Faculty Research by Interest Areas
Our mission is the creation of a learning environment that emphasizes the theme of Social Justice. Through coursework and research in the interest areas of criminal justice, environmental issues, political economy, and globalization, students develop an understanding of everyday social behavior as well as the structural factors that contribute to social injustice. From the classroom and the field, students acquire the intellectual tools to critically analyze social phenomena and trends, along with the methodological tools to conduct research and to evaluate social policy.
Michelle Brown, Professor
Carceral Studies; Feminist Perspectives; Law & Society; Theory; Culture & Media; Transformative Justice
Shaneda Destine, Assistant Professor
Race, Class, and Gender; Black Social Movements; Intersectionality; Critical Race and Political Economy
Kasey Henricks, Assistant Professor
Race and Ethnicity, Public Finance, Research Methods
Lois Presser, Professor
Criminological Theory, Restorative/Community Justice, Narratives of Violent Offenders and Victims of Violence.
Tyler Wall, Assistant Professor
Critical Police Studies; State Violence and Racial Capitalism; Law & Society, Race and Class
Stephanie A. Bohon,
Associate Professor
Social and Applied Demography, New Destination Immigration, Latino Migration, Ethnic Economies, and Immigrant Incorporation/Adaptation
Michelle Christian,
Assistant Professor
Critical race and racism, Global political economy, Labor
Meghan Conley,
Director of Community Partnerships
Crimmigration; Latinx Migration; Participatory Action Research; Social Movements
Shaneda Destine,
Assistant Professor
Race, Class, and Gender; Black Social Movements; Intersectionality; Critical Race and Political Economy
Kasey Henricks,
Assistant Professor
Race and Ethnicity, Public Finance, Research Methods
Asafa Jalata,
Professor
Political Economy, Global Studies/World-Systems, Race and Ethnicity, Sociology of Development, Globalization and Social Movements, Terrorism Studies, Human Rights, and Africana Studies
Victor Ray,
Assistant Professor
Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Stratification, Qualitative Methods
Louise Seamster,
Postdoctoral Teaching Associate
Race and Political Economy
Critical Police Studies; State Violence and Racial Capitalism; Law & Society, Race and Class
Christina Ergas, Assistant Professor
environmental sociology, environmental justice, globalization and development, gender and the Environment
R. Scott Frey, Professor
environmental sociology, development, comparative/historical sociology.
Paul Gellert, Associate Professor
environmental sociology, development, comparative/historical sociology, political economy, Asian studies, global studies.
Robert Jones, Associate Professor
environmental concern, environmental values, ecosystem management, environmental policy.
Sherry Cable, Professor Emeritus
environmental conflict, environmental justice, environmental policy
Thomas Hood, Professor Emeritus
environmental movements, environmental concern, energy, transportation.
Stephanie Bohon, Associate Professor
Social and applied demography, immigration to emerging gateway places, Latino migration, ethnic economies, and immigrant incorporation/adaptation.
Michelle Christian, Assistant Professor
Globalization, political economy, racial stratification,labor, global tourism
Harry F. Dahms, Associate Professor
Theory, globalization, economic sociology/political economy, social inequalities, entrepreneurship.
R. Scott Frey, Professor
Environmental sociology, development, comparative/historical sociology.
Paul Gellert, Associate Professor
Environmental sociology, development, comparative/historical sociology, political economy, Asian studies, global studies.
Asafa Jalata, Professor
globalization, race & ethnicity, economic development.
Jon Shefner, Professor and Department Head
globalization, social movements, development and democratization.