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Sociology Faculty
Dr. David Arditi
Associate Professor, Sociology
Director of the Center for Theory
PhD George Mason University
Email: darditi@uta.edu
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.
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. 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
PhD University of California, Irvine
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
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
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
Dr. Robert Young
Professor, Sociology
PhD University of Michigan
Email: bob.young@uta.edu
Research Specializations: Social psychology and deviance
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. Ritu Khanduri
Associate Professor, Anthropology
PhD University of Texas at Austin
Email: khanduri@uta.edu
Research Specialization: Media; globalization; subaltern studies; gender; history; diaspora;
Dr. Ashley Lemke
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Anthropology Club Faculty Advisor
PhD University of Michigan
Email: ashley.lemke@uta.edu
Research Specialization: Anthropological archaeology; prehistory; hunter-gatherers; and underwater archaeology
Katrina Nuncio
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology
MA University of Texas at Arlington
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
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
Lambda Alpha Faculty Advisor
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.
Dr. Christian Zlolniski
Professor, Anthropology
Interim Associate Chair, Interim Anthropology Program Director
PhD University of California-Santa Barbara
Email: chrisz@uta.edu
Research Specializations: Latinos in the U.S.; globalization; transnational migration; economic anthropology; and Mexico.
Emeritus Faculty
Dr. Raymond Eve
Professor Emeritus, Sociology
PhD University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Email: eve@uta.edu
Research Specialization: Science v. religion; crime and deviance; and science and technology
Dr. Karl Petruso
Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
PhD Indiana University
Email: petruso@uta.edu
Research Specializations: Aegean prehistory; classical archaeology; economic prehistory.
Dr. Linda Rouse
Associate Professor Emeritus, Sociology
PhD Florida State University
Research Specializations: social psychology; sociology of family; education; and evaluation research
Advisors
Email: lauren.vanpool@uta.edu
Office: 434 University Hall (UH)
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
Staff
Shelby Coen
Senior Office Assistant
Danielle Naylor
Administrative Assistant
Email: danielle.naylor@uta.edu
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