Sociology Faculty

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

Sara Aleman, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Corpus Christi State University; M.S.W., Arizona State University; Ph.D., Brandeis University 1993)

Gerontology, social welfare policy, ethnic studies, Latino elders

NAU 1997  

Mark A. Beeman, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., M.A., Central Michigan University; Ph.D., University of Illinois 1985)

Race and ethnic relations, macrosociology, sociology of development

NAU 1989  

James Bowie, Ph.D., Instructor

(B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona 2005)

Culture, organizations, research methods

NAU 2001

Douglas Degher, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., San Jose State College; M.A., Southern Oregon College; Ph.D., Washington State University 1974)

Criminology, deviance, social theory, sociology of sports

NAU 1973  

Richard R. Fernandez, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., M.A., California State University-Fullerton; Ph.D., Washington State University 1976)

Communities, organizations, research methods, statistics, sociological theory

NAU 1978  

Kathleen J. Ferraro, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Case Western Reserve University; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University 1981)

Gender, violence, poverty and homelessness, feminist theory, pop culture

NAU 2003

Jack Ferrell, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., Swathmore College; M.A., Arizona State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona 1989)

Population and environment, social stratification, political sociology

NAU 1989

Karla B. Hackstaff, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley 1994)

Sociology of the family, gender, social psychology, qualitative research methods

NAU 1994  

Michelle Harris, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator

(B.A., M.A., University of South Florida; Ph.D., University of Michigan 1998)

Social psychology, gender and health, sociology of deviance

NAU 2007

Warren Lucas, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., M.A., Illinois State University; Ph.D., Utah State University 1972)

Criminology, research methods, program evaluation

NAU 1973  

Yvonne M. Luna, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Arizona State University 20045

Race, class and gender, stratification and inequality, poverty and welfare

NAU 2004

Kooros M. Mahmoudi, Ph.D., Professor, Department Chair

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Utah State University 1973)

Demography, urban, social organization, sociological theory, population and environment

NAU 1981  

David McKell, M.S.W., Associate Professor

(B.S., M.S.W., University of Oregon 1963)

Social work, corrections, social service systems, criminal justice system, sociology of religion

NAU 1974  

Karen Pugliesi, Ph.D., Professor, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

(B.S., Utah State University; M.A., Ph.D., Washington State University 1984)

Mental health and illness, quantitative analysis, research methods, gender, emotion

NAU 1989  

James Reed, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer

(B.A., Baylor University; M.A., Ph.D., Ball State University 1980)

Sociology of knowledge, deviance, macrosociology, quantitative methods, social problems

NAU 2001

Janine Schipper, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston College 2000)

Environment sociology, cultural sociology, consciousness and social change

NAU 1998

Richard E. Skeen, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado 1980)

Social psychology, sexuality, film, qualitative methodology

NAU 1981  

Angela A.A. Willeto, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Brigham Young University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1996)

Sociology of family, stratification, American Indians, life course, quantitative research methods

 NAU 1995  

Faculty Emeriti

Arnold S. Brown, Ph.D., Professor

(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

NAU 1976 (retired 1992)  

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 (retired 2008)

Michael Kanan, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa 1976)

Population, minorities, fertility research, social stratification

NAU 1967 (retired 2004)

Florence M. Karlstrom, Ph.D., Professor

(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

NAU 1965-73, 1975 (retired 1992)  

Edward H. Rybnicek, Ph.D., Professor

(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

NAU 1966-68, 1972 (retired 1991)

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

NAU 1972 (retired 2003)