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AdamsR. Randall Adams
Lecturer
Globalization; Mass Media; Social Constructionism

Stephanie A. Bohon
Professor; Head
Social and Applied Demography, New Destination Immigration, Latino Migration, Ethnic Economies, and Immigrant Incorporation/Adaptation
Email: sbohon@utk.edu

BroomsDerrick Brooms
Adjunct Professor of Sociology
Education; Race & Racism; Gender & Identity; Representation

 

Michelle BrownMichelle Brown
Professor; Associate Head
Carceral Studies; Law & Society; Transformative Justice; Theory, Culture & Media; Feminist Perspectives
Email: mbrow121@utk.edu

Michelle ChristianMichelle Christian
Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Critical race and racism, Global political economy, Labor 
Email: mchris20@utk.edu

Meghan ConleyMeghan Conley
Assistant Professor of Practice; Director of Community Partnerships
Crimmigration; Latinx Migration; Participatory Action Research; Social Movements
Email: mconley2@utk.edu

Harry F. DahmsHarry F. Dahms
Professor; Director, Center for the Study of Social Justice; Co-Chair, Committee on Social Theory
Theory (Classical, Contemporary, Critical), Globalization, Economic Sociology/Political Economy, Social Inequalities, Entrepreneurship
Email: hdahms@utk.edu

Shaneda DestineShaneda Destine
Assistant Professor
Race, Class, and Gender; Black Social Movements; Intersectionality; Critical Race and Political Economy
Email: sdestine@utk.edu

EastLisa East
Lecturer
Environmental Sociology, Political Economy, Historical Methods, Social Movements, Extractive Industries, Capitalist Organizing and Organizations
Email: eeast2@vols.utk.edu

Christina ErgasChristina Ergas
Assistant Professor
Environmental Sociology, Environmental Justice, Globalization and Development, Gender and the Environment
Email: cergas@utk.edu

Paul K. GellertPaul K. Gellert
Professor; Director of Global Studies
Environmental Sociology, Development, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Political Economy, Asian Studies, Global Studies
Email: pgellert@utk.edu

Timothy M. GillTimothy M. Gill
Assistant Professor
Political Economy, Political Sociology, Theory, Globalization, Development
Email: tgill5@utk.edu

Tamara GilbertsonTamara L. Gilbertson
Lecturer
Political Economy, Environmental Sociology, Social Movements, Extractive Industries, Climate Justice, Forests, Carbon Pricing
Email: tgilbert7@utk.edu

Kasey HenricksKasey Henricks
Assistant Professor
Race and Ethnicity, Public Finance, Research Methods
Email: henricks@utk.edu

Asafa JalataAsafa 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
Email: ajalata@utk.edu

Robert Emmet JonesRobert Emmet Jones
Professor
Environmental Sociology, Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Management, Public Opinion and Policy, Research Methods, Rural Sociology, Social Psychology
Email: mountain@utk.edu

KimJoong Won Kim
Lecturer
Race and Racisms; Racial Ideology and Language; Asia and Asian America; Gender and Masculinities; Sociology of Culture

kuganathanPrashanth Kuganathan
Global Studies Post-doctoral Fellow
Ethnography; Education; Sociolinguistics; Social Stratification, South Asia

LoweryGrady Lowery
Lecturer
Critical Theory; Environmental Sociology; Marxism; Political Economy; Qualitative Research; Social Movements; Sociology of Religion

McGlamerySteve McGlamery
Lecturer
Race and Ethnicity; Sociology of Religion; Inequality; Historical Sociology; Qualitative Methods

Alex A. MoultonAlex A. Moulton
Assistant Professor
Environmental Sociology, Political Ecology, Environmental Justice, Race and Development
Email: amoulto3@utk.edu

photo not availableBethany Nelson
Lecturer

 

 

Lois PresserLois Presser
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Criminological Theory, Narrative Criminology, Harm, Violence, Restorative Justice
Email: lpresser@utk.edu

Jon ShefnerJon Shefner
Professor
Political Economy of Development, Globalization, Social Movements, Latin America
Email: jshefner@utk.edu

SmithJeremy Smith
Lecturer
Green Criminology; Human-Animal Interaction; Criminological Theory; Critical Police Studies; Law and Society

VelascoKriya Velasco
Lecturer
Filipinx, Asian American, and Indigenous Intersections; Asian Critical Race Theory; Settler Colonialism; Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy; Relationship-based Qualitative Methods

VosslerChristine Vossler
Lecturer
Narrative Criminology, Narrative Victimology, Gender, Harm, Violence

 

Tyler WallTyler Wall
Associate Professor
Critical Police Studies; State Violence and Racial Capitalism; Law & Society, Race and Class
Email: twall3@utk.edu

Deadric T. WilliamsDeadric T. Williams
Assistant Professor
Race & Racism, Black Families, Poverty & Material Hardship, Stress & Health, Quantitative Methods
Email: dwill196@utk.edu


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