School of Liberal Arts: Sociology
2008-2009 Academic Year
481
Office :
220 Newcomb Hall
Phone:
504-865-5820
Fax:
504-865-5544
Website:
www.tulane.edu/~sociol/
Professors
Carl L. Bankston III, Ph.D., Louisiana State
Joel A. Devine, Ph.D., Indiana, Chair
Kevin Gotham, Ph.D., Kansas
Martha K. Huggins, Ph.D., New Hampshire
Associate Professors
April A. Brayfield, Ph.D., Maryland
Mimi Schippers, Ph.D., Wisconsin
Assistant Professors
Michelle Adams, Ph.D., California, Riverside
Xiaojin Chen, Ph.D., Iowa
Diane Grams, Ph.D., Loyola University, Chicago
Shayne Lee, Ph.D., Northwestern
Visiting Professors
Stephanie M. Arnett, Ph.D., Notre Dame
Brenda Brasher, Ph.D. University of Southern California
Richard Duque, Ph.D., Lousiana State University
John Hall, Ph.D., Tulane University
Yuki Kato, Ph.D., University of California Irvine
David Ortiz Canseco, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Pamela Rogers, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Adjunct Professor
Mary Ann Maguire, Ph.D., Stanford (Associate Dean, Newcomb-Tulane College)
Emeritus
Fredrick Koenig, Ph.D., Wisconsin
Sociology is the study of group life. It combines scientific and humanistic
perspectives in the study of urban and rural life, family patterns and relationships,
social change, inter-group relations, social class, environment, technology and
communications, health care and illness, social movements, organizations, and
pressing contemporary social issues. Sociology is a valuable liberal arts major for
students planning careers in a wide variety of fields including social research,
criminology, demography, social psychology, public administration, gerontology,