College of Arts and Sciences

Jeff Bennett is an anthropologist interested in the social and psychological consequences of modernity. He is the author of the book, When the Sun Danced, and...

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Marc Garcelon is the author of the book Revolutionary Passage: From Soviet to Post-Soviet Russia, 1985-2000, as well as a range of articles on late and...

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Jenny Huberman is a cultural anthropologist. Her book, Ambivalent Encounters: Childhood, Tourism and Social Change in Banaras, India, explores interactions...

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Dr. Shannon Jackson is an Associate Professor of Anthropology who coordinates and teaches in the Anthropology Program and conducts research on cities, technology,...

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Nate Milburn joined the UMKC Political Science & Sociology Department(s) in December 2017. His background includes conducting state-level legislative research...

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Dr. Sookhee Oh joined UMKC in 2007 after working as a postdoctoral research associate in Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) at Brown University. Her...

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Dr. Michelle Smirnova is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and an associate faculty member in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. Her...

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Dr. Deborah B. Smith is Chair and Professor for the Department of Sociology. She also serves at the Director of the UMKC Family Studies Program. Dr. Smith has...

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Dr. Theresa Torres’ areas of expertise are Latinx Studies (in the United States, particularly Kansas City), Gender Studies, Immigration Studies, Ethnic...

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Dr. Ann Marie Wood is an Associate Teaching Professor of Sociology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Her research focuses on the intersection of medicine...

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Professor Workman joined UMKC in 2017 after being a Prize Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. His research interests focus...

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