Sociology Faculty
Dr. Cristina Bradatan
Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2004
Areas of Specialization:Migration, Human-environment interaction, Quantitative methods
Current Research Interests: Climate change adaptation, Highly skilled migration
Website: http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/crbradat
Online
Dr. Andrea Button
Assistant Professor of Practice, Sociology
Texas Tech University at Waco
Ph.D., Kansas State University, 2015
Areas of Specialization: Animals & society, social movements, political sociology, reentry & reintegration, criminology, gender, identity
Current Research Interests: Drift car racing; cosplay; women in prison; campus protests
Texas Tech University at Waco
1400 College Dr.
University Center, MAC Building
Waco, TX 76708
Office: FOB 213
Dr. Seung-won Emily Choi
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2019
Areas of Specialization: Population health, Aging and life course, Family demography, Quantitative methodology
Current Research Interests: Racial/ethnic disparities in health, Intergenerational relationships, Cognitive health in later life, Global aging
Holden Hall 066
Dr. Nadia Y. Flores-Yeffal
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2005
Areas of Specialization: Demography, International Migration, Mexico-U.S. Bound Migration, Latina/o Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Social Networks.
Current Research Interests: International migration from El Salvador, migration networks, undocumented youth and education, hyperreality and migration from Latin America, media and undocumented immigration, and the impact of the environment on international and internal migration.
Holden Hall 080F
Dr. Jerome Koch
Interim Associate Chair, SASW
Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1994
Member, Texas Tech University Teaching Academy
Past Associate Chair, SASW Department
Areas of Specialization: Medical sociology, deviance, sociology of religion
Current Research Interests: College students and body modification; religion, mental health, and normative behavior
Website: http://drjkoch.org
Holden Hall 070
Dr. Carol Lindquist
Assistant Professor of Practice of Sociology
Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2011
Areas of Specialization: Sociologies of Food, Gender, Families and Work, Consumption; Social Psychology; Qualitative and Visual Methods
Current Research Interests: Medicalization of food; power dynamics in close relationships; social/sexual harassment; cultural appropriation and colonization.
Holden Hall 065
Dr. Patricia Maloney
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Yale University, 2012
Sociology Graduate Director
Areas of Specialization: Education, Qualitative methodology, Social Theory
Current Research Interests: Teachers Cheating, Teach For America, Charter Schools
Holden Hall Room 069
Dr. Jeffery Patterson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2022
Areas of Specialization: Social Control, Organizations, Knowledge/Beliefs
Current Research Interests: Conspiracy theories & contested knowledge, mental illness & social control, social control of nature
Holden Hall Room 064
Dr. Natasha H. Pusch
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2020
Areas of Specialization: Criminological theory, victimization, juvenile justice
Current Research Interests: Violence in schools, teen dating violence, use of criminological theory to explain victimization, gender differences in adolescence
Holden Hall 067
Dr. Luis Ramirez
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 2002
Areas of Specialization: Intimate partner violence, Race and ethnicity, Criminology
Current Research Interests: Intimate partner violence, Race and ethnicity, Criminology
Holden Hall 281A
Dr. Martha Smithey
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Texas A & M University, 1994
Areas of Specialization: Criminology, Family Violence, Research Methods
Current Research Interests: Violence Against Children, Intimate Partner Violence, and Parenting
Holden Hall 281B
Dr. Ori Swed
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2016
Areas of Specialization: Criminology, Peace War and Social Conflict, Political Sociology
Current Research Interests: Privatization of Security, Terrorism, Non-State Actors
Holden Hall 077
Dr. Brandon Wagner
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2013
Sociology Undergraduate Director
Areas of Specialization: Demography, Population Health, Family, Quantitative Methods, Bio-Social Interplay
Current Research Interests: Intersection of health and family across the early life course, Use of biomarkers in social research
Holden Hall 063
Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Jeffrey Dennis
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, TTUHSC
Adjunct Faculty, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2010
Areas of Specialization: Demography, Population Health, Health Services Research
Current Research Interests: Racial Disparities in birth outcomes, mental health and the criminal justice system, social aspects of emergency medicine.
4C102 – TTUHSC
Dr. Daniel Jaster
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Eureka College
Adjunct Faculty, Sociology
Ph.D., University Texas at Austin, 2018
Dr. SaunJuhi Verma
Inqlab Consultancy
Adjunct Faculty, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2012
Areas of Specialization: Critical immigration studies, Transnational migration theory, and labor rights from an intersectional lens
Current Research Interests: Surveillance/policing infrastructure and its impact upon migrant rights, broader communities of color, and the establishment of a settler colonial state.
Sociology
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Address
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Email
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