Faculty Listing
Listed below are tenure-track and multi-year faculty members of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences by department affiliation. Links on an individual’s name will bring you to a recent profile or news item. Also, see the faculty archives, for additional stories, or use the search function built into this site, above.
Anthropology | Communication | Economics | Journalism | Labor Studies
Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning | Legal Studies | Political Science
Public Policy and Administration |
Social Thought and Political Economy | Sociology
Anthropology
Elizabeth S. Chilton, Professor and Chair of Department
B.A., SUNY Albany, 1985; M.A., Massachusetts Amherst, 1991; Ph.D., 1996
Jane E. Anderson, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Sydney 1997; M.A., 1998; PhD, Univ of New South Wales, 2004
Whitney Battle-Baptiste, Assistant Professor
B.A., Virginia State, 1994; MA, William and Mary, 2001; Ph.D., Texas Austin, 2004
Emiliana Cruz, Assistant Professor
B.A., Evergreen State College, 2001; MA, Texas Austin, 2004; PhD., Texas Austin, 2011
Seamus A Decker, Assistant Professor
B.A., Missouri, 1991; M.A., 1993; Ph.D., Emory, 2001
Jean S. Forward, Senior Lecturer
B.A., Massachusetts Amherst, 1971; M.A.T., 1974; Ph.D., 1986
Laurie R. Godfrey, Professor
B.A., Tufts, 1967; M.A., Harvard, 1969; Ph.D., 1977
Rae Gould, Visiting Lecturer and Repatriation Coordinator
B.A., Connecticut College, 1995; M.A., UConn, 2005; PhD, 2010
Krista M. Harper, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Public Policy
B.A., UC Berkeley, 1992; M.A., UC Santa Cruz, 1994;
Ph.D., 1999
Julie Hemment, Associate Professor
B.A., Cambridge, England, 1990; M.A., Cornell, 1997; Ph.D., 2000
Brigitte
Holt, Associate Professor
B.A., Southern Illinois Carbondale, 1984; M.A., 1987; PhD, Missouri Columbia,
1999
Amanda Walker Johnson, Assistant Professor
B.A., Grinnell, 1998, M.A. Texas Austin, 2000; Ph.D., 2004
Arthur S. Keene, Terrance Murray Commonwealth
College Honors Professor
B.A., Wisconsin Madison, 1973; M.A., Michigan, 1974; Ph.D., 1979
Elizabeth Krause, Associate Professor
B.J., Missouri Columbia, 1984; M.A., Oregon State, 1992; Ph.D., Arizona,
1999
Thomas L. Leatherman, Professor
B.A., Tulane, 1975; M.A. Arkansas 1978; PhD, UMass Amherst 1987
Lynnette Leidy Sievert, Professor
B.S.N., Bloomsburg, 1983; M.A., SUNY Albany, 1987; Ph.D., 1991
Enoch H. Page, Associate Professor
B.A., Washington St. Louis, 1973; M.A., 1975; Ph.D., Northwestern,
1984
Robert W. Paynter, Professor
B.A., Brown, 1971; M.A., Massachusetts Amherst, 1975; Ph.D., 1981
Ventura Perez, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Iowa, 1997; M.A., Massachusetts Amherst, 2000; Ph.D., 2005
Jonathan Rosa, Assistant Professor
B.A., Swarthmore College, 2003; M.A., Chicago, 2006; Ph.D., 2010
Neil Silberman, Visiting Lecturer
B.A., Wesleyan University 1972
Michael O. Sugerman, Lecturer
B.A., Brown, 1987; Ph.D., Harvard, 2000
Jacqueline Urla, Professor
B.A., Michigan, 1978; M.A., UC Berkeley, 1980; Ph.D., 1987
Richard
Wikander, Lecturer and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Advising
B.A., CUNY Queens, 1978; B.A., Massachusetts Amherst, 1982; M.A., 1984; Ph.D.,
1991
Communication
Lisa Henderson, Professor and Chair of the Department
B.A., Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, 1980; M.A., Pennsylvania, 1983;
Ph.D., 1990
Carolyn Anderson, Professor Emerita
B.A., Kansas State; M.A., University of Massachusetts, 1979; Ph.D., 1984
