Faculty Profiles
sociology department
Sarah Babb
Professor
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Economic Sociology, Latin America, Political Sociology, Comparative and Historical Sociology, Organizations, Globalization
Lisa Dodson
Research Professor
Ph.D., Brandeis University
Women, Families, and Poverty; Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Qualitative Methodology
Bill Gamson
Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Curriculum Vitae - Current
Curriculum Vitae - Through 1981
Political Sociology, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Mass Communication/Public Opinion
Brian Gareau
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Environmental Sociology, Science, Knowledge and Technology, Globalization, Rural Sociology/Agrofood Studies, Global Environmental Governance
Eva Garroutte
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University
Religion, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Native American Studies
Paul Gray
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Yale University
Social Change and Development, Methods, Business and Society
Jeanne Guillemin
Research Professor
Ph.D., Brandeis University
Research only, no teaching
Medical Sociology, Preventative Health Care, Cross-Cultural Studies
Sharlene Hesse-Biber
Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Qualitative Methodology, Race/Class/Gender, Women and Health
Lynda Lytle Holmstrom
Professor Emerita
Ph.D., Brandeis University
Medical Sociology, Family, Violence Against Women
David Karp
Professor
Ph.D., New York University
Social Psychology, Qualitative Methodology, Mental Health
Ritchie Lowry
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Economy and Society, Political Sociology, Military Sociology
Zine Magubane
Associate Professor and Chair
Ph.D., Harvard University
Gender and Sexuality, Colonialism and Post-Colonialism, Globalization, Race and Class
Michael Malec
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Purdue University
Sports, Undergraduate Education/Teaching, Statistics
C. Shawn McGuffey
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Childhood, Family, Race/Class/Gender, Qualitative Methods, Social Psychology, Trauma
Sara Moorman
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Aging and the Life Course, Family, Medical Sociology, Quantitative Methods, Social Psychology
Stephen J. Pfohl
Professor
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Theory, Cultural Studies, Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
Natasha Sarkisian
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Race/Class/Gender; Quantitative Methods; Family; Aging and the Life Course
Paul G. Schervish
Professor, Director of the Center for Wealth and Philanthropy
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Religion, Theory, Philanthropy
Juliet Schor
Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Curriculum Vitae
Short Biography
Economy and Society, Cultural Sociology, Gender
Eve Spangler
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Occupations/Professions, Occupational Health, Race/Class/Gender
John Williamson
Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Aging/Social Gerontology, Policy Analysis/Public Policy, Quantitative Methodology
