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Mary Ann Clawson
Professor of SociologyShow Bio and Photo
Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 217
860-685-2945
Chair, Sociology
860-685-2945
Professor, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
860-685-2945
BA Carleton College
MA SUNY at Stony Brook
PHD SUNY at Stony Brook
SOC305 - 01
Soc Senior Research Seminar
SOC151 - 02
Introductory Sociology
Office Hours:
Tuesday, 3:00-4:00 p.m.;
Wednesday, 4:05-5:30 p.m.,
or by appt.
Scholarly Keywords:
Social Movements;
Work, Leisure and Popular Culture;
The Family;
Sociology of Gender;
Faculty
Robyn Autry
Assistant Professor of SociologyShow Bio and PhotoBS University of Colorado Boulder
MS Univ of Wisconsin Madison
PHD Univ of Wisconsin Madison
SOC240 - 01
Comparative Race and Ethnicity
SOC284 - 01
Memory and Violence
SOC151 - 01
Introductory Sociology
SOC270 - 01
Urban Societies
Office Hours: 2 - 330 pm Monday
Lara Birk
Visiting Assistant Professor of SociologyShow BioVisiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
860-685-2117
SOC151 - 03
Introductory Sociology
SOC151 - 04
Introductory Sociology
SOC241 - 01
Mental Illness and Society
Peggy Carey Best
Health Professions AdvisorShow Bio and PhotoAB Earlham College
PHD
SOC315 - 01
The Health of Communities
Jonathan Cutler
Associate Professor of SociologyShow Bio and PhotoBA Tufts University
MA Union Theological Seminary
PHD CUNY The Graduate Center
SOC202 - 01
Sociological Analysis
SOC212 - 01
Sociology and Social Theory
SOC212 - 01
Sociology and Social Theory
SOC302 - 01
Paternalism & Social Power
Office Hours: PAC 212. Tuesday, 3-5pm
Scholarly Keywords: Social Theory; Political Sociology; Political Economy; Labor
Alex Dupuy
Professor of SociologyShow Bio and Photo
Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 315
860-685-2952
John E. Andrus Professor of Sociology
860-685-2952
BA University of Connecticut
MA Brandeis University
MAA Wesleyan University
PHD SUNY at Binghamton
Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday, 2:00-3:30 p.m., or by appointment
PAC 315 X2952
Research Interests:
Professor of Sociology Alex Dupuy has published broadly on social, economic, and political developments in Haiti and the Caribbean. He is the author of Haiti in the World Economy: Class, Race, and Underdevelopment Since 1700 (1989), Haiti in the New World Order: The Limits of the Democratic Revolution (1997), The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti (2007), and more than three dozen articles in professional journals and anthologies. He appeared several times on the News Hour with Jim Lehrer and on other television programs such as Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN and The Agenda with Steve Parkin on Toronto Public TV. He has also commentated on Haitian affairs on National Public Radio and other local NPR stations in Boston, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and Wisconsin Public Radio; and on the BBC's Caribbean Service, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Late Talk Program, and Radio Jamaica RJR 94 FM. He is particularly interested in issues of Caribbean political economy and social change.
Scholarly Keywords:
Globalization
Sociology of Development/World System
Race and Ethnicity
Caribbean
Academic Associations:
Member of the American Sociological Association, the Caribbean Studies Association, and the Haitian Studies Association.
Greg Goldberg
Assistant Professor of SociologyShow Bio and PhotoBA New York University
PHD CUNY The Graduate Center
SOC151 - 01
Introductory Sociology
SOC234 - 01
Media and Society I
SOC260 - 01
Media and Society II
SOC351 - 01
The Social Body
Office Hours: Weds, 9 - 11 a.m., CHUM 207
Basak Kus
Assistant Professor of SociologyShow Bio and PhotoBA Boazici University
MA SUNY at Stony Brook
PHD University Calif Berkeley
SOC151 - 02
Introductory Sociology
SOC250 - 01
Sociology of Markets
SOC202 - 01
Sociological Analysis
SOC210 - 01
Political Sociology
Office Hours:
Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30-3:30
Daniel Long
Assistant Professor of SociologyShow Bio and PhotoBA Swarthmore College
MS Univ of Wisconsin Madison
PHD Univ of Wisconsin Madison
SOC273 - 01
Sociology of Education
SOC405 - 01
Sociology Thesis Seminar
SOC406 - 01
Sociology Thesis Seminar
Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday,9-10am or 1-2:30pm,or by appointment
Scholarly Keywords:
Sociology of Education and
Educational Policy;
Social Stratification--Educational
and Economic Inequalities;
Quantitative Methods;
Sociology of Development/Sociology of
Economic Change;
Latina(o)Sociology/Latin American
Sociology
Race and Ethnicity
Rob Rosenthal
John E. Andrus Professor of SociologyShow Bio and Photo
John E. Andrus Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 204
860-685-2943
Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 204
860-685-2943
BA Rutgers University
MA University Calif Santa Bar
PHD University Calif Santa Bar
Office Hours:
By appointment only in North College 319, ext. 2010.
Scholarly Keywords:
Urban Sociology;
Housing and Homelessness;
Music and Social Movements;
Community Research;
Civic Engagement & Service-Learning
Laura Stark
Assistant Professor of SociologyShow Bio and Photo
Assistant Professor of Sociology
222 Church Street 207
860-685-3205
Assistant Professor of Science in Society
860-685-3205
BS Cornell University
MA Princeton University
PHD Princeton University
Personal Homepage:
http://ljstark.faculty.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours: On leave through Spring 2014
Scholarly Keywords: Science and Medicine; Sociology of Ethics and Morality; Law and Regulation; Healthcare; Social Theory; Ethnographic and Historical Methods
Emeriti
Sue Fisher
Professor of Sociology, EmeritaShow Bio and PhotoBA California State Univ - Northr
MA University of California, San
MAA Wesleyan University
PHD University of California, San







