Department Chair
Albert J. Meehan
Professor
Ph.D. Boston University, Sociology
Policing, ethnomethodology, conversation analysis
Anthropology Faculty
Micah Boyer
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Arizona, Anthropology
Health disparities, psychosocial health, emerging infectious disease, refugee studies, West Africa
Tara Deubel
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Arizona, Anthropology
Cultural anthropology, Africa & Middle East studies
Henri Gooren
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Utrecht University, Anthropology
Religion, Latin America
Suzanne Spencer-Wood
Professor
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Anthropology
Feminist theory in anthropology and archaeology, archaeological theory
and method, historical archaeology, industrial archaeology and cultural
resource management
Criminal Justice Faculty
Amanda Burgess-Proctor
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Michigan State University, Criminal Justice
Criminological theory, feminist criminology, intimate partner violence, juvenile justice
Lori Burrington
Assistant Professor
J.D.,Ph.D. Ohio State University, Sociology
Kimberly Byrd
Coordinator of Field Services & Student Support
MSW, Wayne State University
Sociology Faculty
Graham Cassano
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Brandeis University, Sociology
Urban sociology, theory, labor history, mass media, race, gender and class
Dennis Condron
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Ohio State University, Sociology
Sociology of education, statistics and research methods, social stratification
Raymond V. Liedka
Special Instructor
Ph.D. Cornell University, Sociology
Statistics, organizations, criminology, stratification, research methods
Heidi Lyons
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Bowling Green State University, Sociology
Family, population, social demography, life course, sex and gender, quantitative methods
Terri L. Orbuch
Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Sociology
Interpersonal relationships, race/gender, interrelationships between
relationships, marital stability and quality, sexuality and sexual
norms, account-making and narratives
Jo Reger
Professor
Ph.D. Ohio State University, Sociology
Social movements, gender, qualitative methods, organizations
Derek Roberts
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Michigan State University, Sociology
Culture, self and society, social class, sociology of the body, urban sociology
George Sanders
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, Sociology
Sociology of Religion, stratification, research methods, theory
Cynthia J. Schellenbach
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, Human Development
Family systems and the ecology of marriage and the family, community
based prevention and intervention, adulthood and aging, youth and adolescence
Social Work Faculty
Stephanie Brandimarte
Interim Director of Field and Student Services
MSW, University of Michigan
Erin Comartin
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Wayne State University, Social Work
Sex offender registries, sex offender registries, public policy
Dalton Connally
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas at Arlington, Social Work
Human behavior, social work field experience
Maria DeVoogd-Beam
Interim Program Director
MSW, Michigan State University
Angela Kaiser
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Wayne State University, Social Work
Organizational and community processes
Linda Morrison
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, Sociology
Mental health, social and human services, advocacy and social justice
Scott J. Smith
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Arizona State University, Social Work
Sexual health, health disparities, international social work
Emeriti Faculty
Peter Bertocci
Ph.D. Michigan State University, Anthropology
William E. Bezdek
Ph.D. University of Chicago, Psychology
Judith K. Brown
Ed.D. Harvard University, Human Development
James W. Dow
Ph.D. Brandeis University, Anthropology
David R. Maines
Ph.D. University of Missouri, Sociology
Curriculum Vitae
Jacqueline Scherer
Ph.D. Syracuse University, Sociology
Gary Shepherd
Ph.D. Michigan State University, Sociology
Curriculum Vitae
Richard B. Stamps
Ph.D. Michigan State University, Anthropology
Staff
Kathy Barrett
Administrative Secretary
Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Sociology
Sarah Erskine
Office Assistant
Social Work