Sociology Faculty
Brãdãţan, Cristina, Assistant Professor - Sociology
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 2004
- e-mail: cristina.bradatan at ttu.edu
- Home page http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/crbradat
Areas of Specialization: Family and fertility, Migration, Statistical methods Current Research Interests: Highly educated immigrants in the US and European Union, Migration patterns in the European Union, Cohabitation in Eastern Europe
Dunham, Charlotte, Associate. Professor - Sociology
Ph.D. University of Southern California 1989
- email: CHARLOTTE.DUNHAM@TTU.EDU
- Home Page: http://www2.tltc.ttu.edu/dunham/
- Chair: Women's Studies
Special Areas: Sociology of Aging and the Life Course, Family Sociology, Gender and Social Psychology.
Current Research Interests: The life course and the family; the long-term effects of political activism on intergenerational relations and life course timing; predictors of political activism; life course and predictors of sexual behavior; grandparents and their relationship with grandchildren; employed women who are caring for family members with dementia.
Johnson, D. Paul, Professor & former Chair - Sociology
Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1969.
- email: D.PAUL.JOHNSON@TTU.EDU
Former President, Religious Research Association http://rra.hartsem.edu
Director, Religion Studies Minor at TTU
Special Areas: Sociological Theory, Sociology of Religion, Deviance, and Social Organization.
Current Research Interests: Social service activities of religious organizations in local communities; theory and applied research, particularly in sociology of religion; major current project involves writing a book on contemporary sociological theory that is intended to integrate alternative micro and macro (or agency and structure) perspectives.
Koch, Jerome, Associate Professor-Sociology
Ph.D. Purdue, 1994
- email: JEROME.KOCH@TTU.EDU
- Home Page: http://www2.tltc.ttu.edu/jkoch/
Special areas: Religion, Medicine, Alcohol/Drugs, Bio-ethics
Current Research Interests: Clergy and congregational ministries to people with AIDS. Social outreach in religious congregations. College students, tattoos, and body piercing.
Ramirez, Luis, Asst. Professor - Sociology
Ph.D. University of New Hampshire, 2002
- email: L.RAMIREZ@TTU.EDU
Special Areas: Family, Criminology, Deviance
Current Research Interests: Gender, ethnicity, and religion and intimate partner violence.
Roberts, Alden E., Professor - Sociology
Ph.D. University of Washington, 1975
- email: ALDEN.ROBERTS@TTU.EDU
Special Areas: Statistics and Methodology, Social Psychology, Intergroup Relations
Current Research Interests: Analysis of religion and College Life Data, Reference groups and religion, deviance and religion, self-efficacy and religion, sociobiology and religion and Vietnamese Refugee data analysis.
Schneider, Andreas, Associate Professor - Sociology
Ph.D. Indiana University, 1997.
Former editor, now editorial board member: Electronic Journal of Sociology http://www.sociology.org/
Special Areas: social psychology, symbolic interactionism, cross-cultural comparative perspective, international management, deviance: violence and sexuality, authoritarianism.
Current Research Interests: Cross-cultural study of emotions and developments in authoritarianism and conservatism; contemporary masculinity.
Smithey, Martha, Associate Professor - Sociology
Ph.D., Texas A & M University, 1994
- email: m.smithey@ttu.edu
Areas of Specialization: Social Science Research Methods and Statistics; Criminology; Family Violence, Gender
Tsai, Yung Mei, Professor - Sociology
Ph.D. Colorado, 1973.
- email: YUNG.MEI.TSAI@TTU.EDU
Director, Community and Urban Studies.
Special Areas: Urban, Technology and Society, Comparative, Globalization.
Current Research Interest: Impacts of globalization on occupational
dynamics and local communities, urban redevelopment and revitalization,
globalization, telecommunication and urban development.
Wasserman, Jason, Assitant Professor - Sociology
- email: jason.wasserman@ttu.edu
Special Areas: Homelessness, ethography, medical sociology, bioethics, epistemology, documentary film
Current Research Interests: I am currently working on several projects which include the medicalization of homelessness and a documentary film on homelessness, pedagogical approaches for incorporating social science into medical education, innovative qualitative methods using fractals, and some work on the sociology of art and music.