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Chair

Jonathan Cutler

Associate Professor of SociologyShow Bio and Photo

Associate Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 212
860-685-2339

Chair, Sociology
860-685-2339

jcutler@wesleyan.edu

BA Tufts University
MA Union Theological Seminary
PHD CUNY The Graduate Center

Fall 2011

AMST409 - 16
Senior Thesis Tutorial

SOC151 - 04
Introductory Sociology

SOC202 - 01
Sociological Analysis

SOC401 - 02
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

SOC403 - 04
Dept/Program Project or Essay

SOC409 - 01
Senior Thesis Tutorial

SOC419 - 01
Student Forum

SOC491 - 01
Teaching Apprentice Tutorial

Spring 2012

SOC302 - 01
Paternalism & Social Power

SOC402 - 01
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

SOC404 - 02
Dept/Program Project or Essay

SOC410 - 01
Senior Thesis Tutorial

SOC492 - 01
Teaching Apprentice Tutorial

Office Hours:
PAC 212 Thursdays, 4-5pm and by appointment

Scholarly Keywords:
Social Theory;
Political Sociology;
Political Economy;
Labor

Faculty

Patricia Arend

Visiting Assistant Professor of SociologyShow Bio and Photo

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 204
860-685-3259

parend@wesleyan.edu

BA University Of Dayton
MA Northeastern University
PHD Boston College

Fall 2011

SOC151 - 02
Introductory Sociology

SOC229 - 01
Gender and Society

Spring 2012

SOC151 - 05
Introductory Sociology

SOC227 - 01
Consumer Society

Office Hours:
Wednesday, 1:00-3:00 p.m., or by appt.

Robyn Autry

Assistant Professor of SociologyShow Bio and Photo

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 313
860-685-3092

rautry@wesleyan.edu

BS University of Colorado Boulder
MS Univ of Wisconsin Madison
PHD Univ of Wisconsin Madison

Fall 2011

CHUM336 - 01
Race, Violence & Memory

Spring 2012

SOC240 - 01
Comparative Race and Ethnicity

SOC270 - 01
Urban Societies

Office Hours:
<p>3 - 430pm Tuesday </p>

Scholarly Keywords:
Comparative Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Collective Memory, Urban Sociology, Culture

Editorial Boards:

Contexts

Radical History Review

Clayton Childress

Visiting Instructor in SociologyShow Bio and Photo

Visiting Instructor in Sociology
Public Affairs Center 105
860-685-2217

cchildress@wesleyan.edu

BA Vassar College
MA University of California, Santa Barbara

Fall 2011

SOC151 - 03
Introductory Sociology

SOC225 - 01
The Economy of Culture

Spring 2012

SOC151 - 04
Introductory Sociology

SOC226 - 01
Organizations and Markets

SOC412 - 03
Group Tutorial, Undergraduate

Personal Homepage:
www.claytonchildress.com

Office Hours:
Tuesdays, 11:00-1:00 PAC 105 and by appt.

Mary Ann Clawson

Professor of SociologyShow Bio and Photo

Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 217
860-685-2945

Professor, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
860-685-2945

mclawson@wesleyan.edu

BA Carleton College
MA SUNY at Stony Brook
PHD SUNY at Stony Brook

Fall 2011

SOC228 - 01
The Family

SOC305 - 01
Soc Senior Research Seminar

SOC419 - 02
Student Forum

Spring 2012

AMST410 - 05
Senior Thesis Tutorial

SOC151 - 01
Introductory Sociology

SOC246 - 01
Social Movements

SOC404 - 01
Dept/Program Project or Essay

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;

Alex Dupuy

Class of 1958 Distinguished Professor of SociologyShow Bio and Photo

Class of 1958 Distinguished Professor of Sociology
860-685-2952

Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 315
860-685-2952

Chair, African American Studies Program
860-685-2952

adupuy@wesleyan.edu

BA University of Connecticut
MA Brandeis University
PHD SUNY at Binghamton
MAA Wesleyan University

Fall 2011

AMST407 - 02
Senior Tutorial

SOC212 - 01
Sociology and Social Theory

SOC409 - 02
Senior Thesis Tutorial

Spring 2012

SOC304 - 01
Sociology and Social Justice

SOC402 - 06
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

SOC410 - 02
Senior Thesis Tutorial

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 Photo

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 304
860-685-3825

ggoldberg@wesleyan.edu

BA New York University
PHD CUNY The Graduate Center

Fall 2011

SOC151 - 01
Introductory Sociology

SOC234 - 01
Media and Society

SOC403 - 10
Dept/Program Project or Essay

Spring 2012

SOC151 - 03
Introductory Sociology

SOC252 - 01
Social Dimensions of Music

SOC404 - 06
Dept/Program Project or Essay

SOC410 - 05
Senior Thesis Tutorial

Office Hours:
Tues, 10:30-12:30 p.m., or by appointment, PAC 304 x3825

Daniel Long

Assistant Professor of SociologyShow Bio and Photo

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 218
860-685-2949

dalong@wesleyan.edu

BA Swarthmore College
MS Univ of Wisconsin Madison
PHD Univ of Wisconsin Madison

Fall 2011

SOC273 - 01
Sociology of Education

SOC403 - 05
Dept/Program Project or Essay

SOC409 - 07
Senior Thesis Tutorial

SOC465 - 01
Education in the Field

Spring 2012

SOC151 - 02
Introductory Sociology

SOC202 - 01
Sociological Analysis

SOC402 - 05
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

SOC410 - 07
Senior Thesis Tutorial

Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday,2:45-3:45,or by appt.

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

Provost and Vice President for Academic AffairsShow Bio and Photo

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
North College 320
860-685-2010

John E. Andrus Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 204
860-685-2943

Professor of Sociology
Public Affairs Center 204
860-685-2943

rrosenthal@wesleyan.edu

BA Rutgers University
MA University of California, Santa Barbara
PHD University of California, Santa Barbara

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

Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
860-685-3205

ljstark@wesleyan.edu

BS Cornell University
MA Princeton University
PHD Princeton University

Fall 2011

CHUM360 - 01
Social Life of the Modern Fact

SISP401 - 01
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

SISP409 - 06
Senior Thesis Tutorial

SOC409 - 08
Senior Thesis Tutorial

Spring 2012

SISP262 - 01
Sociology of Medicine

SISP402 - 04
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

SISP410 - 06
Senior Thesis Tutorial

SISP420 - 01
Student Forum

SOC212 - 01
Sociology and Social Theory

SOC410 - 03
Senior Thesis Tutorial

Personal Homepage:
http://ljstark.faculty.wesleyan.edu

Office Hours:
Monday, 2:30-3:30 p.m., or by appointment, Allbritton 207 X3205

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 Photo

Professor of Sociology, Emerita

sfisher@wesleyan.edu

BA California State University - Northridge
MA University of California, San Diego
PHD University of California, San Diego
MAA Wesleyan University