Benamin H. Bailey, Associate Professor
B.A., Brown, 1987; M.A., UCLA, 1996; Ph.D., 1999
Donal Carbaugh, Professor
B.S., Manchester, 1977; M.A., Montana, 1980; Ph.D., Washington,
1984
Mari Castañeda, Associate Professor
B.A., UCLA, 1993; Ph.D., UC San Diego, 2000
Paula Chakravartty, Associate Professor
B.A., McGill, 1991; M.A., Wisconsin Madison, 1995; Ph.D., 1999
Briankle G. Chang, Associate Professor
B.A., Fu Jen Catholic University; M.A., Alabama, 1978; M.A., Illinois,
1981; Ph.D., 1990
Anne T. Ciecko, Associate Professor
B.A., LaSalle, 1986; M.A., Pennsylvania State, 1988; Ph.D., Pittsburgh,
1997
Leda M. Cooks, Professor
B.S., Miami, 1986; M.A., Ohio, 1990; Ph.D., 1993
Vernon E. Cronen, Professor Emeritus
B.A., Ripon, 1963; M.A., Illinois, 1968; Ph.D., 1970
Gonen Dori-Hacohen, Assistant Professor
B.A., Sapir College, 1996; M.A., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, 2000; M.A., UCLA, 2003; Ph.D., University of Haifa, 2009
Martha Fuentes-Bautista, Assistant Professor of Communication and Public Policy
B.A., Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1992; M.A., SUNY-Buffalo, 2000; Ph.D., Texas, 2007
Henry Geddes, Associate Professor
B.A., Oberlin, 1978; Ph.D., Texas Austin, 1989
Bruce Geisler, Senior Lecturer
B.A., Pomona, 1978; M.F.A., USC, 1983
Jarice Hanson, Professor
B.A., Northeastern, 1976; M.A., Northwestern, 1977; Ph.D., 1979
Sut Jhally, Professor
B.A., York, 1977; M.A., 1978; M.A., Victoria, 1980; Ph.D., Simon Fraser,
1984
Claudio Moreira, Assistant Professor
B.S., Universidade Estadual de Campinas-Brazil; M.S., Illinois, 2002; Ph.D., 2007
Michael J. Morgan, Professor
B.A., New College, 1974; M.A., Pennsylvania, 1977; Ph.D., 1980
Martin F. Norden, Professor
B.J., Missouri, 1973; M.A., 1974; Ph.D., 1977
Stephen Olbrys Gencarella, Assistant Professor
B.A., Providence, 1993; M.A., Tufts, 1995; Ph.D., Indiana, 2003
Lynn Phillips, Lecturer
B.S., Trinity College, 1984; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1995
Erica L. Scharrer, Professor
B.A., SUNY Geneseo, 1992; M.A., Syracuse, 1995; Ph.D., 1998
Jan Servaes, Professor
B.A., Louvain, Belgium, 1973; M.A., 1975; Ph.D., 1987
Demetria Shabazz, Assistant Professor
B.A., Houston, 1995; M.A., Alabama, 2000; Ph.D., 2005
Shawn C. Shimpach, Assistant Professor
B.A., Brandeis, 1993; M.A., NYU, 1996; Ph.D., 2004
Emily West, Associate Professor
B.A.Sc., McMaster, 1997; M.A., Pennsylvania, 2000; Ph.D., 2004
Economics
Michael Ash, Professor of Economics and Public Policy and Chair of the Department
A.B., Princeton, 1991; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1999
M.V. Lee Badgett, Professor and Director of Center for Public Policy and Administration
B.A., Chicago, 1982; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1990
Deepankar Basu, Assistant Professor
B.Tech, The Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur, India), 1994; M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India), 1997; M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India), 1999; M.A., Ohio State University, 2003; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2008
Randall S. Bausor, Professor
B.A., Centre College of Kentucky, 1972; M.A., Duke, 1975; Ph.D., 1978
Samuel Bowles, Professor Emeritus
B.A., Yale, 1960; Ph.D., Harvard, 1965
James K. Boyce, Professor
B.A., Yale, 1973; Ph.D., Oxford, 1985
Andrew F. Brimmer, Wilmer D. Barrett Professor
of Economics
B.A., Washington, 1950; M.A., 1951; Ph.D., Harvard, 1957
