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. Profile | CV | Website
	Michele Adams Assistant 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. Profile | CV | Website
	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. Profile | CV | Website
	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. Profile | CV | Website
	April Brayfield Associate Professor (Ph.D. University of Maryland at College Park) 215 Newcomb Hall (504)862-3001 aprilb@tulane.edu Research Interests: Gender, Work and Family, Sociology of Childhood, Cross-National Research. Profile | CV | Website
	Xiaojin Chen Assistant Professor (Ph.D. Iowa State University) 220H Newcomb Hall (504)862-3008 xchen1@tulane.edu Research Interests: Life Course Criminology/Victimology, Mental Health among High-in-risk Populations, Test of Criminological Theories, Application of Quantitative Research Methods. Profile | CV | Website
	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. Profile | CV | Website
	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.   Profile | CV | Website
	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.  Profile | CV | Website
	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. Profile | CV | Website
	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. Profile | CV | Website
	Shayne Lee Assistant Professor (Ph.D. Northwestern University) 220G Newcomb Hall (504)862-3088 slee5@tulane.edu Research Interests: Sociology of Religion, African American Religion, Sociology of Culture, Gender and Sexuality, Media, Sociology of Scientific Knowledge. Profile | CV | Website
	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. Profile | CV | Website
	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
	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. Profile | CV | Website

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 Adjunct and Visiting Faculty

	Rhoda Carr Adjunct Assistant Professor 220D Newcomb Hall (504)862-3013 rcarr@tulane.edu Courses: Marriage and Family (SOCI 130)
	James Conrad Adjunct Assistant Professor 220D Newcomb Hall (504)862-3013 jrconrad@tulane.edu Courses: Social Problems (SOCI 109), Foundations of Sociology (SOCI 201)
	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)
	Sarah Stohlman Adjunct Instructor 220E Newcomb Hall (504)862-3016 sstohlma@tulane.edu Courses: Urban Sociology (SOCI 106)

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Professors Emeriti

	Fred Koeing (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin) Reseach Interests: Sociology of Aging, Social Psychology, Sociology of Rumors.
	Edward V. Morse (Ph.D. Cornell University) Research Interests: Medical Sociology, Sociology of Law

Staff

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