Douglas Steven Massey (born October 5, 1952) is an American sociologist.

Massey specializes in the sociology of immigration, and has written on the effect of residential segregation on the black underclass in the United States.

[1] Massey received his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Psychology, and Spanish, from Western Washington University in 1974.

[3] He is Board Member of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt und Gewaltforschung) at Bielefeld University, a past editor of the International Journal of Conflict and Violence and a co-editor of the Annual Review of Sociology.

[6] Massey's research areas include: demography, urban sociology, race and ethnicity, international migration, and Latin American society, particularly Mexico.