Sociology Faculty
Dr. Cristina BrãdãţanAssistant Professor, Sociology, 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. Email: cristina.bradatan@ttu.edu Office: Holden Hall 68 Fall 2009 Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00–11:00 am, or by appointment. |
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Dr. Charlotte DunhamAssociate Professor, Sociology, Areas of Specialization: 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. Email: charlotte.dunham@ttu.edu Office: Holden Hall 66 Fall 2009 Office Hours: Wednesdays, 10:00–11:45 am, or by appointment. |
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Dr. D. Paul Johnson Professor, Sociology Areas of Specialization: Sociological Theory, Sociology of Religion, Deviance, and Social Organization Current Research Interests: Social theory and sociology of religion; currently writing a book (with Robert Beckley and Jerome Koch, under contract with Springer) that incorporates a multi-level perspective on religion, spirituality, and morality in the contemporary global context; continuing long-term focus on role of religious organizations in promoting social service activities in local communities and strengthening civil society; currently analyzing data from extended interviews with sample of key participants in Gülen movement in southeastern Turkey. Email: d.paul.johnson@ttu.edu Office: Holden Hall 278A Fall 2009 Office Hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays,1:00–3:00 pm, or by appointment |
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Dr. Jerome KochProfessor of Sociology Areas of Specialization: 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. Email: jerome.koch@ttu.edu Office: Holden Hall 65 Fall 2009 Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30–9:30 pm, or by appointment. |
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Linda Larrabee
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Dr. Luis RamirezAssistant Professor of Sociology Areas of Specialization: Family, Criminology, Deviance Current Research Interests: Gender, ethnicity, and religion and intimate partner violence. Email: l.ramirez@ttu.edu Office: Holden Hall 161 Fall 2009 Office Hours: Mondays, 11:00 am–12:00 pm, or by appointment. |
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Dr. Alden RobertsProfessor of Sociology Areas of Specialization: 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. Email: alden.roberts@ttu.edu Office: Holden Hall 63 Fall 2009 Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00–2:00 pm, or by appointment. |
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Dr. Andreas SchneiderAssociate Professor of Sociology Areas of Specialization: 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. Email: andreas.schneider@ttu.edu Office: Holden Hall 159 Fall 2009 Office Hours: Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:00–11:00 am, or by appointment. |
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Dr. Martha SmitheyAssociate Professor of Sociology Areas of Specialization: Social Science Research Methods and Statistics; Criminology; Family Violence, Gender. Current Research Interests: Family and intimate partner violence; social measures and the social construction of expectations of intimate partnership and parenting; criminal justice practices for reducing domestic violence; cross-cultural research on parenting; and infant homicide. Email: m.smithey@ttu.edu Office: Holden Hall 71 Fall 2009 Office Hours: Wednesdays, 10:00–11:30 am, or by appointment. |
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Dr. Yung Mei Tsai Professor of Sociology Areas of Specialization: Urban, Technology and Society, Comparative, Globalization. Current Research Interests: Impacts of globalization on occupational dynamics and local communities, urban redevelopment and revitalization, globalization, telecommunication and urban development. Email: yung.mei.tsai@ttu.edu Office: Holden Hall 162 Fall 2009 Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00–2:00 pm, or by appointment. |
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Dr. Jason WassermanAssistant Professor of Sociology Areas of Specialization: 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. Email: jason.wasserman@ttu.edu Office: Holden Hall 69 Fall 2009 Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 am–12:00 pm, or by appointment. |
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