J. Kevin Crocker, Lecturer & Undergraduate Program Director
B.A., UMass Amherst, 1979; M.A., 2007
James R. Crotty, Professor Emeritus
B.S., Fordham, 1961; M.S., Carnegie-Mellon, 1963; Ph.D., 1973
Arindrajit Dube, Assistant Professor
B.A., Stanford, 1996; M.A., 1996; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2003
Gerald Epstein, Professor and Co-Director, Politcal Economy Research Institute
B.A., Swarthmore, 1973; M.P.P., Princeton: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 1975; Ph.D., Princeton,
1981
Diane P. Flaherty, Professor
B.A., Barnard, 1968; M.A., New York, 1974; Ph.D., 1978
Nancy Folbre, Professor
B.A., Texas, 1971; M.A., 1973; Ph.D., Massachusetts Amherst, 1979
Gerald Friedman, Professor
B.A., Columbia, 1977; M.A., Harvard, 1983; Ph.D., 1985
Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji, Assistant Professor
B.A., City College of New York, 1989; M.A., UC Riverside, 1991; Ph.D., 1997
Carol E. Heim, Professor
B.A., Yale, 1976; M.A., 1977; Ph.D., 1982
Russell Janis, Senior Lecturer II
A.B., Princeton, 1975; M.A., Northwestern, 1977; J.D., 1982; Ph.D., 1983
Donald W. Katzner, Professor
B.A., Oberlin, 1959; M.A., Minnesota, 1962; Ph.D., 1965
David M. Kotz, Professor
A.B., Harvard, 1965; M.A., Yale, 1966; Ph.D., UC Berkeley,
1975
Fidan Ana Kurtulus, Assistant Professor
A.B., Chicago, 2000; Ph.D., Cornell, 2008
Marta Murray-Close, Assistant Professor
B.A., Smith, 1999; M.P.P., Minnesota, 2004; M.A., Michigan, 2008; PhD., 2011
Léonce Ndikumana, Professor
B.A., University of Burundi, 1986; M.A., Washington University, 1992; Ph.D., 1996
Robert Pollin, Professor and Co-Director, Politcal Economy Research Institute
B.A., Wisconsin Madison, 1972; M.A., New School for Social Research,
1979; Ph.D., 1982
J. Mohan Rao, Professor
B.Com., Bombay, 1972; M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management, 1974; Ph.D.,
Harvard, 1982
Arslan Razmi, Associate Professor
B.S., University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, 1995;
M.S., Texas Austin, 1997; Ph.D., American, 2004
Stephen A. Resnick, Professor Emeritus and Sheridan Scholar
B.S., Pennsylvania, 1960; Ph.D., MIT,
1964
Lisa Saunders, Associate Professor
B.S., Old Dominion, 1979; Ph.D., California Berkeley, 1987
Peter Skott, Professor
Aarhus, Denmark, Cand. Scient. Oecon, 1981
Ceren Soylu, Assistant Professor
B.A., Bogazici University, Turkey, 2004; Ph.D, University of Siena, Italy, 2010
John Stifler, Senior Lecturer II
B.A., Amherst, 1968; M.A., Manchester University [England], 1973; M.F.A, UMass Amherst, 1992
Marta Vicarelli, Assistant Professor
B.S., Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, 2002; M.A., Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, 2003; M.A., Columbia , 2008; Ph.D., 2011
Valerie Voorheis, Lecturer
B.A., Albion, 1986; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst; ABD
Richard D. Wolff, Professor Emeritus
B.A., Harvard, 1963; M.A., Stanford, 1964; M.A., Yale, 1967; Ph.D., 1969
Journalism
Karen K. List, Professor and Program DirectorB.A., Missouri, 1970; M.A., Pennsylvania State, 1973, 1974; Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1980
Madeleine H. Blais, Professor
B.A., New Rochelle, 1969; M.S., Columbia, 1970
Stephen J. Fox, Lecturer
B.A., Arizona State; M.A., American University, 1998
Nicholas McBride, Associate Professor
B.A., UMass Amherst, 1976; M.S., Columbia, 1986; M.A., Harvard, 1989
Brian McDermott, Lecturer
B.A., UMass Amherst, 2001; M.A., University of Montana, 2007.
