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Sociology Faculty
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. 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
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.
LaDorna McGee
Academic Advisor II
Adjunct Assistant Professor
MA University of Texas at Arlington
Email: ladorna@uta.edu
Office: 434 University Hall (UH)
Advising and Teaching Specialties: Student Development and Success; Career Advising. Deviance; Collective Behavior; Intercultural Communication; Statistics; Computer Applications; Urbanism.
Dr. Linda Rouse
Associate Professor Emeritus, Sociology
PhD Florida State University
Research Specializations: social psychology; sociology of family; education; and evaluation research
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 Emeritus, Sociology
PhD University of Michigan
Email: bob.young@uta.edu
Research Specializations: Social psychology and deviance