Faculty and Staff
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Faculty
David Blouin, Ph.D. (Indiana University Bloomington, 2008), Assistant Professor, Sociology of culture, classical and contemporary social theory
Otis Grant, JD (University of Connecticut, 1997), Associate Professor, law and society, sociology of law, human rights, leadership and organizational transformation, postmodernism and mental health
Kevin James, ABD, M.A. (University of Illinois at Chicago, 2008), Visiting Lecturer
Mike Keen, Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame, 1985), Professor, Director of Center for a Sustainable Future, classical and contemporary social theory, sociology of science, sociology of the environment, urban society HomePage
Betsy Lucal, Ph.D. (Kent State University, 1996), Associate Professor, intersection of gender, race, class, and sexuality, teaching about inequality and theory HomePage
Gail McGuire, Ph.D. (The Ohio State University, 1997), Associate Professor, race and gender stratification, work/labor market, informal networks, social movements
John Bryce Merrill, Ph.D. (University of Colorado-Boulder, 2008), Assistant Professor, theory, qualitative methods, self and society, music, and visual studies
Theo Randall, Ph.D. (University of Kentucky, 2006), Assistant Professor, Anthropology, medical pluralism, African culture, substance abuse, medical anthropology, reproductive health
Scott Sernau, Ph.D. (Cornell University, 1991), Professor, economy and society, community sociology, race and ethnicity, family
Rebecca Torstrick, Ph.D. (Washington University, 1993), Professor, political anthropology, gender, ethnicity, racism and nationalism, violence and cultural conflict, feminist theory and border studies, Middle East, Israel HomePage
James (Jay) VanderVeen, Ph.D. (Indiana University Bloomington, 2006), Assistant Professor, Archaeology, prehistoric and historic Caribbean contact between cultures, marine reasearch, scientific diving, historic North America class and race issues
Joshua Wells, Ph.D. (Indiana University Bloomington, 2008), Assistant Professor, Archaeology, social informatics,
Emeritus Faculty
Ernest Brandewie, Ph.D. (University of Chicago, 1966)
Linda Fritschner, Ph.D. (University of California, Davis, 1973)
In Memoriam
Ariela Royer, Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Chicago, 1990), Associate Professor.
Associate Faculty
Suzanne Coshow, PhD (University of Notre Dame, 2003)
Karen Monique Gregg, ABD (University of Notre Dame), M.S. (Purdue University, 2006)
Elizabeth (Betty) Mooney, M.A. (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1953), Doctor of Arts (Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, 2006), Merit Status
Jennifer Peasley, ABD (University of Notre Dame), MA (University of Notre Dame, 2005)
Lorren Pettit, M.B.A. (University of Dallas, 2007), M.S. (Baylor University, 1988)
China Scherz, ABD (University of California, Berkeley/San Francisco)
Kevin Tholin, M.A. (Western Illinois University, 1987)
Staff
Kathi Piekarski, B.A. (Indiana University, 1972), Department Secretary