David Perkins, Lecturer
B.A., Yale University, 1977; M.A., Cambridge University, 1979
Barbara J. Roche, Senior Lecturer
B.A., University of Massachusetts, 1978
Razvan Sibii, Lecturer and Chief Undergraduate Advisor
B.A., University of Bulgaria, 2001; M.A., UMass Amherst, 2007
Ralph W. Whitehead, Jr., Professor
B.A., Lawrence, 1965; M.A., Wisconsin, 1967
Labor Studies
Eve S. Weinbaum, Associate Professor and Director
B.A., Yale, 1985; M.P.A., Princeton, 1988; M.A., Yale, 1990; M.Phil., 1992; Ph.D., 1997
Tom Juravich, Professor
B.A., SUNY Albany, 1975; M.A., 1977; Ph.D., UMass Amherst 1984
Dale A. Melcher, Labor Extension Coordinator
B. A. University of Michigan, 1968; M.S., UMass Amherst, 1982
Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
Elizabeth Brabec, Professor and Head of the Department
B.S., University of Guelph, 1981, MLA, 1984; JD, Maryland, 1992
John F. Ahern, FASLA,
Professor and Vice Provost for International Programs
B.S., UMass Amherst, 1974; MLA, University of Pennsylvania, 1980; PhD, Wageningen Agricultural University, 2002
Annaliese Bischoff,
Associate Professor and Associate Director of the University Writing Program
B.A., Brown University, 1975; M.L.A. SUNY Syracuse and Syracuse University, 1979
Ethan Carr, Associate Professor
B.A., Columbia , 1981; M.A., 1983; M.L.A., Harvard Graduate School of Design, 1991; Ph.D., Edinburgh College of Art, 2006
Michael Davidsohn, Senior Lecturer II and Director of the Stockbridge Landscape Contracting Program
A.S., UMass Amherst, 1986; B.S., 1988; MLA, 1992.
Elisabeth M. Hamin,
Associate Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program
B.B.A., Cleveland State, 1984; M.M., Northwestern, 1986; Ph.D., UPenn, 1997
Mark Hamin,
Lecturer and Director of Master's in Regional Planning Program
B.A., Brown University, 1984; Ph.D. , University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Peter Kumble,
Lecturer and Director of the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program
B.A., Antioch, 1980; M.A., University of Arizona,1988; PhD, Czech University of Life Sciences, 2009
Mark S. Lindhult, FASLA,
Professor and Director of the Master's in Landscape Architecture Program
B.S., Penn State, 1977; MBA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1980
Patricia L. McGirr,
Associate Professor and Director of the Bachelor of Environmental Design Program
B.S., University of Michigan, 1984; M.L.A., 1994
Flavia Montenegro-Menezes, Assistant Professor
B.A., IMIH-BH, Brazil, 1995; M. DAIT UNESCO/University of Toulouse III, France, 2001; Ph.D., Agroparistech, France, 2009
John R. Mullin,
Professor, Director of the Center for Economic Development, and Dean of the Graduate School
B.A. UMass Amherst, 1967; M.R.P., Rhode Island, 1969; M.S.B.A., Boston University, 1972; Ph.D., University of Waterloo, Ontario, 1975
Ellen-J. Pader,
Associate Professor and Director of the Dual Degree JD/MRP Program
B.A., Kenyon College, 1972; Ph.D., Cambridge University, 1981.
