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, Univeristy 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
Karl Kunkel
Professor and Department Head (Ph.D. 1989, University of Missouri-Columbia)
Areas of specialization: justice and inequality; the prison-industrial complex, crime theory and policy; the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Courses taught: Crime, Class, Race and Justice; Crime Theory and Policy
Tricia McTague
Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2010 (expected), North Carolina State University)
Areas of specialization: public sociology; work and organizations; qualitative methods; race, class, & gender
Courses taught: Introduction to Society; Sociology of Gender
Marvin Prosono
Professor
Lorene Stone
Professor
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
Lora Vess
Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2008, University of Oregon)
Areas of specialization: environmental sociology; sociology of health; social movements; social inequality; public sociology
Courses taught: Introduction to Society, Introduction to Society Honors, Social Movements, Environmental Sociology
Staff
Sue Myers
Academic Administrative Assistant II
Certified Professional Secretary
Christy Titus
Academic Administrative Assistant I