Tulane University - School of Liberal Arts

Upcoming Events...

David A. Snow (UC Irvine) lectures
2/21 (Thu) and 2/22 (Fri)
Sociology Colloquium 2012-2013
Next talk: Katie Johnson (4/19 3:30pm)

Regular Faculty

Katie Acosta

Assistant Professor (Ph.D. University of Connecticut)

220J Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3002
kacosta1@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Gender, Sexuality, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Latin American Studies, Feminist Methods.

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Michele Adams, Chair

Associate Professor (Ph.D. University of California, Riverside)

204 Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3015
madams2@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Family, Gender, and Culture, Gender Arrangements in Families, Cultural "Family Values" Wars, Relationship Formation, Marriage and Divorce, Parental Alienation Syndrome and Family Promotion Movements.

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Stephanie M. Arnett

Assistant Professor (Ph.D. University of Notre Dame)

201 A1 Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3009
sarnett@tulane.edu

Research Interests: International Comparative Education, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification, Latin American Studies.

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Carl L. Bankston III

Professor (Ph.D. Louisiana State University)

217B Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3024
cbankst@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Immigration, Race/Ethnicity, Education, Asian Studies.

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Xiaojin Chen

Associate Professor (Ph.D. Iowa State University)

220H Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3008
xchen1@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Migration and Children's development in China, Life Course Criminology/Victimology, Mental Health among High-in-risk Populations, Application of Quantitative Research Methods.

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Joel A. Devine

Professor (Ph.D. Indiana University)
Director, Urban Studies

216 Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3003
devine@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Urbanization, Urban Policy & Development, Sociology of Film, Political Economy.

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Kevin Fox Gotham

Professor (Ph.D. University of Kansas)
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs (School of Liberal Arts)

215 Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3004
kgotham@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Social Theory, Urban Sociology, Historical Sociology, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Political Sociology, and Sociology of Law and Public Policy.

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Diane Grams

Assistant Professor (Ph.D. Loyola University, Chicago)

217C Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3005
dgrams@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Sociology of Culture and Art, Urban Culture, Networks and Organizations, Nonprofit Arts, Cultural Policy, Qualitative Methods, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Mardi Gras Indians, Second Line Parades.

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Yuki Kato

Assistant Professor (Ph.D. University of California, Irvine)

220I Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3010
ykato@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Urban/Suburban Sociology, Social Stratification, Qualitative Methodologies, Sociology of Adolescence and Youths, Sociology of Culture, Social Psychology.

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Laura McKinney

Assistant Professor (Ph.D. North Carolina State University)

220D Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3013
lauramc@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Environmental Sociology; Global Social Change and Development; Global and Local Sustainability; Rural and Community Development; Quantitative Methodologies.

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David G. Ortiz

Assistant Professor (Ph.D. University of Notre Dame)

220B Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3019
dortiz@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Social Movements, Collective Violence, State Repression,
Time-diffusion of Social Processes, Political sociology, Latin America, Quantitative Research Methodologies.

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Patrick Rafail

Assistant Professor (Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University)

220C Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3001
prafail@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Social Movements and Collective Behavior, Applied Statistics, Political Sociology, Social Control, Complex Organizations, Urban Policing, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing

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Mimi Schippers

Associate Professor (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Director, Women's Studies Program

206 Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3011
mimi@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Sexuality, Gender, Social Theory, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Culture.

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Adjunct and Visiting Faculty


	Rhoda Carr Adjunct Assistant Professor 212 Newcomb Hall (504)862-3012 rcarr@tulane.edu Courses: Marriage and Family
	Anna Hall Adjunct Assistant Professor
	John Hall Adjunct Assistant Professor 217A Newcomb Hall (504)862-3017 jhall@tulane.edu Courses: Deviant Behavior, Social Problems, Criminology, Foundations of Sociology, Sociology of the Family
	Katherine Johnson Visiting Assistant Professor 220E Newcomb Hall (504)862-3016 kjohns25@tulane.edu
	Stephen Ostertag Professor of Practice (Ph.D. University of Connecticut) 220F Newcomb Hall (504)862-3023 sosterta@tulane.edu Research Interests: Cultural Sociology, Media Sociology, Cognition, Crime and Incarceration, Social Control. Profile \| CV \| Website

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Professors Emeriti

	Martha K. Huggins (Ph.D. University of New Hampshire) mhuggins@tulane.edu Research Interests: Labor Control and Repression, State-Related Vigilantism, U.S. International Policing as Political Control in Latin America, Marginalization of Brazilian 'Others', Torture and Assassination. Profile \| CV \| Website
	Fred Koeing (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin) Research Interests: Sociology of Aging, Social Psychology, Sociology of Rumors.
	Edward V. Morse (Ph.D. Cornell University) Research Interests: Medical Sociology, Sociology of Law

In Memoriam

April Brayfield

Associate Professor (Ph.D. University of Maryland at College Park)

April Brayfield died on the morning of Tuesday, December 13, 2011. Her friends and colleagues remember her as a valuable person in their lives and as a model of a university professor.

Staff

Mary Enright

Secretary

202 A2 Newcomb Hall
Phone: (504)862-3016
Fax: (504)865-5544
menrigh@tulane.edu

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