Faculty

Directory

Name	Title	Research Areas
Aranda, Elizabeth	Professor	Latina/o Sociology, Migration/Immigration, Racial and Ethnic Relations
Biafora, Frank	Professor St. Petersburg campus	Crime, Law, and Deviance, Children and Youth, Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility, Methodology
Cavendish, James C.	Associate Professor	Race, Class, Gender, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Religion, Quantitative Methodology
Crawley, S.L.	Associate Professor	Sexualities, Gender and Body, Qualitative Methodologies
Curry, Emelda	Associate Professor of Instruction ISS Undergraduate Program Director Graduate Program Coordinator	Family, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Cultural Anthropology
Friedman, Jennifer	Associate Professor	Alcohol and Drugs, Qualitative Methodology, Sociology of Food
Graham, Laurel	Associate Professor	Theory, Consumer Culture, Environment
Green, Sara	Professor Department Chair	Gerontology, Disabilities, Medical Sociology
Hao, Feng	Associate Professor Sarasota-Manatee campus	Environmental Sociology, Public Opinion, Statistics, Survey
Hordge-Freeman, Elizabeth	Associate Professor Interim Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Recruitment, Retention, and Engagement	Family, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Emotions
Jacobson, David	Professor	Globalization and Transnational Sociology, Political Sociology, Immigration and Citizenship
Kusenbach, Margarethe	Professor Graduate Director	Urban Sociology, Social Psychology, Qualitative Methodology
Marquez, Alejandro	Assistant Professor	Collective Behavior and Social Movements, Political Sociology, Latina/o Sociology
Marwah, Vrinda	Assistant Professor	Global and Transnational Sociology, Medical Sociology, Political Sociology, Sociology of Sex and Gender
Miller, Byron	Associate Professor ISS Undergraduate Program Director St. Petersburg campus	Mental Health, Social Stratification, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, and Interracial Romance
Padilla, Beatriz	Associate Professor Interim Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies	Race, Class, and Gender, Public Policy, Migration/Immigration
Partin, Christina	Professor of Instruction	Teaching and Learning in Sociology, Education, Technology
Ponticelli, Christy	Associate Professor Associate Chair of Sociology	Animals and Society, Sexualities, Knowledge
Skvoretz, John	Distinguished University Professor	Theory, Mathematical Sociology, Social Networks
Sloan, Melissa	Associate Professor Sarasota-Manatee campus Associate Chair of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences	Social Psychology, Emotions, Mental Health, Organizations, Occupations, and Work
Sommer, Jamie	Assistant Professor	Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Development, Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility, Health, Quantitative Methodology
Toothman, Erica	Associate Professor of Instruction Sociology Undergraduate Program Director	Aging and the Life Course
Tuntiya, Nana	Assistant Professor of Instruction	Medical Sociology, Mental Health, Political Sociology
Turnbull, Brian	Assistant Professor of Instruction Sarasota-Manatee campus	Social Change, Political Sociology, Qualitative Methodology
Tyson, Will	Associate Professor	Education, Race, Class, and Gender, Stratification/ Mobility

Emeritus Faculty

Name	Title	Research Areas
Benford, Robert D.	Professor Emeritus	Environmental Sociology, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Social Psychology
Greek, Cecil	Associate Professor Emeritus	Qualitative Methodology, Social Theory, Deviance
Kleiman, Michael	Associate Professor Emeritus	Medical Sociology, Quantitative Methodology, Statistics
Loseke, Donileen	Professor Emeritus	Emotions, Cultural Sociology, Qualitative Methodology
Mayberry, Maralee	Professor Emeritus	Teaching and Learning in Sociology, Education, LGBT Youth
Stamps, David	Professor Emeritus	Community, Urban Sociology, Racial and Ethnic Relations

 

Visiting and Adjunct Instructors

Name	Title	Research Areas
Blackwell, Rebecca	Instructor and Postdoctoral Research Scholar	Immigration, Health & Illness, Social Psychology
Schuler, Heidi	Instructor	Educational Inequalities, Family Stratification, Childhood & Youth
Maddanu, Simone	Visiting Assistant Professor of Instruction	Migration/Immigration, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Urban Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Qualitative Methods

 

Research Associates and Postdoctoral Scholars

Name	Title	Research Areas
Blackwell, Rebecca	Instructor and Postdoctoral Research Scholar	Immigration, Health & Illness, Social Psychology