Faculty

	Kristin Bechtel, Visiting Assistant Professor M.S., University of Missouri - Kansas City
	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; Life Course Development; Social Psychology
	Cathleen Burnett, Associate Professor Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Death Penalty; Women and Law; Restorative Justice
	Burton Halpert, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Minnesota Organizational Sociology; Gerontology; Organization and Delivery of Health Care; Sociology of the Holocaust
	Alexander Holsinger, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Community Corrections; Juvenile Delinquency; Criminology Theory & Statistics
	Kristi Holsinger, Associate  Professor Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Juvenile Delinquency; Women, Crime and Criminal Justice; Corrections; Criminological Theories
	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
	Toya Like, Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis Victimization among Minority and Disadvantaged Groups; City, Neighborhood, and Individual Level Risks for Victimization
	Wayne Lucas, Professor Ph.D., Iowa State University Substance Abuse; Administration of Justice
	Ken Novak, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Policing; Criminal Procedure; Criminal Justice Organizations
	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
	Julie Russell, Visiting Instructor; Faculty Advisor, Sociology/CJC Club M.A., University of Missouri - Kansas City
	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
	Mary Stewart, Martha J. Starr Distinguished Professor of Gender and Women's Studies Ph.D., University of Nevada - Reno
	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

Professor Emeritus

	C. Neil Bull Gerontology; Leisure; Research Methods
	Thomas Carroll Criminology; Administration of Justice; Social Psychology

Staff

Patricia Falk Administrative Assistant

Ernest Manheim

Oscar Eggers