Department of Sociology Faculty

	Jeffrey Bennett, Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Chicago Social Theory, Historical Anthropology, Revitalization Movements, Tropes of Social and Bodily Disorder, Psychoanalysis, Portugal, India
	Linda M. Breytspraak, Associate Professor, Department Chair Ph.D., Duke University Gerontology; Medical Sociology; Life Course Development; Social Psychology
	Burton Halpert, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Minnesota Organizational Sociology; Gerontology; Organization and Delivery of Health Care; Sociology of the Holocaust
	G. Derrick Hodge, Visiting Assistant Professor Ph.D., City University of New York Political Economy, Post-Socialism, Youth, Gangs, Consumption, Gender; Cuba, Latin America, Caribbean, and Post-Socialist World
	Jenny Huberman, Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Chicago Tourism, childhood, consumption, and labor, particularly within the context of South Asia.
	Shannon Jackson, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Chicago Social/Cultural Anthropology, Urban Anthropology, Social Theory, Embodiment, and the Public Sphere
	Ricardo M. Marte, Visiting Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno Social Psychology, Adolescence, Delinquency, Problem Behaviors, Social Development
	Sookhee Oh, Assistant Professor Ph.D., The New School Immigrant incorporation; ethnic residential pattern; suburban ethnic enclaves
	Philip G. Olson, Professor Ph.D., Purdue University Urban Sociology; Research Methods; Field Interns
	Clovis Semmes, Professor Ph.D., Northwestern University African American Institutions, Culture, and Social Movements; African American Popular and Expressive Culture; Health Systems and Health Behavior; Alternative and Nonmedical Health Practices; Systemic Inequality; Comparative Urban Communities; Afrocentric Theory
	Peter Singelmann, Professor Ph.D., University of Texas Latin America (Mexico); Peasants; Race and Ethnicity; Theory
	Deborah Smith, Associate Professor Ph.D., Cornell University Family Studies; Work and Family; Retirement; Family Policy
	Theresa Torres, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Catholic University Latinos/Hispanics in the United States, particularly in the Kansas City area, Diversity on College Campuses, Marian Devotion, Gender Issues, History of Latinos within the U.S. Roman Catholicism, Immigrants in the U.S., Hispanic Women and the Role of Religious Belief within Their Social and Civic Activism
	Ann Marie Wood, Visiting Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Kansas Race and Ethnicity; Gerontology; Social Stratification and Inequality; Medical Sociology; HIV/AIDs

	Susan Hankins Administrative Assistant

Graduate Teaching/Research Assistants

Andrea Clark	alckf4@umkc.edu; 816-235-2182 Manheim Hall, Room 106-A
Yoon Jung Lee	ywb3@umkc.edu; 816-235-2181 Manheim Hall, Room 106-B
Jing Liu	jlzvd@umkc.edu; 816-235-2181 Manheim Hall, Room 106-B
Laurel Moore	lemb53@umkc.edu; 816-235-2182 Manheim Hall, Room 106-J
Regina Williams-Decker	rwpn2@umkc.edu; 816-235-2298 Manheim Hall, Room 106-E