Carter M. Koppelman

Dr. Carter M. Koppelman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Florida Atlantic University's College of Arts & Letters. His research focuses on contentious politics, urban sociology, and Latin America, with a specialization in ethnography and housing policy. He joined FAU in 2019 after earning his Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley.

• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology, University of California-Berkeley
• Affiliation: Florida Atlantic University, College of Arts & Letters

Dr. Koppelman's scholarship examines how marginalized communities navigate state institutions and economic inequality through ethnographic studies in Santiago, Chile, and São Paulo, Brazil. His work emphasizes gendered dimensions of housing rights and urban citizenship.

Recent publications in Social Politics, Qualitative Sociology, and City & Community highlight his comparative analysis of housing policies in Latin America. Current projects include a book manuscript titled Contesting Homeowner Citizenship and research on household debt in urban Brazil.

Teaching includes courses on social theory, globalization, urban sociology, and interdisciplinary Global Studies topics such as migration and race. He collaborates across departments to integrate critical dialogue on structural inequalities into his pedagogy.