Robert Aponte, Ph.D. (University of Chicago, 1991)
Associate Professor and Chairperson
Teaching Specialties: Race and Ethnic Relations; Urban Sociology; Demography / Research Interests: Poverty; Race and Ethnicity, Immigration; Cuban Society / Selected Recent Publications: “Latinos in the US: The New Largest Minority and its Many Discontents” Journal of Latino-Latin American Studies (2003); “Latinos and Political Interventions” Encrucijada/Crossroads On Line Journal, Dartmouth College (http://journals.dartmouth.edu/latinox/encrucijada/about.shtml) (2003); "Urban Hispanic Poverty: Disaggregations and Explanations" in R D’Angelo & H Douglas (eds), Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Race & Ethnicity, (2005).
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Wan-Ning Bao, Ph.D. (Iowa State University, 1997)
Associate Professor
Teaching Specialties: Criminology/deviance, control of crime / Research Interests: Crime in China, comparative criminology, homeless and runaway adolescents, crime in the Czech Republic, effects of family processes on adolescent development / Selected Recent Publications: “Abuse, Support, and Depression among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents”(with Whitbeck & Hoyt), Journal of Health and Social Behavior(2000); “Depressive Symptoms and Co-Occurring Depressive Symptoms, Substance Abuse, and Conduct Problems among Runaway and Homeless Adolescents”(with Whitbeck & Hoyt), Child Development (2000); “Life Strain, Negative Emotions, and Delinquency: An Empirical Test of General Strain Theory in the People's Republic of China” (with Haas & Pi), International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (2004).

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David C. Bell, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins, 1977) Professor
Teaching Specialties: Social Science Research Methods / Research Interests: Social networks, HIV/AIDS, Family / Selected Recent Publications: Bell, David C., Isaac D. Montoya, John S. Atkinson, and Su-Jau Yang. 2002. Social Networks and Forecasting the Spread of HIV Infection." JAIDS; Bell, David C. 2001. Evolution of parental caregiving. Personality and Social Psychology Review; Bell, David C. and Alan J. Richard. 2000. Caregiving: The Forgotten Element in Attachment. Psychological inquiry; Bell, David C. and Roberto A. Trevino. 1999. Modeling HIV risk. JAIDS.
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Carrie E. Foote, Ph. D. (University of Colorado, Boulder, 2002) Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Teaching Specialties: AIDS and Society, Social Factors in Health and Illness, Social Organization of Health Care, Research Methods, Social Theory / Research Interests: HIV/AIDS, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Social Construction of Health and Illness, Gender, Inequalities, and Reproductive Health / Selected Recent Publications: “Use of Alternative Therapists among People in Care for HIV in the United States” American Journal of Public Health. (2003); “The Meaning of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices among People with HIV in the US: Strategies for Managing Everyday Life with HIV” Journal for the Sociology of Health and Illness. (2003); “Socio-cultural Barriers to the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for HIV” (with London, Fleishman and Shapiro) Qualitative Health Research. (2004) / Other Professional Activities: Principal Investigator  on National Institutes of Health Pre-Doctoral Disability Fellowship:  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. "Becoming an Alternative Medicine User for the Management of HIV Disease: Social Networks, Ideology and Stratification."
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David A. Ford, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh, 1976)
Professor and Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Programs
Teaching Specialties: Crime and Society, Control of Crime, Statistics / Research Interests: Family and other criminal violence, domestic violence and criminal justice, community based interventions against domestic violence; "Prosecuting Violence Against Women" (with Beall), contribution to SUNY/NIJ project, Violence Against Women: Synthesis for Practitioners / Selected Recent Publications: Understanding Violence Against Women (with National Research Council Panel on Research on Violence Against Women), Crowell & Burgess, editors (1996); Controlling Violence Against Women: A Research Perspective on the 1994 VAWA's Criminal Justice Impacts (with Bachman, Friend, and Meloy), NCJRS Document #197137 (July, 2002); "Coercing Victim Participation in Domestic Violence Prosecutions," Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18 (June, 2003); "Review of Frederick Wiseman’s film, Domestic Violence," Contemporary Sociology, 32 (July, 2003) / Other Professional Activities: Curriculum Director, Training Project on Family Violence for Indiana Law Enforcement Officers; Advisory Panel Member, NIJ Judicial Oversight Demonstration Project.
2003 SLA Outstanding Resident Faculty Award
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Carol Brooks Gardner, Ph. D. (University of Pennsylvania, 1983)
Professor
Teaching Specialties: Fieldwork Methodology, Women and Health, Gender and Society, Theory / Research Interests: Gender, Social interaction, the sociology of disabilities / Selected Recent Publications: "Learning for Two: Pregnancy Practices and Social Problems," Perspectives on Social Problems.; "Gendered Advice and Mental Health Practices," (with Bruce Beal) Perspectives on Social Problems (2000); “‘In My Mind, We Are All Humans’: Mixed-Race Couples and Public Harassment,” (with Jeanine Datzman) The Marriage and Family Review (2000).

