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Sociology Faculty

Dr. David Arditi

Associate Professor, Sociology

Director of the Center for Theory

PhD George Mason University

Research Specializations: Cultural studies; cultural sociology; science technology & society; digital studies; popular culture; and social theory.

Dr. Krystal Beamon

Associate Professor, Sociology

PhD Oklahoma State University

Email: kbeamon@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Race and ethnicity; sociology of sport; qualitative methods; and inequality.

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Dr. Kelly Bergstrand

Director of Graduate Studies

Associate Professor, Sociology

PhD University of Arizona

Email: kelly.bergstrand@uta.edu

Office: 425 University Hall (UH)

Research Specialization: Social movements; environmental sociology; and social psychology

Dr. Lilian Chavez

Internship Coordinator

Senior Lecturer, Sociology

PhD Arizona State University

Email: lilian.chavez@uta.edu

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Dr. Lauren Dent

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sociology

PhD University of North Texas

Email: lauren.dent@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Environmental hazards and disasters; climate change adaptation and emergency management in indigenous communities; sociology of media and culture; qualitative and quantitative sociological methods; sociological theory

Dr. Alma Garza

Assistant Professor, Sociology

Sociology Student Association Faculty Advisor

PhD University of California, Irvine

Email: alma.garza@uta.edu

M. Faye Hanson-Evans

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sociology

MA University of Texas at Arlington

Email: mfaye@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Stratification beliefs about the causes of poverty among and between racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.; sociology of poverty; and political sociology

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Dr. Heather Jacobson

Department Chair & Sociology Program Director

Professor, Sociology

PhD Brandeis University

Email: jacobson@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Sociology of families; sociology of reproduction; and qualitative research methods

Dr. Dorothy Kalanzi

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sociology

PhD Texas Woman's University

Email: kalanzi@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Medical sociology; public health; gerontology; HIV/AIDS; Africa

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Dr. Robert Kunovich

Professor, Sociology

Distinguished Teaching Professor

PhD The Ohio State University

Email: kunovich@uta.edu

Research Specialization: Science, technology, and risk; race, ethnicity, and nation; social stratification and inequality; political sociology; and quantitative research methods and statistics. 

Dr. Beth Anne Shelton

Professor, Sociology

PhD University of Texas at Austin

Email: shelton@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Gender, work, family and civic engagement.

Dr. Jason Shelton

Professor, Sociology

Director of the Center for African American Studies

PhD University of Miami

Email: jeshelton@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Sociology of religion, black middle class culture and ideology, racial and ethnic attitudes, and debate over race versus class

Dr. Sara Skiles-duToit

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sociology

PhD University of Notre Dame

Email: sdutoit@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Cultural capital; aesthetic taste; symbolic boundaries; religious identification; and school sector differences

Anthropology Faculty

Dr. Naomi Cleghorn

Associate Professor, Anthropology

PhD Stony Brook University, MA University of Texas at Austin

Email: cleghorn@uta.edu

Research Specialization: Bioarchaeology; zooarchaeology; human osteology; Old World prehistory and human origins; the archaeology of Neanderthals and early modern humans; biological anthropology.

Dr. Christian Crowder

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Forensic Anthropologist, Dallas County Medical Examiner Office

PhD University of Toronto

Email: Christian.Crowder@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Forensic Anthropology

Dr. Robyn Dodge

Visiting Assistant Professor, Anthropology

PhD The University of Texas at Austin

Email: robyn.dodge@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Archaeology, Ancient Maya, Mesoamerica, Household Archaeology, Belize, and Social Complexity

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Dr. Ritu Khanduri

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Anth Club and Lambda Alpha Faculty Advisor

PhD University of Texas at Austin

Email: khanduri@uta.edu

Research Specialization: Media; globalization; subaltern studies; gender; history; diaspora;

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Katrina Nuncio

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology

MA University of Texas at Arlington

Email: katrina.nuncio@uta.edu

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Dr. Joci Caldwell Ryan

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology

PhD Southern Methodist University

MPH University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

Email: jcryan@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Food and culture; gender and sexuality; medical anthropology; and African studies

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Dr. Shelley L. Smith

Professor, Anthropology

PhD University of Michigan

Email: slsmith@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Skeletal variation; human growth and development; and human evolution

Dr. Amy Speier

Associate Professor, Anthropology

PhD University of Pittsburgh

Email: speier@uta.edu

Research Specialization: Medical anthropology; gender; the anthropology of tourism; various types of health and medical tourism; and Central European Studies.