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Full Time Faculty

Bernard B. Berk
PhD., Univ. of Michigan 1961 Office: KH-A3049
Telephone: (323)343-2210
E-mail: bberk@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Deviance, Theory, Criminology/Corrections; Associate Professor.

Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte (Graduate Advisor & Internship Coordinator)
PhD., Harvard University 1989 Office: KH-A3051
Telephone: (323)343-2212
E-mail: cboding@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Applied Sociology/Evaluation Research, Cultural Sociology, Occupations/Professions; Professor.

Bradley Campbell
PhD., Univ. of Virginia 2008 Office: KH-A3052
Telephone: (323)343-2215
E-mail: bcampbe3@exchange.calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Theory, Criminology, Conflict, Law, Violence, Genocide; Assistant Professor.

Wai Kit Choi
PhD., Univ. of California, Irvine 2007 Office: KH-A3046
Telephone: (323)343-2214
E-mail: wchoi@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Urban Sociology, Globalization; Assistant Professor.

Elaine Draper (Director, Law and Society Program)
PhD., Univ. of California-Berkeley 1985 Office: KH-A3047
Telephone: (323)343-2299
E-mail: edraper@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Law and Society, Science and Knowledge, Bioethics and Medical Sociology, Environment and Technology, Gender; Associate Professor.

Gabriela Fried
PhD, Univ. of California - Los Angeles 2004 Office: KH- A3027
Telephone: (323)343-2218
E-mail: gfrieda@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Cultural Sociology, Social Memory and Trauma after Political Conflict, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict Studies, Latin America/Southern Cone Studies, Theory, Gender, Emotions; Assistant Professor.

Roseann Giarrusso (Undergraduate Advisor)
PhD, Univ. of California-Los Angeles 1987 Office: KH- A3053
Telephone: (323)343-2211
E-mail: rgiarru@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Social Gerontology, Social Psychology, Family; Assistant Professor.

Steven L. Gordon (Department Chair)
PhD, Univ. of California-Los Angeles 1979 Office: KH-C3093
Telephone: (323)343-2200
E-mail: sgordon@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Social Psychology, Socialization, Emotions; Professor.

Hyojoung Kim
PhD, Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1998 Office: KH- D4052
Telephone: (323)343-5769
E-mail: hkim@exchange.calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Social Movements, Political Sociology, Rational Choice, Social networks, Research Methods, Statistics; Assistant Professor and Director for the Center of Korean American and Korean Studies.

Janet Lever
PhD., Yale University 1974 Office: KH-A3046
Telephone: (323)343-2214
E-mail: jlever@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Applied Sociology/Evaluation Research, Sex and Gender, Qualitative Methodology; Professor.

Sharon Oselin
PhD., Univ. of California-Irvine Office: KH-B3026
Telephone: (323)343-2218
E-mail: soselin@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Gender, Deviance, Criminology, Social Movements, Social Psychology, Culture; Assistant Professor.

Gretchen Peterson
PhD., Univ. of Arizona 2000 Office: KH-A3053
Telephone: (323)343-2211
E-mail: gpeters@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Sociology of Sport, Social Psychology, Emotions, Gender, Research Methods; Associate Professor.

Jon Snodgrass
PhD., Pennsylvania University 1972 Office: KH-A3052
Telephone: (323)343-2215
E-mail: jsnodgr@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Social Psychology, Social Organization, Child Psychoanalysis; Professor.

Molly Talcott
PhD, Univ. of California - Santa Barbara 2008 Office: KH-D4060
Telephone: (323)343-6347
E-mail: mtalcot@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Social Inequality and Change, Globalization Studies, Human Rights; Assistant Professor.

Ronald T. Tsukashima
PhD., Univ. of California-Los Angeles 1973 Office: KH-A3036
Telephone: (323)343-2217
E-mail: rtsukas@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Methods, Urban Sociology; Professor.

Yehudi Webster
PhD., Warwick University 1977 Office: KH-A3047
Telephone: (323)343-2209
E-mail: ywebste@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Theory, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Associate Professor.

