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Professional Qualifications, Activity, and Interests of Department Faculty
All faculty members in the Department of Sociology
have done post-graduate study beyond the master's degree level, and over three-quarters hold the
Ph.D. degree. The Master of Social Work (MSW), the professional standard in social work,
is held by part-time social work faculty. Many Field Placement Supervisors in agencies
affiliated with our program hold the MSW degree and all have extensive professional
experience.
The principal fields and many specializations are
represented among our faculty. Collectively, our faculty has a remarkable variety in
origins, education, and experience which encompasses all parts of the United States. In
our department, the average faculty member has over ten years of teaching experience.
Although course preparation and classroom teaching
take most of their time, faculty are also involved in numerous professional activities,
both on and off campus. In addition to departmental assignments, faculty members serve on
college and university committees. Memberships in over two dozen professional societies
are held among our faculty, and in any given year, about half of the faculty are officers,
program organizers, or participants at professional meetings. Recent and current scholarly
efforts of our faculty range from informal discussions with colleagues at professional
meetings to the writing of articles and books. Members of our faculty also serve in a
professional capacity as consultants and advisors to agencies and various levels of local
government.
The following list of faculty gives information
about their professional education and areas of interest.
Upper class majors or minors who are
considering Special Work (Sociology 497, 498, 499) should use this list as a guide when
selecting their topic and faculty advisor for that course.
DEPARTMENT FACULTY
- ALDEN, HELENA, Assitant Professor
B.A., University of South Florida; M.A., Ph.D. The University of Florida
Specializations: Social Psychology, Gender, Sociological Theory, Sexuality
- BOELK, AMY, Assistant Professor
B.S.W., University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire; M.S.S.W., University of
Wisconsin - Madison; ABD, University of Texas-Austin
Specializations: Aging, Death / Dying, Health Care
/ Social Work
- CLARK, EUGENE J., Professor
B.A., University of Montana; M.S., Montana State University; Ph.D., Louisiana State
University.
Specializations: Environmental Sociology, Medical Sociology, Research Methods &
Statistics, Social Gerontology
- DE BOER, DOROTHY R.,
Associate Professor
B.S., Northern Michigan University; M.A., Minnesota State University-Mankato;
Ph.D.
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Specializations: Deviance, Criminology, Gender Issues, Social Psychology
- ENRIGHT, ROBERT B. JR., Professor, Department Chair
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago.
Specializations: Social Gerontology, Population, Community/Urban Sociology,
Research Methods, Social Psychology
[Coordinator of the Gerontology Program]
- FORBES, DOUG, Associate Professor
B.S. Ed., M.A.T., Texas State University - San Marcos; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
Specializations: Demography, Medical Sociology, Survey
Research, Race/Ethnic Relations
- ITZKOWITZ, GARY, Professor
B.A., Ph.D., The American University, Washington, D.C.
Specializations: Applied Sociology, Sociological Theory, Social Stratification, Poverty & Welfare
[Director - Community Research Center]
- LAMB, KATHLEEN, Assistant Professor
B.A., Bluffton College, M.A., Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Specializations: Global/comparative families, Adolescence, Family Demography
- SMART, ALTON (SONNY), Professor
B.S., UW-Milwaukee; M.S.W., University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Specializations: Family, Child Welfare, Indian Child Welfare, Social Work,
Social
Work with Culturally Diverse Families
[Coordinator of the minor in Native American & Rural Social Work]
- WOLENSKY, ROBERT P., Professor
B.A., Villanova University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.
Specializations: Community/Urban Sociology, Industrial/Economic Sociology,
Environmental Sociology
[Co-Director, Center for the Small City]
[Co-Coordinator of the minor in Small City Analysis]
EMERITUS FACULTY
- BISHOP, E. SHERWOOD, Professor Emeritus
B.A., Lakeland College; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Ph.D., Florida State University.
Specializations: Social Psychology, Sociology of Mental Health, Sociological Theory
- FISH, VIRGINIA KEMP, Professor Emerita
B.A., University of Minnesota; M.A., Central Michigan University; Ph.D., Western Michigan
University.
Specializations: Sociology of Gender Roles, Social Stratification, Political
Sociology, Sociology of Deviance
- FISHER, ROGER, Professor Emeritus (Deceased)
A.B., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Specializations: General Sociology, Formal Organizations, Community Sociology
- MOFFATT, JOHN E., Professor
Emeritus
A.B., Ripon College; M.A., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
Specializations: Sociological Theory, Deviance and Disorganization, Research Methods
and Statistics, Social Psychology
- SKELTON, GAIL J., Professor Emerita
B.A., M.A., Case Western Reserve University.
Specializations: Family, Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence, Race
and Ethnic Groups
- STAFFORD, DAVID B., Professor Emeritus
B.A., Guilford College; M.A., Haverford College; Ph.D., Duke University.
Specializations: Sociology: Family, Personality and Culture,
Sociological Theory and Change, Regionalism, Anthropological and Sociological
Psychology, Philosophy Minor, China Studies
- THROCKMORTON, KIRBY L., Professor Emeritus
B.A., Northeast Missouri State University; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Ph.D.,
Western Michigan University.
Specializations: Technology and Social Problems, Race and Ethnic Groups,
Research
Methods and Statistics, Complex Organization
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