SAC - Staff Profiles

Baker, Phyllis
Professor of Sociology and Director of Women's and Gender Studies
273-7102 Baker 170
Phyllis.Baker@uni.edu
Ph.D. (1988), University of California-San Diego.
Gender, Qualitative Methods, Sports, Immigration

Bartollas, Clemens
Professor
273-2559 Baker 389
Clemens.Bartollas@uni.edu
Ph.D. (1973), Ohio State University.
Criminology/Delinquency, Penology/Corrections, Criminal Justice

Briggs, Steven
Assistant Professor
273-2329 Baker 376
steve.briggs@uni.edu
Ph.D. (2007), University of Nebraska, Omaha
Police Effectiveness, Discretion, and Organization; Quantitative Methods

Chananie-Hill, Ruth
Assistant Professor
273-7242 Baker 324
rchill@uni.edu
http://www.uni.edu/chananir
Ph.D. (2007), Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Theory, Gender/Class/Race Inequalities, Social Movements, Sexualities, Sport

Christensen, Wendy
Secretary I
273-2786 Baker 356
Wendy.Christensen@uni.edu

Crew, B. Keith
Associate Professor
273-2143 BAK 378
BK.Crew@uni.edu
Ph.D. (1986), University of Kentucky.
Criminology/Delinquency, Corrections, Criminal Justice, Sociology of Law, Theory

Dunn, Cyndi
Associate Professor
273-6251 Baker 309
Cyndi.Dunn@uni.edu
Ph.D. (1996), University of Texas.
Language and Culture, Gender, Emotion, Japan

Escandell, Xavier
Assistant Professor
273-3932 Baker 324
xavier.escandell@uni.edu
Ph.D. (2005), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Immigration and Transnationalism, Race/Ethnic Inequality, Social Demography, Research Methods, European Union

Fauchier, Wayne
Office Coordinator I
273-7421 Baker 356
Fax: 273-7104
wayne.fauchier@uni.edu
B.L.S., European Language, Literature and Civilization, University of Iowa
D.E.U.G., Langues Etrangères Appliquées (French-German-English), Université de Lyon II, France

Featherstone, Richard
Associate Professor
273-6497 Baker 321
Richard.Featherstone@uni.edu
http://www.clevermotto.com/
Ph.D. (2002), Purdue University.
Crime Analysis, Delinquency, Policing, Religion

Froyum, Carissa M.
Assistant Professor
273-6294 Baker 326
Carissa.Froyum@uni.edu
Ph.D. (2007), North Carolina State University.
Social Inequality (Race, Class, Gender), Sexuality, Sociology of Families, Feminist Theory, Qualitative Methods

Gaff, Donald
Assistant Professor
273-7274 BAK 391
Donald.Gaff@uni.edu
Ph.D. (2005), Michigan State University.
Midwestern Archaeology, Woodland and Mississippian Archaeology, Archaeological Theory

Gorton, Joe
Associate Professor
273-3007 Baker 374
Joe.Gorton@uni.edu
Http://www.uni.edu/~gorton
Ph.D. (1997), Texas A&M University.
Corrections/Punishment, Correctional Treatment, Family Violence, Complex Organization

Grey, Mark
Professor and Director, ICILI
273-3029 Lang 221
Mark.Grey@uni.edu
Ph.D. (1989), University of Colorado-Boulder.
Education, Ethnic Relations, Social Change, Economic Anthropology, Southern Africa, U.S. Rural Communities

Li, Jian
Assistant Professor
273-6128 Baker 323
Lee.Jli@uni.edu
Ph.D. (2000), University of Kansas.
Cultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Anthropological Theory, Development, China and Southest Asia

Lowell, Julie
Associate Professor
273-2473 Baker 328
Julie.Lowell@uni.edu
Ph.D. (1986), University of Arizona.
North American Archaeology, American Southwest, Household and Small Community Organization,
Uses of Ethnology for Archaeological Inference, Architectural Analysis, Gender in Archaeology

Lutz, Gene
Professor and Director, Center for Social and Behavioral Research
273-2105, 2304 College St. (CET Bldg.)
Gene.Lutz@uni.edu
Ph.D. Iowa State University
Research Methods/Statistics, Public Health, Public Opinion, Evaluation

Mack, Kristin
Associate Professor
273-7630 Baker 359
Kristin.Mack@uni.edu
Ph.D. (1995), Iowa State University.
Family and Life Course, Research Methods, Social Gerontology

O'Brien, Tyler
Assistant Professor
273-2789 Baker 372
Tyler.Obrien@uni.edu
Ph.D. (2003), Binghamton University, State University of New York
Human Osteology and Skeletal Biology, Forensic Anthropology, Andean Bioarchaeology, Paleoanthropology,
Human Variation, Health, Disease and Death, Biology and Ethnicity, Artificial Cranial Modification

Opsal, Tara
Assistant Professor
273-6339 Baker 387
Tara.Opsal@uni.edu
Ph.D. (2009) University of Colorado
Punishment and Social Control, Race/Class/Gender in the Criminal Justice System,
Collateral Consequences of Punishment, Sociology of Gender, Qualitative Methods

Rhineberger-Dunn, Gayle Assistant Professor 273-3245 Baker 325 Gayle.Rhineberger@uni.edu Ph.D. (2003), Western Michigan University. Communities, Inequality, and Crime, Crime Theory, Criminal Justice Ethics, and Popular Culture and Crime.
Sandstrom, Kent
Department Head and Professor
273-2786 Baker 356
Kent.Sandstrom@uni.edu
http://www.uni.edu/sandstrk/
Ph.D. (1994), University of Minnesota.
Social Psychology, Sociology of Emotions, Medical Sociology, Political Sociology, Qualitative Methods

Stalp, Marybeth
Associate Professor
273-6235 Baker 361
Marybeth.Stalp@uni.edu
http://www.uni.edu/stalp/
Ph.D. (2001), The University of Georgia.
Sociology of Gender, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the Family, Qualitative Methods, Social Movements, Sociology of Religion

Wertz, James Adjunct Instructor 273-7420 Baker 305 james.wertz@uni.eduMA (1994), University of Northern Iowa
Special Agent (retired), Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation

Woodrick, Anne
Professor
273-6375 Baker 370
Anne.Woodrick@uni.edu
Ph.D. (1989), University of California-San Diego.
Religion, Latin America, Immigration and Community

EMERITUS FACULTY

Stockdale, Jerry
Emeritus Professor of Sociology
Office: BAK 376
Phone: 319-273-6135
Jerry.Stockdale@uni.edu
Epistemological and theoretical foundations of the social and environmental sciences; relationships among social organization, culture, technology, environment, and quality of life.