Missouri State University

People

Sociology faculty

From left to right: Karl Kunkel, John Harms, Lorene Stone, Lora Vess, Tricia McTague, Marvin Prosono, Mike Stout, and Tim Knapp.

Faculty

John Harms

Sociology Program Coordinator and Professor (Ph.D. 1985, University of Kansas)

Areas of specialization: social theory, political economy, economic and environmental sustainability, sociology of work

Courses taught: Work, Industry and Society; Social Deviance; Introduction to Sociological Theory; Advanced Sociological Theory; Senior Seminar

Tim Knapp 

Professor (Ph.D. 1990, University of Kansas)

Areas of specialization: class, race, and gender stratification; the scholarship of teaching and learning; economic restructuring; research methods; classical sociological theory

Courses taught: Introduction to Society; Gender, Self and Society; Research Methods; Social Inequality; Service-Learning; Senior Seminar

Marvin Prosono

Professor (Ph.D. 1990, University of California, San Francisco)

Areas of specialization: medical sociology; forensic psychiatry; deviance; criminology; mental health; sociology of law; Holocaustism as a religious movement

Courses taught: Introduction to Society; Medical Sociology; Individual and Society; Sociology of Law; Senior Seminar

Lorene Stone

Professor (Ph.D. 1980, Washington State University)

Areas of specialization: family sociology; juvenile delinquency; youth violence

Courses taught: Sociology of the Family; Social Problems; Introduction to Society; Juvenile Delinquency

Mike Stout

Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2007, Penn State University)

Areas of specialization: civic engagement and political participation; social capital; research methods; public sociology

Courses taught: Statistics for Social Research; Race and Ethnic Relations; Introduction to Society; Senior Seminar


Staff

Sue Myers

Academic Administrative Assistant II

Certified Professional Secretary

Christy Titus

Academic Administrative Assistant I

Emeritus

Robin Amonker
Gary Brock