Faculty

Directory

Name Title Research Areas Campus
Aranda, Elizabeth Professor Latina/o Sociology, Migration/Immigration, Racial and Ethnic Relations Tampa
Biafora, Frank Professor Crime, Law, and Deviance, Children and Youth, Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility, Methodology St. Petersburg
Cavendish, James C. Associate Professor Race, Class, Gender, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Religion, Quantitative Methodology Tampa
Crawley, S.L.  Professor Sexualities, Gender and Body, Qualitative Methodologies Tampa
Curry, Emelda Professor of Instruction
ISS Undergraduate Program Director, Tampa campus
Graduate Program Coordinator
 Family, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Cultural Anthropology Tampa
Friedman, Jennifer  Associate Professor Alcohol and Drugs, Qualitative Methodology, Sociology of Food Tampa
 Graham, Laurel Associate Professor Theory, Consumer Culture, Environment Tampa
Green, Sara Professor
Department Chair		 Gerontology, Disabilities, Medical Sociology Tampa
Hao, Feng

Associate Professor
Graduate Director

 Environmental Sociology, Public Opinion, Statistics, Survey Sarasota-Manatee
Jacobson, David Professor Globalization and Transnational Sociology, Political Sociology, Immigration and Citizenship  Tampa
Kusenbach, Margarethe Professor

 Urban Sociology, Social Psychology, Qualitative Methodology Tampa
Maddanu, Simone Assistant Professor of Instruction Migration/Immigration, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Urban Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Qualitative Methods Tampa
Márquez, Alejandro Assistant Professor Collective Behavior and Social Movements, Political Sociology, Latina/o Sociology Tampa
Marwah, Vrinda Assistant Professor Global and Transnational Sociology, Medical Sociology, Political Sociology, Sociology of Sex and Gender Tampa
Miller, Byron

Associate Professor
Associate Chair of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

 Mental Health, Social Stratification, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, and Interracial Romance St. Petersburg
Padilla, Beatriz Associate Professor
 Race, Class, and Gender, Public Policy, Migration/Immigration Tampa
 Partin, Christina Professor of Instruction Teaching and Learning in Sociology, Education, Technology Tampa
Ponticelli, Christy Associate Professor
Associate Chair of Sociology		 Animals and Society, Sexualities, Knowledge Tampa
Skvoretz, John Distinguished University Professor Theory, Mathematical Sociology, Social Networks  Tampa
Sloan, Melissa Professor
 Social Psychology, Emotions, Mental Health, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Sarasota-Manatee
Sommer, Jamie Associate Professor Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Development, Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility, Health, Quantitative Methodology Tampa
Toothman, Erica Professor of Instruction
Sociology Undergraduate Program Director		 Aging and the Life Course Tampa
Tuntiya, Nana Associate Professor of Instruction  Medical Sociology, Mental Health, Political Sociology Tampa
Turnbull, Brian

Associate Professor of Instruction
ISS Undergraduate Program Director
Sarasota-Manatee campus

 Social Change, Political Sociology, Qualitative Methodology Sarasota-Manatee
 Tyson, Will Professor Education, Race, Class, and Gender, Stratification/ Mobility  Tampa

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 Adjunct Instructor Immigration, Health & Illness, Social Psychology
Klein, Alissa Visiting Instructor

Stratification/Mobility, Social Psychology, Public Policy
Schuler, Heidi Adjunct Instructor Educational Inequalities, Family Stratification, Childhood & Youth
Sprenger, Audrey Adjunct Instructor  
 

Research Associates and Postdoctoral Scholars

Name Title Research Areas