Emeriti

William D. Darrough
PhD., British Columbia 1975
Telephone: (323)343-2200
E-mail: wdarrou@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Criminology/Delinquency, Social Control, Penology/Corrections; Professor Emeritus.

Lawrence K. Hong
PhD., Notre Dame 1970 Office: KH-B3026
Telephone: (323)343-2200
E-mail: lhong@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Family, Social Psychology, Methods; Professor Emeritus.

Delos H. Kelly
PhD., Oregon-Eugene 1970
Telephone: (323)343-2200
E-mail: dkelly@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Deviant Behavior, Criminology, Delinquency, Social Control, Quantitative Methods, and Education; Professor Emeritus.

Eleni N. Pitsiou-Darrough
PhD, Iowa State 1973
Telephone: (323)343-2200
E-mail: epitsio@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Aging/Social Gerontology, Social Psychology, Family; Professor Emeritus.

Eui-Young Yu
PhD, Pennsylvania 1973 Office: KH- C3093B
Telephone: (323)343-5769
E-mail: eyu@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Demography, Statistics, Asian-Americans; Professor Emeritus.

RETIRED

Janicemarie A. Allard
PhD., California-Los Angeles 1973
Telephone: (323)343-2200
E-mail: jallard@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Theory, Methods, Sex and Gender; Professor.

Terry R. Kandal
PhD., Univ. of California-Berkeley 1974 Office: KH-A1027
Telephone: (323)343-2216
E-mail: tkandal@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Theory, Social Change, Knowledge; Professor.

LECTURERS

Mohammed Abdelhamid
MA, California State - LA 2001 Office: KH-D3081-G
Telephone: (323)343-6349
E-mail: mabdelh@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Statistics, Research Methods; Lecturer.

Kazem Alamdari
PhD, Illinois-Urbana 1982 Office: KH-D3081-F
Telephone: (323)343-2213
E-mail: kalamda@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Social Change, Political Sociology, Development; Lecturer.

Julie M Albright
PhD, Southern California 2001 Office: KH-D3081-G
Telephone: (323)343-6349
E-mail: jalbrig@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Gender,Marriage and Family Therapy, Culture and Communications; Lecturer.

Rick Fraser
PhD, Southern California 1999 Office: KH-D3081-N
Telephone: (323)343-6352
E-mail: rfraser@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Marriage and Family; Lecturer.

Ruzanna Karmiryan
MA, California State-Los Angeles 1995 Office: KH-D3081-K
Telephone: (323)343-6350
E-mail: rkarmir@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Emotions, Socialization; Lecturer.

Pamela Porter
PhD, Southern California 1976 Office: KH-D3081-F
Telephone: (323)343-2213
E-mail: pporter@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Demography, Statistics; Lecturer

Melanie Stagnaro
Office: KH-D3081L
Telephone: (323)343-2028
E-mail: mwakeman@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Lecturer

Maureen Tabor
PhD, Yale 1971 Office: KH-D3081F
Telephone: (323)343-2213
E-mail: mtabor@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Classical Theory, Contemporary Theory, Writing, Gender; Lecturer

Nivedita Vaidya
PhD, California-Davis 1999 Office: KH-D3081-G
Telephone: (323)343-6349
E-mail: nvaidya@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Demography, Sex and Gender, Urban Sociology; Lecturer.

Gunnar Valgeirsson
PhD, Bowling Green State 1991 Office: KH-A3051
Telephone: (323)343-2212
E-mail: gvalgei@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Globalization, Gender, Sport; Lecturer.

K. William Wasson
PhD, Iowa State 1984 Office: KH-D3081E
Telephone: (323)343-2296
E-mail: bwasson@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Social Change, Statistics, Community; Lecturer.

Linda Yellin
EdD, Columbia 1983 Office: KH-B3026
Telephone: (323)343-2218
E-mail: lyellin@calstatela.edu

Specialization:

Sex and Gender, Juvenile Delinquency, Education; Lecturer.

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