Department of Sociology

Denise Cobb, Ph.D

Professor, Provost
Tulane University, 2003

Teaching Areas:  Research Methods, Social Theory, Social Statistics
Research Areas:  Organizational Sociology, Sociology of Work, and Research Methodologies
Email: pcobb@siue.edu
Provost's Office

Connie Frey, Ph.D

Associate Professor
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2007

Teaching Areas: Criminology, Crime Theory, Deviance, Victimology
Research Areas: Peacemaking Criminology, History of Sociology
Email: cfrey@siue.edu
Phone: 618-650-2945
Office: Peck Hall 1213
Curriculum Vitae

Mark Hedley, Ph.D

Associate Professor
University of Arizona, 1994

Teaching and Research Areas: Theory/Methods/Statistics, Community Action and Social Movements, Gender and Sexuality, Popular Culture
Email: mhedley@siue.edu
Phone: 618-650-3420
Office: Peck Hall 1236

Florence Maätita, Ph.D

Associate Professor
University of Connecticut, 2003

Teaching Areas: Marriage and Family, Race and Ethnic Relations, Social Psychology, Social Inequality, Intergroup Relations
Research Areas: Motherhood, Gender, Race, Social Psychology, and Family
Email: fmaatit@siue.edu
Phone: 618-650-3287
Office: Peck Hall 1204
Curriculum Vitae

Linda Markowitz, Ph.D  - Chair

Professor
University of Arizona, 1995

Teaching Areas: Gender, Work and Organizations, Alternative Economies, Mindfulness and Meditation
Research Areas: Organizational processes, Social Justice in k-12 schools,
Email: lmarkow@siue.edu
Phone: 618-650-2451
Office: Peck Hall 1220
Curriculum Vitae
 

Lisa Martino Taylor, Ph.D

Assistant Professor
University of Missouri, Columbia, 2011

Teaching Areas: Work and Organizations, Qualitative Research Methods, Elite Deviance, Social Movements, Social Theory
Research Areas: Elite Deviance, State Crime, Political Economy, Social Movements, Weapons Testing on Populations
Email: lismart@siue.edu
Phone: 618-650-2681
Office: Peck Hall 1236
Curriculum Vitae

Elizabeth Stygar, M.A.

Instructor
Southern Illnois University, 2008

Teaching Areas: Introduction (online, traditional, and freshman seminars), Women Gender & Society Marriage & Family, Social Inequality, Urban Sociology and Social Problems.
Email: estygar@siue.edu
Phone: 618-650-3395
Office: Peck Hall 0225
Curriculum Vitae

Darci Schmidgall, M.A.

Instructor
Southern Illnois University, 2012

Teaching Areas: Introduction (online, traditional, and freshman seminars), Women Gender & Society Marriage & Family, Race and Ethnicity
Email: dschmid@siue.edu
Office: Peck Hall 1229

Ezra Temko, ABD.

Instructor
University of Delaware, 2009

Teaching and Research Areas: Cultural Politics, Applied and Public Sociology, Structural inequality and social policy, Civic studies and community engagement, Intersectionality, Education, Theory and Statistics
Email: etemko@siue.edu
Phone: 618-650-3788
Office: Peck Hall 1214

Curriculum Vitae

Sandra Weissinger, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
University of Illinois, 2010
Graduate Director

Teaching Areas: African American communities, race and ethnic relations, urban sociology and qualitative research methods.
Research Areas: African American communities and institutions, Inequality, Intragroup marginalization
Email: sweissi@siue.edu
Phone: 618-650-5197
Office: Peck Hall 1221
Curriculum Vitae

Colleen Vrenick

Phone: 618-650-3713

Office:  Peck Hall 1230

Email: cvrenic@siue.edu

Bob Blain, Ph.D

University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1967

Teaching and Research Areas: Comparative/Historical Sociology, Economy and Society, Peace and Cooperation, Money
Email: rblain@siue.edu
Phone: 618-656-5706
Web Page

John Farley, Ph.D

University of Michigan, 1977

Teaching Areas: Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Urban Sociology, Demography
Research Areas: Racial Housing Segregation, Minority Student Retention, Social Responses to Disaster Warning; American Attitudes toward Work
Email: jfarley@johnefarley.com
Web Page

Marv Finkelstein, Ph.D

Michigan State University, 1984

James Henslin, Ph.D

Washington University, 1967

Teaching Areas: Introductory to Sociology, Social Problems, Marriage and Family, Sociology of Law, Sociology of Deviance and Juvenile Delinquency
Research Areas: Social interaction, Deviance, Sociology of Culture, Gender relations, International relations and Prisoners of the Russian gulag
Email: henslin@aol.com