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William P. Gronfein, Ph. D. (State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1983) Associate Professor
Teaching Specialties: Social Organization of Health Care, Social Factors in Health and Illness, Deviance and Social Control / Research Interests: Sociology of mental illness and mental health policy, medical sociology, deviance / Selected Recent Publications: Syllabi and Course Materials in Teaching Materials for the Sociology of Mental Health and Illness, American Sociological Association, (2000); “Deinstitutionalization, Social Rejection, and the Self- Esteem of Former Mental Patients” (with Wright and Owens) Journal of Health and Social Behavior (2000) / Other Professional Activities: Member of a multidisciplinary research team studying problems of mental health and illness in Indiana; Editorial Board, Journal of Health and Human Behavior

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Ain E. Haas, Ph. D. (University of Wisconsin, 1977)
Associate Professor
Teaching Specialties: Comparative Sociology, Juvenile Delinquency, Statistics, Theory, Control of Crime, Inequality, Work / Research Interests: Workplace democracy, social change in Sweden and post-Soviet Estonia / Selected Recent Publications: "Social Inequality in Aboriginal North America: A Test of Lenski's Theory," Social Forces, December 1993; "Non-Violence in Ethnic Relations in Estonia," Journal of Baltic Studies, Spring 1996, “Intercultural Contact and the Evolution of the Baltic Psaltery, Journal of Baltic Studies, Fall 2001, which led to the Vilis Vitols Prize, Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, 2003; “Estonia”, co-authored chapter in Lynn Walter’s Women’s Issues in Europe (Greenwood), 2003. Other Professional Activities: translated and edited an Estonian Textbook; Co-director of evaluation study of Partners for Youth Program, designed to reduce juvenile delinquency in Marion County (1990-1992, with Linda Haas); Fulbright Lecturer/Scholar at Tartu University in Estonia (1993, 2005); Director of survey of visitors at International Festival of Indianapolis (1995, 2001, 2004)
Fulbright Scholar Award 2005

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Linda L. Haas, Ph. D. (University of Wisconsin, 1977) Professor
Teaching Specialties: Family, Families and Social Policy, Gender and Society, Research Methods, Gender and Work / Research Interests: Gender, family policy in Sweden / Selected Recent Publications: "Organizational Change and Gender Equity (Sage 2000), "Parental leave and gender equality - Lessons from the European Union." Review of Policy Research 6, 89-114. (2003); "Sweden."  Pp. 621-652 in Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide - Sweden, (2003);  "Parental leave and gender equality - What can the U.S. learn from The European Union?" In Equity in the Workplace (2004); "Work-life integration and social policy." In Work and Life Integration, (with Lewis) (2005) / Other Professional Activities:
Trustee's Teaching Award 2002, 2004
2001 Jan Trost Award for Outstanding Contributions to Comparative Family Studies, National Council on Family Relations
1997 Honorary Doctorate in Social Sciences from Goteborg University in Sweden

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Jay Howard, Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame, 1992) Professor of Sociology and IUPUC Interim Vice Chancellor and Dean
Teaching Specialties: Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Work, Theory, Research Methods, Sociology of Education /  Research Interests: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; Religion & Popular culture   Selected Recent Publications: Discussion in the College Classroom:  Applications for Sociology Instruction. (2004) Howard, Jay R.  2005.  “An Examination of Student Learning in Introductory Sociology at a Commuter Campus.” Teaching Sociology (2005).  Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music (with Streck) (1999 hardback/2004 paperback) / Other Professional Activities: Deputy Editor, Teaching Sociology; 2003-2009; President-elect, North Central Sociological Association, 2005-2006; American Sociological Association Section on Teaching and Learning Sociology, Secretary/ Treasurer, 2000-2003
2004 Mack Fellow, The Mack Center at I. U. for Inquiry on Teaching and Learning
2001 Indiana University President’s Award for Teaching Excellence
1997 I. U. Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) Award

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Tamara Leech, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, 2006), Assistant Professor

Teaching Specialties: Health and Illness, Social Demography, Urban Communities, Adolescence, Research Methods
Research Interests: Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors, Urban Neighborhoods and Housing, Gender and Racial Context of Health, Environmental Racism.

