue and currently lives in Jersey City with his wife Shino, daughter Kaya, and son Fausto.