The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at UT Arlington

The University of Texas at Arlington has assembled an experienced faculty with Ph.D.'s from some of the finest universities in the nation. Sociology and Anthropology professors are available to advise and counsel students regarding course work, degree plans, career plans, and general interests.

ANTHROPOLOGY

Cleghorn, Naomi (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D. from Stony Brook University, 2006; Assistant Professor. Research and teaching interests include: Bioarchaeology, Zooarchaeology, Human Osteology, Old World Prehistory, the archaeology of Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans, Biological Anthropology.

Keller, Angela H. (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, 2006; Associate Professor. Areas of specialization are Mesoamerican prehistory, the Maya, California history and prehistory, power relations in past societies, constructed landscapes, traditional art and aesthetics, and class and agency in prehistory. Dr. Keller is the faculty sponsor for the UTA chapter of the anthropology honors society, Lambda Alpha.

Khanduri, Ritu (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile, Website)
Ph.D from the University of Texas-Austin, 2007 (December); Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology. Areas of specialization are media, globalization, subaltern studies, gender, history, diaspora, science, and India.

Petruso, Karl M. (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile, Website)
PhD from Indiana University, 1978; Professor and Dean of the Honors College. Areas of specialization: Aegean prehistory, classical archaeology, economic prehistory.

Ryan, Joci (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University, 1996; MPH from the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, 2010; Adjunct Assistant Professor and Graduate Advisor, Anthropology. Areas of specialization are food and culture, gender and sexuality, medical anthropology, and African studies.

Smith, Shelley L. (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, 1990; Professor and Department Chair. Areas of specialization are skeletal variation, human growth and development, and human evolution.

Speier, Amy (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D. from University of Pittsburgh, 2005; Assistant Professor. Areas of specialization are medical anthropology, gender, the anthropology of tourism, various types of health and medical tourism, and Central European Studies.

Zlolniski, Christian (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D. from University of California-Santa Barbara; Associate Professor. Areas of specialization include Latinos in the U.S., globalization, transnational migration, economic anthropology, and Mexico.

SOCIOLOGY

Agger, Ben (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile, Website)
Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, 1976; Professor and Director, Center for Theory. Editor of Fast Capitalism. Areas of specialization are critical theory and cultural/media studies.

Baker, Susan Gonzalez (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin, 1989; Associate Professor and Director, Center for Mexican American Studies. Areas of specialization are demography of U.S. minorities, Mexican migration to the United States, social stratification, social policy, ethnicity and gender.

Beamon, Krystal (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University, 2005; Assistant Professor. Areas of specialization are Race and Ethnicity, Sociology of Sport, Qualitative Methods, and Inequality.

Dunn, Dana (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D from the University of North Texas, 1987; Associate Professor. Areas of specialization are stratification and gender.

Jacobson, Heather (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D. from Brandeis University, 2006; Associate Professor. Areas of specialization are sociology of families, race and ethnicity, and qualitative research methods.

Kunovich, Robert (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile, Website)
Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, 2001; Associate Professor, Associate Chair, and Sociology Program Director. Areas of specialization are race, ethnicity, and nation; social stratification and inequality; political sociology; and quantitative research methods.

Rouse, Linda (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D. from Florida State University, 1979; Associate Professor. Areas of specialization are social psychology, sociology of family, education, and evaluation research.

Shelton, Beth Anne (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, 1984; Professor. Areas of specialization are gender and family.

Shelton, Jason (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D. from the University of Miami, 2005; Assistant Professor. Areas of specialization include the determinants of African American attitudes, the debate over race versus social class, and assimilation/acculturation processes among racial/ethnic minorities.

Young, Robert (E-mail, UTA Faculty Profile)
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1982; Professor. Areas of specialization are social psychology and deviance.