Henry Renski,
Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Southern Maine, 1995; Ph.D, UNC Chapel Hill, 2006;
MRP, 1998
Robert Ryan,
Professor and Director of the Dual Degree MRP/MLA Program
B.S.L.A., CalPoly State University San Luis Obispo, 1985; M.L.A. and M.U.P., University of Michigan, 1995; Ph.D., 1997
Frank Sleegers, Assistant Professor
M.L.A., UMass Amherst, 1995; Dipl–Ing, Hannover, Germany, 1996
Elizabeth M. Thompson, Lecturer
B.S., Boston University, 1970; M.L.A., UMass Amherst, 1992
Jane Thurber,
Lecturer
B.A., Hamilton College, 1980; M.L.A,, Harvard, 1985
Joseph S.R. Volpe,
Professor
B.S., UCLA, 1958; B.L.A., UC Berkeley, 1961; M.L.A., Harvard, 1964
Legal Studies
Daniel Burland, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Western Washington, 1990; M.A., Chicago, 1998; Ph.D., Chicago, 1998; Ph.D., Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
Alan C. Gaitenby, Senior Lecturer
B.S., Massachusetts Amherst, 1987; M.B.A., 1989; Ph.D., 2000
Judith Holmes, Senior Lecturer
B.A., Chicago, 1972; J.D., Catholic, 1976; Ph.D., Massachusetts Amherst,
1996
Daniel LaChance, Assistant Professor
B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., Minnesota, 2011
Lauren McCarthy, Assistant Professor
B.A., Wesleyan, 2001; Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison, 2011
Nina Siulc, Assistant Professor
B.A. Bard; MA, M.Phil, Ph.D., NYU
, 2009
Diana Yoon, Assistant Professor
B.A. UC Berkeley, 1999;
Ph.D., NYU, 2010
Leah Wing, Senior Lecturer
B.A., Oberlin, 1984; M.Ed., Massachusetts Amherst, 1991; Ed.D., 2002
Political Science
Frederic Schaffer, Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the Department
B.A., Bucknell University, 1984; M.A., UC Berkeley, 1994; Ph.D., 1994
Amel Ahmed, Assistant Professor
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1996; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Roberto Alejandro, Professor
B.A., Puerto Rico, 1977; M.A., Princeton, 1986; Ph.D., 1989
Sonia Alvarez, Professor and Director of Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies
A.B., Smith, 1978; M.Phil., Yale, 1980; M.A., Yale, 1979; Ph.D., Yale, 1986
Ivan Ascher, Assistant Professor
A.B., Brown, 1993; M.A., UC Berkeley, 1997; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2007
Maryann Barakso, Associate Professor
B.A., Barnard, 1990; Ph.D., MIT, 2001
Angelica Bernal, Assistant Professor
B.A., Wellesley, 1998; Ph.D., Yale University, 2008
John Brigham, Professor
B.A., UC Berkeley, 1967; M.A., Wisconsin, 1970; Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, 1974
Brenda K. Bushouse, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
B.A., Kalamazoo, 1988; M.P.A., Syracuse: Maxwell School of Citizenship, 1992; Ph.D., Indiana, 1998
Charli Carpenter, Associate Professor
B.A., New Mexico State, 1996, M.A., 1998; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2003
Barbara R. Cruikshank, Associate Professor
B.S., UC Berkeley, 1984; Ph.D., Minnesota, 1993
Diane Curtis, Lecturer and Director of Pre-Law Advising
B.A., NYU, 1988; J.D., NYU School of Law, 1994
Bruce A. Desmarais, Assistant Professor
B.A., Eastern Connecticut State, 2005; M.A., UNC Chapel Hill, 2008; PhD, 2010
Carlene Edie, Professor
B.A., UCLA, 1977; M.A., 1979; Ph.D., 1984
Jane Fountain, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
BMus, Boston Conservatory of Music; Ed.M., Harvard, 1982; M.A., Yale, 1986, 1987; M.Phil., 1988; Ph.D., 1990
Sheldon Goldman, Professor
B.A., NYU, 1961; M.A., Harvard, 1964; Ph.D., 1965
Peter M. Haas, Professor
B.A., Michigan, 1977; Ph.D., MIT, 1986
John A. Hird, Professor
B.A., Dickinson, 1980; M.A., Virginia, 1982; M.P.P., 1986; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1988
Athena King, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Coker College, 1990; MPA, University of South Carolina, 2004; Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2010
