Faculty/Staff
Sociology/Anthropology Directory Listing
Sharon Steadman
Moffett Center, Room 2109
Title(s):
- Distinguished Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Additional Info:
- Specializations: : archaeological spatial analysis, archaeology of religion, ancient and modern Middle East and Turkey, ancient and modern India
- Courses:: Archaeology of Religion, Peoples of the Middle East, Peoples of Central/South Asia, Anthropology of Gender, Contact and Culture Change, Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Samantha Applin
Moffett Center, 121B
Title(s):
- Assistant Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Additional Info:
- Courses: White-Collar Crime; Global Criminology; Alternatives to Incarceration; Sociology of Deviant Behavior; Introduction to Sociology;
- Specializations: Comparative research, gender and violence
Marcus Bell
Moffett Center, Room 2120
Title(s):
- Diversity Faculty Fellow
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Elizabeth Bittel
Moffett Center, Room 2105
Title(s):
- Assistant Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Additional Info:
- Specializations: Environmental Sociology, Social Dimensions of Disasters and Hazards, Environmental Justice, Humanitarian Response and International ‘Development,’ Ethnographic Methods, Sri Lanka and Tamil Culture, Body Modification (Tattooing)
- Courses: Introduction to Sociology, Methods of Social Research I, Environmental Sociology, Environmental Justice, Hazards, Disasters, and Society
Mary A. Cannito-Coville
Moffett Center, Room 2120
Title(s):
- Assistant Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Anna Curtis
Moffett Center, Room 2101
Title(s):
- Associate Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Additional Info:
- Courses:: Sociology of Law; Criminological Theory; Crime and Inequality; Incarceration and the Family; Sterilization, Reproductive Technology and Abortion; Sociology of the Family; Juvenile Delinquency
Stephanie Decker
Moffett Center, Room 2120
Title(s):
- Associate Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Additional Info:
- Specializations: Criminology, Social Control, Historical Sociology, Social Movements, Discourse and Narratives, Torture, Public Confessions
- Courses: Deviant Behavior, Social Control, Criminological Theory, Sociological Theory, Drugs and Society, and Organized Crime
Michael Emmart
Moffett Center, Room 2120
Title(s):
- Visiting Assistant Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Additional Info:
- Interests: Justice, Ethics, Public Service, Nonviolence, Child Welfare, Appreciative Inquiry
Herbert Haines
Moffett Center, Room 121C
Title(s):
- Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Amanda Halliwell
Moffett Center, Room 0119
Title(s):
- Administrative Assistant 1
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
James W Herrick
Moffett Center, Office 117F
Title(s):
- Adjunct Lecturer
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Kent Johnson
Moffett Center, Room 121A
Title(s):
- Assistant Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Additional Info:
- Specializations: Biological anthropology, Bioarchaeology, Forensic Anthropology, Dental Anthropology, Andean Archaeology
- Courses: Intro to Forensic Anthropology, Advanced Forensic Anthropology, Human Evolution and Survival, Human Sexuality: Anthropological Perspectives
Kassim Kone
Moffett Center, Room 2107
Title(s):
- Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Lily Liang
Moffett Center, 113E
Title(s):
- Assistant Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
John-Michael Simpson
Moffett Center, Room 2114
Title(s):
- Assistant Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Additional Info:
- Specializations: Race and Crime; Self-Defense; Gender and Crime; Threat Theory
- Courses: Methods of Social Research I & II; Juvenile Delinquency; Deviant Behavior; Crime and Inequality; Political Sociology; Criminology; Organizations and Bureaucracy; Sociology of Law
John R. Sosa
Moffett Center, Room 2102
Title(s):
- Associate Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Additional Info:
- Specializations: Maya of Yucatán, Latin America, Symbolic Anthropology, Prejudice and Discrimination, U.S. ethnic groups, Anthropological theory and methods
Tiantian Zheng
Moffett Center, Room 2114
Title(s):
- SUNY Distinguished Professor
Department(s):
- Sociology/Anthropology Department
Additional Info:
- Academic Profile
- Academia Profile
- Courses Taught: Peoples of East Asia, Medical Anthropology, Sociocultural Study of AIDS, Cross-Cultural Study of Global Violence, Cross-Cultural Study of Sex Crimes, Anthropological Theory, Anthropology Methods, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of Gender, Anthropology Honors
- Linkedin Profile
- Research Interests: Recipient of two national book awards and one “Outstanding Academic Title” by Choice on research about cultural politics of gender, social class, social inequalities, migration, and their role in the transmission of disease and identity formation of the disenfranchised and underprivileged population. More than two-decade intense, longitudinal fieldwork has resulted in ten academic books (one of which is in preparation), five edited journal issues, and over a hundred articles.Testified before the Congress at Capitol Hill, UNAIDS, and the United Nations on human trafficking and other issues, and has been a featured guest speaker on NPR, BBC, and NBC. Delivered over 100 papers at national and international conferences, and over 100 invited talks at key national and international universities and organizations. Invited service on the reviewer panel for Wenner-Gren Foundation, National Science Foundation, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, and Australia Research Council, and invited service on the Editorial Board for seven academic journals.