DEPARTMENT OF

Sociology

People

Faculty
Professors Emeriti
Adjunct Faculty
Graduate Teaching/Research Assistants
Administration

	Evelyn Clark Benavides Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Ph.D. Sociology, University of Kansas Globalization; Gender; Social Inequality; Social Activism		Ricardo M. Marte Assistant Teaching Professor of Sociology Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno Social Stratification & Diversity; Life Span Development; Statistics; Research Methods; Neighborhood, Media, Family, & Peer Influences on Adolescent Behavior
	Jeffrey Bennett Associate Professor of Anthropology Ph.D., University of Chicago Social Theory; Anthropology; Religion; Modernity; Psychoanalysis		Sookhee Oh Assistant Professor of Sociology Ph.D., The New School Immigrant incorporation; ethnic residential patterns; suburban ethnic enclaves; spatial analysis
	Linda M. Breytspraak Associate Professor of Sociology Ph.D., Duke University Gerontology; Medical Sociology; Life Course Development; Social Psychology		Philip G. Olson Professor of Sociology, James C. Olson Professorship Ph.D., Purdue University Urban Sociology; Community Development; Conspiracy Theories; Social Theory
	Miguel Carranza Professor of Sociology and Latina/Latino Studies Director, Latina/Latino Studies Program Ph.D. Sociology, University of Notre Dame Latino/Chicano Studies; Immigrant Communities; At-Risk Youth and Adolescents; Minority/Majority Relations; Sociology of Health		Clovis Semmes Professor of Sociology and Black Studies 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
	Marc Garcelon Associate Professor of Sociology Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley Theory; Social Movements; Political Sociology; Development and Globalization; Sociology of Culture; Media and Society		Deborah Smith Associate Professor of Sociology Interim Department Chair Ph.D., Cornell University Families; Couples and Relationships; Lifespan Development; Retirement; Volunteering; Women and Work
	Jenny Huberman Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ph.D., University of Chicago Childhood; Tourism; Consumption and exchange; India and the U.S.		Theresa Torres Assistant Professor Sociology and Anthropology 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
	Jessica Halliday Hardie Assistant Professor of Sociology Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Social inequality; education; the transition to adulthood; family demography; family health; mixed research methods		Ann Marie Wood Assistant Teaching Professor of Sociology Ph.D., University of Kansas Race and Ethnicity; Gerontology; Medical Sociology; HIV/AIDs; Sexuality
	Shannon Jackson On Research Leave for Fall 2012 Semester Associate Professor of Anthropology Ph.D., University of Chicago Urban Studies; South Africa; Technology and Embodiment; Social Theory