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Tulane Sociology

 

 

Regular Faculty

 

 Dr. Katie Acosta

 


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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Dr. Michele Adams 

Michele Adams

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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 Dr. Stephanie M. Arnett


Stephanie M. Arnett

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

201 A2 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, Chair

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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 Dr. April Brayfield


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. (Obituary in Times-Picayune; Remembrance in the SLA newsletter)
Information about her memorials can be found at the Event/Announcement page.

215 Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3001
aprilb@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Gender, Work and Family, Sociology of Childhood, Cross-National Research.

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 Dr. Xiaojin Chen


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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 Dr. Joel A. Devine


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)

220C 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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 Dr. Diane Grams


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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 Dr. Martha K. Huggins


Martha K. Huggins

Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professors of Human Relations (Ph.D. University of New Hampshire)

212 Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3012
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.

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Dr. Yuki Kato 

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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 Dr. David G. Ortiz


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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 Dr. Stephen Ostertag


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.

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 Dr. Mimi Schippers


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

 

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George Touché

Visiting Assistant Professor

220G Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3088
gtouche@tulane.edu

Research Interests: Urban Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Political Sociology, Organizational Sociology

Courses: Urban Sociology (SOCI 106), Environmental Sociology (SOCI 260)

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 Dr. Rhoda Carr


Rhoda Carr

Adjunct Assistant Professor

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

Courses: Marriage and Family (SOCI 130)


 Dr. James Conrad


James Conrad

Adjunct Assistant Professor

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

Courses: Social Problems (SOCI 109), Foundations of Sociology (SOCI 201)


 Dr. John Hall


John Hall

Adjunct Assistant Professor

217A Newcomb Hall (504)862-3017
jhall@tulane.edu

Courses: Deviant Behavior (SOCI 108), Social Problems (SOCI 109), Criminology (SOCI 130), Foundations of Sociology (SOCI 201), Sociology of the Family (SOCI 103)
 



Harmony Newman

Adjunct Instructor

220E Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3016
hnewman@tulane.edu

Courses: Gender & Society (SOCI 104)

   

Sandra Weissinger

Adjunct Instructor

220E Newcomb Hall
(504)862-3016
sweissin@tulane.edu

Courses: Urban Sociology (SOCI 106)
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Professors Emeriti


 Dr. Fred Koenig

Fred Koeing

(Ph.D. University of Wisconsin)



Reseach Interests: Sociology of Aging, Social Psychology, Sociology of Rumors.




 Dr. Edward Morse

Edward V. Morse

(Ph.D. Cornell University)



Research Interests: Medical Sociology, Sociology of Law



Staff

 

 Mary Enright

Mary Enright

Secretary

202 A1 Newcomb Hall
Phone: (504)862-3016
Fax: (504)865-5544
menrigh@tulane.edu



 

Tulane University, Department of Sociology, 220 Newcomb Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118 504-865-5820 menrigh@tulane.edu