Nov 24, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Sociology Faculty


Chair

Borer, Michael Ian

Professor; B.A., Lafayette College; MA., Ph.D., Boston University. Rebel since 2008.

Graduate Coordinator

Lawrence, Elizabeth

Assistant Professor; B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder. Rebel since 2018.

Graduate Faculty

Batson, Christie 

Associate Professor; B.A., University of Texas, Austin, M.A., Ph.D., the Ohio State University. Rebel since 2007.

Bernhard, Bo 

Professor/Director; B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 2002.

Bhatta, Tirth 

Assistant Professor. B.S. M.S., Tri-Chandra College/Tribhuvan University (Nepal); M.G.S., Miami University; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Rebel since 2017.

Borer, Michael Ian

Professor; B.A., Lafayette College; MA., Ph.D., Boston University. Rebel since 2008.

Brents, Barbara G. 

Professor; B.J., M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia. Rebel since 1987.

Carter, Courtney M. 

Assistant Professor; B.A. Truman State University; M.A. Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago. Rebel since 2017

Dickens, David

Professor; B.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas. Rebel since 1984.

Francis, Kerie Ann

Assistant Professor in Residence; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 2015.

Futrell, Robert 

Professor; B.A., University of Kentucky; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas. Rebel since 1999.

Gottschalk, Simon 

Professor; B.A., Haifa University (Israel); M.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara. Rebel since 1992.

Jungleib, Lillian Taylor

Assistant Professor; B.A., Mills College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara. Rebel since 2022.

Keene, Jennifer

Professor and Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts; B.A., Tulane; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University. Rebel since 2001.

Korgan, Kathryn Hausbeck 

Associate Professor and Dean, Graduate College; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo. Rebel since 1995.

Lawrence, Elizabeth

Assistant Professor; B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder. Rebel since 2018.

Parker, Robert E.

Professor; B.S., Southern Illinois University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin. Rebel since 1989.

Rodriguez, Cassaundra 

Assistant Professor; B.A. California State University Northridge; M.A. Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Rebel since 2017

Shalin, Dmitri N. 

Professor; B.A., M.A., Leningrad State University; Ph.D., Institute of Sociological Research, U.S.S.R. Academy of Science; M.Phil, Ph.D., Columbia University. Rebel since 1991.

Suarez, Fatima

Assistant Profesor; B.A., University of La Verne; M.A., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara. Rebel since 2022.

Zhang, Chenghui.

Assistant Professor; L.L.B., L.L.M., Tongji University (China); Ph.D., University of Kentucky. Rebel since 2022.

Professors Emeriti

Carns, Donald E.

Professor; B.A., M.A., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., Indiana University. UNLV Emeritus 1973-2013.

Fontana, Andrea

Professor; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego. UNLV Emeritus 1976.

Frey, James

Professor and Dean; B.A., Augustana College; M.A., University of Iowa; Ph.D., Washington State University. UNLV Emeritus 1974.

Smith, Ronald

Professor and Vice President for Research and Graduate Dean; B.S., Southeast Missouri State College; M.A., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., Washington State University. UNLV Emeritus 1972-2012.

Spivak, Andrew

Associate Professor; B.B.A., University of Oklahoma; B.A., M.A., University of Central Oklahoma; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. UNLV Emeritus 2008-2021.