Raymond J. La Raja, Associate Professor
A.B., Harvard, 1987; M.P.P., 1992; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2001
Rahsaan Maxwell, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1998; M.A., UC Berkeley, 2002; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2008
Tatishe Nteta, Assistant Professor
B.A., Maryland, 1998; M.A., UC Berkeley, 2000; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2007
M.J. Peterson, Professor
B.A., Upsala, 1971; M.A., Columbia, 1973; Ph.D., 1976
Laura Reed, Lecturer and Director of International Relations Program
M.A, Harvard, 1982; Ph.D., MIT, 1995
Jesse Rhodes, Assistant Professor
B.A., Juniata, 2003; M.A., UVA, 2005, Ph.D., 2008
Dean Robinson, Associate Professor
A.B., Stanford, 1988; M.A., M. Phil., Yale, 1991; Ph.D., 1995
Brian Schaffner, Associate Professor
B.A., University of Georgia, 1997; Ph.D., Indiana, 2002
Jillian Schwedler, Associate Professor
B.A., NYU, 1988; M.A., 1992; Ph.D., 2000
Stuart Shulman, Assistant Professor
B.A., Boston University, 1989; Ph.D., Oregon, 1999
Regine Spector, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Stanford, 1999; M.A., Stanford, 1999 ; M.A., UC Berkeley, 2003; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2009
Alana Tiemessen, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., McGill, 2001; M.A., University of British Columbia, 2003; PhD, 2011
Nicholas Xenos, Professor
B.A., NYU, 1972; M.A., Michigan, 1974; Ph.D., Princeton, 1984
Public Policy and Administration
M.V. Lee Badgett, Professor of Economics and Program Director
CPPA has a set of core faculty who are joint hires with other departments and teach MPPA courses and electives, participate in the Center's research and outreach activities, and advise CPPA students. In addition to its core faculty, CPPA has faculty associates from across the UMass campus. Associates teach policy-related classes and/ or are available for research and collaboration. Joint appointments are listed below. For a full listing of all CPPA faculty, click here.
Joint appointments
Michael Ash, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy
A.B., Princeton, 1991; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1999
Sylvia Brandt, Assistant Professor of Resource Economics and Public Policy
Ph.D, UC Berkeley, 2001
Steven A. Boutcher, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy
B.A., Ohio State, 2002;
M.A., California Irvine, 2005; PhD, 2010
Brenda K. Bushouse, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
B.A., Kalamazoo, 1988; M.P.A., Syracuse: Maxwell School of Citizenship, 1992; Ph.D., Indiana, 1998
Jane Fountain, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
BMus, Boston Conservatory of Music; Ed.M., Harvard, 1982; M.A., Yale, 1986, 1987; M.Phil., 1988; Ph.D., 1990
Martha Fuentes-Bautista, Assistant Professor of Communication and Public Policy
B.A., Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1992; M.A., SUNY-Buffalo, 2000; Ph.D., Texas, 2007
Krista M. Harper, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Public Policy
B.A., UC Berkeley, 1992; M.A., UC Santa Cruz, 1994;
Ph.D., 1999
Kathryn McDermott, Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy
Ph.D., Yale, 1997
David Mednicoff, Assistant Professor in CPPA and STPEC
A.B., Princeton, 1982; A.M., Harvard, 1988; J.D., Harvard, 1989; Ph.D., Harvard, 2007
Joya Misra, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Policy
B.A., Centenary, 1988; M.A., Emory, 1991; Ph.D., 1994
Charles Schweik, Associate Professor of Natural Resources Conservation and Public Policy
M.P.A., Syracuse University, 199; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1998
Social Thought and Political Economy
Sara Lennox, Professor and Director of the Program
B.A.,
DePauw, 1965; MA, Wisconsin, Madison, 1966; PhD, 1973
The interdisciplinary faculty for STPEC, which varies from semester to semester, is drawn mostly from the Five Colleges.