 

 

 

Marci B. Littlefield, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin, 2003), Assistant Professor
Teaching Specialties: Race, Gender and Ethnicity, Marriage and Family, Urban Society/Development, Sociology of the Black Community
Research Interests: Economic development and urban communities, African American families, Religion and social change, Women’s roles in society.


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Najja Modibo, Ph.D. (University of Toronto, 1995)
Associate Professor
Teaching Specialties: Welfare and workfare Policy, Organization of Work, Gendered Racism

 

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Lynn M. Pike, Ph.D. (The Ohio State University, 1983)
Professor
Teaching Specialties: Sociology of Death and Dying, Social Problems, Visual Sociology / Research Interests: Adolescents, Youth at risk, Program evaluation, Adolescent sexuality, Adolescent gambling, mentoring/ Selected Recent Publications: Response to Zelenko et. al. Poor Expectant Mothers: Can We Assess Their Potential for Child Abuse? Journal of Adolescent Health. Blinn-Pike, L., & Mingus, S. (2000). The Internal Consistency of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory With Adolescent Mothers. Journal of Adolescence, 23, 107-111. Blinn-Pike, L., Berger, T., & Rae-Holloway, M. (2000). Is There a Causal Link Between Maltreatment and Adolescent Pregnancy? A Literature Review. Family Planning Perspectives. Blinn-Pike, L. (2001).Sibling influences on adolescents’ attitudes toward safe sex practices. Family Relations. Blinn-Pike, L., Berger, T., Dixon, D., Kuschel, D., & Kaplan, M. (2002). Blinn-Pike, L., Berger, T., Hewett, J., & Oleson, J. (2004). Evaluation of the “Reducing the Risk” curriculum: 18 Month Follow-Up. Journal of Adolescent Research. Kowal, A. K., & Blinn-Pike, L. (2004).

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Peter J. Seybold, Ph.D. (SUNY at Stony Brook, 1978) Associate Professor
Teaching Specialties: Political Sociology, Sociology of Work, Sociology of Organizations, Classical and Modern Social Theory, Social Change, Urban Sociology, Economic Sociology / Research Interests: Labor and Politics, Labor Unions as Organizations, Power Structure Research, Philanthropic Foundations, Sociology of Knowledge / Selected Recent Publications: “Humanizing Introductory Sociology,” ‘Professing’ Humanist Sociology (fifth edition), American Sociological Association, (2005).

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Suzanne K. Steinmetz, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve University, 1975) Professor
Teaching Specialties: Family, Social Theory, Life Span Development, Families and Social Policy / Research Interests: Adolescence, Japanese history
Selected Recent Publications: "Adolescents" in Sussman, Steinmetz, & Peterson, Handbook of Marriage and the Family, 2nd Ed (1999); Fatherhood: Research, Interventions and Policies (Peters, Peterson, Steinmetz, & Day) (2000); Coming Full Circle: From Volunteer to Profession in Steinmetz & Peterson (Eds.) Pioneering Paths in the Study of Families: The Lives and Careers of Family Scholars (2002); Parental Versus Government Guided Policies: A Comparison of Youth Outcomes in Cuba and the United States in Peterson, Steinmetz, & Wilson (Eds.) Parent-Youth Relations: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives (2005); Japanese Family and Society: Words from Tongo Takabe, a Meiji era Sociologist. Sako (translator & author) & Steinmetz (Editor & author) (forthcoming) / Other Professional Activities: Editor Marriage and Family Review; Senior Editor Haworth Series in Marriage and Family Studies, Licensed Social Worker.
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David Strong, M.A. (Indiana University, 1994) Lecturer
Teaching Specialties: Introduction to Sociology, Social Change, Social Problems
Research Interests: Human Sexuality, Education, Race and Ethnicity, Family

 

 

