Academic
Catalog August 2006 - August 2007 Undergraduate
and Graduate
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Name &Title |
Credentials |
Focus |
At NAU |
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Sara Aleman, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., Corpus Christi State University; M.S.W., Arizona State University; Ph.D., Brandeis University 1993) |
Gerontology, social welfare policy, case management, Latino elders
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NAU 1997
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Mark A. Beeman, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., M.A., Central Michigan University; Ph.D., University of Illinois 1985) |
Race and ethnic relations, international development, social change
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NAU 1989
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Douglas Degher, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.A., San Jose State College; M.A., Southern Oregon College; Ph.D., Washington State University 1974) |
Criminology, deviance, social theory, sociology of sports
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NAU 1973
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Richard R. Fernandez, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.A., M.A., California State University-Fullerton; Ph.D., Washington State University 1976) |
Communities, organizations, research methods, statistics, sociological theory
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NAU 1978
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Kathleen Ferraro, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.A., Case Western Reserve University; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University 1981) |
Gender, violence, social problems, social change, poverty and homelessness, feminist theory
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NAU 2003
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Karla B. Hackstaff, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator |
(B.A., University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley 1994)
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Sociology of the family, gender, social psychology, qualitative research methods
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NAU 1994
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Gerald B. Hughes, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1979) |
Research methods, social change, program planning and evaluation |
NAU 1973
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Warren Lucas, Ph.D., Professor, Department Chair |
(B.A., M.A., Illinois State University; Ph.D., Utah State University 1972) |
Criminology, research methods, program evaluation
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NAU 1973
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Yvonne M. Luna, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Arizona State University 2004) |
Race, class and gender, Mexican-American history, domestic violence, stratification |
NAU 2004
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Kooros M. Mahmoudi, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Utah State University 1973)
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Demography, urban, social organization, sociological theory, population and environment |
NAU 1981
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David McKell, M.S.W., Associate Professor
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(B.S., M.S.W., University of Oregon 1963)
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Social work, corrections, social service systems, criminal justice system, sociology of religion |
NAU 1974
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Janine Minkler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
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(B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston College 2000) |
Environment and society, human ecology, cultural sociology |
NAU 1998 |
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Karen Pugliesi, Ph.D., Professor, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies |
(B.S., Utah State University; M.A., Ph.D., Washington State University 1984) |
Mental health and illness, quantitative analysis, research methods, gender, emotion
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NAU 1989
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Richard E. Skeen, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado 1980) |
Social psychology, sexuality, film, qualitative methodology |
NAU 1981
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Angela A.A. Willeto, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(B.S., Brigham Young University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina 1996) |
Sociology of family, stratification, American Indians, life course
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NAU 1995
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Adjunct Faculty |
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Paul L. Brinkmann, J.D.
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(B.S., Northern Arizona University; J.D., Villanova University 1986) |
Law
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NAU 1994
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Faculty Emeriti |
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Arnold S. Brown, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.A., Sioux Falls College; B.D., Berkeley Baptist Divinity School; M.S., Montana State University; Ph.D., University of Montana 1973) |
Social gerontology, social psychology
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NAU 1976 (retired 1992)
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Michael Kanan, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa 1976) |
Population, minorities, fertility research, social stratification
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NAU 1967 (retired 2004) |
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Florence M. Karlstrom, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., University of Alberta, Canada; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1976) |
Child development, women's studies and family, education, social policy
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NAU 1965-73, 1975 (retired 1992)
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Edward H. Rybnicek, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.A., Denison University; B.D., Colgate Rochester Divinity School; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota 1962) |
Historical and constructive theory, social organization, sociology of religion, urban sociology, political sociology
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NAU 1966-68, 1972 (retired 1991)
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Harold Widdison, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.S., M.S., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University 1970) |
Research methods, medical sociology, death and dying, complex organization, deviance
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NAU 1972 (retired 2003)
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