Sociology Faculty
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Professor and Chair Ketchum Hall 218 Phone: (303) 735-5811 Specialty Area: Criminology and Deviance Interests: criminology, deviance, capital punishment, societal reactions to crime, deviance, and crime victims |
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Rank: Professor Ketchum Hall 207, 492-1177 Specialty Area: Qualitative / Interpretive Sociology, Gender, Criminology / Deviance Interests: interpretive sociology, qualitative research methods, deviant behavior, drugs, sociology of children, sociology of sport Dr. Adler's Personal Website |
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Rank: Professor Associate Chair for Undergraduate Program Ketchum 210, 492-6924/ IBS 1 Room 2, 735-2182 Specialty Areas: Sociology of Gender; Criminology & Deviance |
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Rank: Assistant Professor Ketchum Hall 117/ IBS 3 Room 215 A, 492-2146 Specialty Area: Population Studies Interests: stratification, race/ethnicity, social epidemiology, and quantitative methods Dr. Boardman's Personal Website |
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Rank: Assistant Professor Ketchum Hall 217, 492-8626/ Institute of Behavioral Science 5 Room N142 Specialty Area: Environmental Sociology; Population Studies |
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Rank: Professor Ketchum Hall 205A, 492-7080 Specialty Area: Marxist Theory and Feminist Theory Interests: Marxist theory, population theory, family and economic structure, political economy, stratification, feminist theory Dr. Gimenez's Personal Website |
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Rank: Associate Professor Ketchum Hall 207A, Institute of Behavioral Science, Building 5, 492-1006 Specialty Area: Environmental Sociology; Population Studies Interests: environmental sociology, environmental hazards, demography, migration, population-environment relationships. Lori's Personal Website |
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Rank: Associate Professor Associate Chair for Graduate Studies Ketchum Hall 223, 492-7039 Specialty Area: Qualitative/Interpretive Sociology; Sociology of Gender Interests: Animals and Society, Social Psychology, Interpretive Sociology, Sociology of Emotions, Gender, and Qualitative Methods. |
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Rank: Professor Director - Farrand, Residential Academic Program Ketchum 215A, Women's Studies Cottage 200 492-3202 Specialty Area: Qualitative/Interpretive Sociology; Sociology of Gender Interests: qualitative sociology, gender, social psychology and religion |
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Rank: Assistant Professor Director of Ketchum Lab Ketchum 3D, 492-7030 Specialty Areas: Demography, Public Policy |
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Rank: Professor Institute of Behavioral Science, Building 2, 492-2138 Specialty Area: Population Studies Interests: social conflict, social change, political economy, class analysis, mathematical sociology |
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Rank: Distinguished Professor Director, Institute of Behavioral Science Ketchum Hall 210, 492-8148/Director, Institute of Behavioral Sciences, 492-6406 Specialty Area: Population Studies Interests: demography, fertility, women and development, aging in developing countries, mathematical demography, social science methods Dr. Menken's Personal Website |
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Rank: Assistant Professor Specialty Areas: Population Studies Interests: Sociology of Health, Gender, Love and Money, The Life Course and African/Asian Demography |
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Rank: Assistant Professor Ketchum 210, 495-3796, IBS 1 Room 116 Specialty areas: Population Studies, Sociology of Gender Interests: social stratification, social psychology, and quantitative methods |
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Rank: Professor Associate Dean - College of Arts & Sciences Ketchum Hall 310, 492-3203 Specialty Area: Qualitative/Interpretive Sociology; Gender; Environmental Sociology Interests: sex and gender, social psychology, research methods, environmental sociology |
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Rank: Professor 102A Institute of Behavioral Science Building #3 Phone: 303-492-5620 Fax: 303-492-6924 / 494-5777 Specialty Area: Population Studies Interests: demography, stratification, aging, methods |
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Rank: Assistant Professor Ketchum 207A, 735 - 4090 Interests: Sociological Theory, Culture, Historical Sociology, Sex & Gender, Qualitative Methods |
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Rank: Professor Ketchum Hall 206, 492-7088 Specialty Area: Criminology & Deviance Interests: delinquency, crime, sport |
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Rank: Professor Ketchum 217, IBS 3 Room 210, 492-2147 Specialty Area: Population Studies Interests: demography, medical sociology, sociology of aging, methods |
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Rank: Assistant Professor Ketchum 214, 734 - 2389 Specialty Area: Qualitative/Interpretive Sociology; Gender; Criminology & Deviance Interests: sociocultural studies of crime and law; feminist and critical race jurisprudence; international human rights; policing in emergent democracies; gender studies; social theory; hate crime in US |
