Marjorie Zatz

Marjorie Sue Zatz, born December 19, 1955, is an American sociologist and Professor Emerita of sociology at the University of California, Merced, where she was also Vice Provost and Graduate Dean. She earned her bachelor's degree in sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1977, with a minor in Latin American studies, and her master's and doctorate in sociology at Indiana University Bloomington in 1979 and 1982. She joined the faculty of Arizona State University in 1982 and in 2012 began work at the National Science Foundation as director of its Law and Social Sciences program. In 2014 she moved to the University of California, Merced, and became Professor Emerita there on July 1, 2025.