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Robert W. White, Ph.D. (Indiana University, 1987) Professor and Dean, School of Liberal Arts  
Teaching Specialties: Social Movements, Political Sociology, Research Methods, Introduction to Sociology/ Research Interests: The causes and consequences of small group political violence/ Selected Recent Publications: Ruairi O Bradaigh, The Life and Politics of an Irish Revolutionary (Indiana University Press, 2006);
Other Professional Activities: Recipient (with faculty in Sociology and English) of a grant to redesign R100, Introduction and Sociology, and W131, Elementary Composition I, from The Pew Grant Program in Course Redesign, conducted by The Center for Academic Transformation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Colin J. Williams, Ph.D. (Rutgers University, 1969) Professor
Teaching Specialties: Sexuality and Society, Theory / Research Interests: Human sexuality and deviance / Selected Recent Publications: "Becoming and `Being' Bisexual," (with M. Weinberg and D. Pryor), Bisexualitaten: Ideologie und Praxis des Sexual Kontaktes mit beiden Geschlechtern, Stuttgart: Gustav; Reprinted in Constructions of Deviance, (1999); “Bisexuals At Midlife: Commitment, Salience, and Identity,” (with M. Weinberg and D. Pryor). Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (2001); “Men Sex Workers and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men: How Do Their HIV Risks Compare?” (with M. Weinberg and H. Worth), Archives of Sexual Behavior (2001); “Zoophilia in Men: A Study of Sexual Interest in Animals” (with M. Weinberg), Archives of Sexual Behavior (2003); Crossroads: Readings in Social Problems (2004), and Sex Matters: The Sexuality and Society Reader (2004); “Fecal Matters: Habitus, Embodiments, and Deviance” (with M. Weinberg) Social Problems (2005).
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Patricia Ann Wittberg, Ph.D. (University of Chicago, 1982) Professor
Teaching Specialties: Sociology of Religion, Formal Organizations, Community, Urban Sociology / Research Interests: Growth and decline of churches, power in religious organizations, bureaucracy in religious organizations / Selected Recent Publications: "Called to Service: The Changing Institutional Identities of American Denominations" (2000); AReligion and Society: Two Sides of the Same Coin@ (with James Davidson) Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing Theology and the Social Sciences, vol. 46 (2001); AReligious Orders in Higher Education,@ pp.263-289 in Thomas C. Hunt et al, eds. Handbook of Research on Catholic Higher Education (2003); "Catholic Religious Orders of Women in China: Adaptation and Power" (with Beatrice Leung)  Journal of the Scientific Study of Religion vol. 43, no.1 (2004) / Other Professional Activities: Editor, Review of Religious Research, 2002-2008.
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James G. Wolf, M.A. (University of Chicago 1985) Director, Survey Research Center at IUPUI; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Teaching Specialties: Survey methodology, public policy research, Statistics, substance abuse needs assessment / Selected Recent Publications: Author, Gay Priests (1989); Co-author, The Chicago Study of Access and Choice in Higher Education(1985); and, articles/reviews in journals including American Journal of Sociology, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, Journal of the American College of Surgeons

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Emeritus Faculty



Joseph T. Taylor, Ph.D. (1913-2000)
Emeritus Professor and Emeritus Dean of Liberal Arts

 

Adjunct Faculty

 

Betsy Fife, Ph.D., RN Adjunct Associate Professor
Senior Research Scientist, Center for Nursing Research, Indiana University School of Nursing

 

 

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Gail Whitchurch, Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Communication Studies Department

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Eric R. Wright, Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor; Associate Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Teaching Specialties: AIDS and Society, Social Factors in Health and Illness, Social Organization of Health Care, Research Methods / Research Interests: Social Networks; Health Services; HIV/AIDS; Serious Mental Illness; Human Sexuality / Selected Recent Publications: “Mental Health Case Management As A Locus For HIV Prevention: Results From Case-Manager Focus Groups.” (with Encandela, Korr, Hulton, Koeske, Klinkenberg, Otto-Salaj, Silvestre) Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research  (2003); “The View From Two Worlds: The Convergence of Social Network Between Mental Health Clients and Their Ties.” (with Pesconsolido) Social Science and Medicine (2004) / Other Professional Activities: Associate Director, Indiana Consortium for Mental Health Services Research; Board Member, AIDServe Indiana; Chair, Sociologists’ AIDS Network; Editor, ASA Medical Sociology Section Newsletter; Member, Research Advisory Panel, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Division of Mental Health.
President's Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2004
Trustee's Teaching Award, 2001
Outstanding New Faculty Award, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis,1999

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Part-time Instructors

 

Glenna Simons, J.D., Ph.D. Candidate (Purdue University)
Teaching Specialties: Introduction to Sociology, Families and Society / Research Interests: Sociology of Law

 

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Joe Stucker, (Butler University, 1988)
Teaching Specialties: Introduction to Sociology / Research Interests: Sociology of Education

 

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Aimee Zoeller, M.A. (IUPUI, 2005)
Teaching Specialties: Introduction to Sociology / Research Interests: Family; Gender

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