Sociology
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Professor and Chair of Department
B.A., Fordham, 1979; Ph.D., Boston, 1984
Ryan M. Acton, Assistant Professor
B.A , Penn State, 2003;
M.A., California, Irvine, 2006; Ph.D., 2010
Douglas L. Anderton, Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
B.S., Utah, 1973; M.S., 1975; Ph.D., 1983
Steven A. Boutcher, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy
B.A., Ohio State, 2002;
M.A., California Irvine, 2005; PhD, 2010
Enobong H. Branch, Assistant Professor
B.S., Howard, 2002; Ph.D, SUNY Albany, 2007
Michelle J. Budig, Associate Professor
B.A., Augsburg, 1993; M.A., Arizona, 1996; Ph.D., 2001
Al Chevan, Professor Emeritus
Roland J. Chilton, Professor Emeritus
B.A., Monmouth, 1951; M.S., Wisconsin, 1958; Ph.D., Indiana, 1962
Dan Clawson, Professor
B.A., Washington, 1970; M.A., SUNY Stony Brook, 1975; Ph.D.,
1978
David. A. Cort, Assistant Professor
B.S., Oakwood, 1999; M.A., George Washington, 2001; Ph.D., UCLA , 2007
N.J. Demerath, Professor Emeritus
Edwin Driver, Professor Emeritus
Robert R. Faulkner, Professor
B.A., UCLA, 1963; M.A., 1965; Ph.D., 1968
Gene Fisher, Professor Emeritus
Naomi Gerstel, Professor
B.A., NYU, 1970; M.A., Columbia, 1975; Ph.D., 1978
Christin Glodek, Visiting Professor and Chief Undergraduate Advisor
B.A. University of Illinois at Urbana, 1996; MPP University of Chicago, 2005
Hilda Golden, Professor Emeritus
Milton Gordon, Professor Emeritus
Sanjiv Gupta, Associate Professor
B.A., Brandeis, 1989; M.S., Michigan Ann Arbor, 1992; Ph.D., 1999
Anthony Harris, Professor Emeritus
John Hewitt, Professor Emeritus
Christopher Hurn, Professor Emeritus
Janice M. Irvine, Professor
B.A., Pennsylvania State; M.Ed., 1975; M.A., Brandeis, 1981; Ph.D., 1984;
M.P.H., Boston University, 1992
Agustin Lao-Montes, Associate Professor
B.A., Catholic University of Puerto Rico, 1976; M.A., SUNY Binghamton,
1997; Ph.D., 2002
Cuong Nguyen (C.N.) Le, Senior Lecturer
B.A., University of California Irvine, 1993; Ph.D., SUNY Albany, 2004
Michael Lewis, Professor Emeritus
Jennifer Lundquist, Associate Professor
B.A., Washington and Lee, 1995; A.M., Pennsylvania, 2000; Ph.D., 2004
Matthew Mahler, Visiting Professor
B.A., California Lutheran, 2000; M.A., SUNY Stony Brook, 2004; Ph.D. 2011
Surinder Mehta, Professor Emeritus
Noriko Milman, Visting Assistant Professor
B.A., University of California, 1998; M.A., 2003; Ph.D., 2009
Joya Misra, Professor and Public Policy
B.A., Centenary, 1988; M.A., Emory, 1991; Ph.D., 1994
Z. Fareen Parvez, Assistant Professor
B.A., UC Berkeley, 1996; M.A., 2004; Ph.D., 2011
Suzanne Model, Professor Emeritus
Andrew V. Papachristos, Assistant Professor
B.A., Loyola Chicago, 1998; M.A., Chicago, 2001; Ph.D., 2007
Peter Park, Professor Emeritus
Gerald M. Platt, Professor Emeritus
B.A., Brooklyn, 1955; M.A., 1957; Ph.D., UCLA,
1964
Wenona Rymond-Richmond, Assistant Professor
B.A., UC Berkeley, 1996;
MA, Chicago, 1999; Ph.D., Northwestern, 2007
Amy Schalet, Assistant Professor
B.A., Harvard University, 1992; UC Berkeley , Ph.D., 2003
Jon Simpson, Professor Emeritus
Randall G. Stokes, Professor Emeritus
B.A., California State San Diego, 1965; M.A., Duke, 1967; Ph.D., 1971
Gordon Sutton, Professor Emeritus
Curt Tauskey, Professor Emeritus
Richard C. Tessler, Professor
B.A., Wisconsin, 1968; M.A., 1970; Ph.D., 1972
Millicent S. Thayer, Associate Professor
M.A.T., Reed, 1978; M.A., UC Berkeley, 1993; Ph.D.,
2004
Barbara Tomaskovic-Devey, Honors Coordinator and Lecturer
B.A., Manhattanville College, 1979; Ph.D., Boston University, 1989
Melissa Wooten, Assistant Professor
B.S., Kettering, 1999; Ph.D, Michigan, 2006
Jonathan Wynn, Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., SUNY Buffalo, 1995; M.A., UNLV, 1998; Ph.D.,
CUNY, 2006
David Yaukey, Professor Emeritus
Robert Zussman, Professor
B.A., Columbia, 1970; M.Phil., 1974; Ph.D., 1982