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Rank: Associate Professor Ketchum Hall 205, 735-6658 Specialty Areas: Qualitative/Interpretive Sociology; Criminology & Deviance Interests: inequalities in social control, sentencing guidelines and reforms, criminal justice responses to drug offenders, criminology, medicalization of deviance Dr. Steen's Personal Website |
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Rank: Assistant Professor Specialty areas: Sociology of Race/Ethnicity and Qualitative Methods. Interests: Comparative Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, Gender, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methodology, the Sociology of Latin America |
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Rank: Professor Director, Research Program on Problem Behavior Ketchum 215A, Institute of Behavioral Science, Building 11, 735-3065 Specialty Area: Criminology & Deviance Interests: Delinquency, Life-Course Criminology, Research Methods Dr. Thornberry's IBS webpage |
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Rank: Professor Director of The Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center Ketchum Hall 215A, IBS 6, 492 - 6818 Specialty Areas: Qualitative/Interpretive Sociology; Environmental Sociology Interests: social dimensions of hazards and disasters, including natural, technological, and human-induced extreme events |
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Rank: Assistant Professor Ketchum 206A, 735 - 0172 Interests: Crime and Deviance, Suicide, Immigration, and Stratification. Dr. Wadsworth's Vitae |
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Rank: Assistant Professor Ketchum 208, 492 -7681 Specialty Areas: Qualitative/Interpretive Sociology; Culture and Identity, Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Social Class Inequality, Sexuality, Families |
SOCIOLOGY INSTRUCTORS / LECTURERS |
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Rank: Instructor Ketchum Hall 12, 492-5217 Interests: sexuality (public sex cultures), gay and lesbian/queer studies and theory, gender, ethnography |
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Rank: Instructor Ketchum Hall 11A, 492 - 8838 Interests: social movements, deep ecology, political sociology |
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Rank: Instructor Ketchum Hall 12, 492-5217 Interests: social psychology, sexuality and gender Glenda's Vitae |
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Rank: Lecturer Ketchum Hall 11A, 492 - 8838 |
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Rank: Lecturer Ketchum Hall 11A, 492 - 5601 Interests: -medical sociology, sociology of law and quantitative methods/ statistics |
SOCIOLOGY ADJUNCT PROFESSORS |
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Peter
Park Rank: Adjunct Professor Ketchum Hall 215 A |
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Rank: Adjunct Assistant Professor Institute of Behavioral Science, Building 3 ( B02), 492-2218 Specialty Area: Population Studies Interests: Gender and Globalization, Transnational Feminism, LGBT Studies and Sexuality, Interdisciplinary Research Methods, Demography, Fertility, Statistics |
SOCIOLOGY EMERITI FACULTY |
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Rank: Professor Emeritus Interests: computer methods, theory, statistics, social conflict, sociology of the future Dr. Bartos' Vitae |
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Dr. Downton's Personal Website |
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Rank: Senior Instructor Emerita Ketchum Hall 10, 492 - 8838 Interests: interpretative sociology, qualitative research methods, sex and gender, diversity Eleanor's Consulting Firm |
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Rank: Distinguished Professor Emeritus Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence Institute of Behavioral Science, Building 11, 492-1032 Specialty Area: Criminology & Deviance Interests: criminology, problem behavior, research methods |
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Rank: Associate Professor Emeritus Ketchum Hall 10, 492 6733 Interests: sociology of language and knowledge, ethnography, sociolinguistics, cultural politics, visual sociology, international stratificationDr. Kjolseth's Personal Website |
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Specialty Area: Environmental Sociology Interests: environmental sociolgy, complex organizations, research methods, collective behavior |
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Rank: Associate Professor Emeritus Interests: sociology of religion, social psychology, social problems, education |
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Rank: Professor Emeritus Ketchum Hall K-10, 492-6733 Interests: social psychology, methods, popular culture, symbolic interaction |
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Rank: Associate Professor Emeritus Ketchum Hall 10, 492 6733 Interests: intergroup and international conflict, social movements, environments Dr. Wehr's Personal Website |
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