Name: Marina Adler
Associate Professor of Sociology
PhD University of Maryland College Park

Research Interests: Social Stratification and Inequality; Cross-national Gender, Work and Family Policy; Sociology of Women; Research Methods and Statistics

Courses:   SOCY 210 Social Class and Inequality in the US
              SOCY 300 Methodology
              SOCY 406/606 Inequality and Social Policy
              SOCY 600 Research Methodology
              SOCY 604 Statistical Analysis
              SOCY 605 Advanced Research and Evaluation
                             Techniques
              SOCY 433/633 Gender, Work and Family in Cross-Cultural
                                    Perspective

Contact : 232 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-3155
Fax : 410-455-1154

adler@umbc.edu

Name: Scott A. Bass
Distinguished Professor
Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
PhD University of Michigan

Research Interests: Aging, Gerontology and Social Policy

Contact : 221 Administration Building
Phone : 410-455-2199
Fax : 410-455-1092

bass@umbc.edu

Name: Bambi L. Chapin
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
PhD University of California, San Diego

Research Interests: Psychological Anthropology, Child Development in Socio-Cultural Context, Social and Emotional Relationships, Mental Health and Illness, Trance and Spirit Possession, Sri Lanka and South Asia

Courses: ANTH 211 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
              ANTH 304 Kin, Community, and Ethnicity

Contact: 211 Public Policy Building
Phone: 410-455-2082
Fax: 410-455-1154

bchapin@umbc.edu

Name: Sarah Chard
Assistant Professor of Anthropology/Sociology

Research Interestes: Health Care Utilization, Treatment Adherence, Urban Anthropology

Courses: ANTH 211 Cultural Anthropology
              ANTH 311 Urban Anthropology

Contact: 213 Public Policy Building
Phone: 410-455-3380

schard@umbc.edu

Name: Jere Cohen
Associate Professor of Sociology
PhD University of Chicago

Research Interests: Sociology of Religion, Military Veterans, Status Attainment, Sociology of Adolescence, Sociological Theory

Courses: SOCY 301 Data Analysis
             SOCY 349 Sociology of Religion
             SOCY 409/609 Sociological Theory
             SOCY 414/614 Evaluation of Educational Behavior

Behavior:
             JDST 400 Independent Project
             
Contact : 229 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-2075
Fax : 410-455-1154

cohen@umbc.edu

Name: Paul Donato
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology
PhD Cornell University

Research Interests: Mental Health, Anthropological Theory and Human Evolution.

Courses: ANTH 302 Human Evolution, Physical Anthropology and Archeology
             ANTH 310 Ethnographic Film
             ANTH 400 Anthropological Theory

Contact : 249 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-3374
Fax : 410-455-1154

donato@umbc.edu

Name: J. Kevin Eckert
Professor of Anthropology
Director, Center for Aging Studies
Dean, Erickson School
PhD Northwestern University

Research Interests: Environmental Gerontology, Medical Anthropology, Aging Services Management and Delivery, Residential Care/Long-Term Care Quality, Qualitative Research

Courses:  SOCY 619 Qualitative Methods in Social Research
              GERO 700 Sociocultural Gerontology
              ANTH 429/629 Aging in Cultural Context
                           
Contact : 230 Research Park
Phone : 443-543-5643
Fax : 410-455-1154

eckert@umbc.edu

Name: Ann Christine Frankowski
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Anthropology
senior Research Associate, Center for Aging Studies
PhD Indiana University

Research Interests: Aging, Culture Change, Social Control

Courses: ANTH 211 Cultural Anthropology
              ANTH 303 Anthropological Research Methods
              ANTH 316 Anthropology of Religion
              ANTH 397 Anthropology of Childhood and
                               Adolescence
              ANTH 397 Anthropology of Art
              ANTH 397 Internship, Center for Aging Studies
             
Contact : 249 Public Policy Building
Phone :  410-455-3374 (Anthropology)
           : 410-455-8725 (Center for Aging Studies)
Fax      : 410-455-1154

frankows@umbc.edu

Name: Christopher Hewitt
Professor of Sociology
PhD Brown University

Research Interests: Political Violence and Terrorism, Social Inequality

Courses: SOCY 101 Basic Concepts in Sociology
              SOCY 210 Class and Inequality in the US
              SOCY 335 Sociology of Violence
              SOCY 406/606 Social Inequality and Social Policy
             
Contact : 228 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-2060
Fax : 410-455-1154

hewitt@umbc.edu

Name: Andrea Kalfoglou
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Research Interests: Bioethics, Public health ethics, Reproductive Policy and Ethics, Genetics Policy and Ethics Research Ethics, Public Engagement in Science and Policymaking

Courses: SOCY/HAPP 354 The Social Basis of Community and Public Health
             HAPP 412 Research Methods in Health

Contact : 212 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-2061
Fax : 410-355-1154

akalfogl@umbc.edu

Name: Kip Keenan
Lecturer of Health Policy and Practice
MS Towson University

Courses: HAPP 402 Environmental Health Policy and Practice

Contact : 251 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-2342
Fax : 410-455-1154

kip.keenan@ngc.com

Name: Ilsa Solveig Lottes
Associate Professor of Sociology
PhD University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests: Human Sexuality, Sexual Health in International Perspective, Status of Women, Inequality

Courses: SOCY 300 Methodology of Social Research
             SOCY 301 Analysis of Sociological Data
             SOCY 332 Human Sexuality in Sociological Perspective
             SOCY 333 Human Sexuality in Cross Cultural
                             Perspective
             FYS 102A Sexuality, Health, and Human Rights
            
Contact : 231 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-2087
Fax : 410-455-1154

lottes@umbc.edu

Name: Seth D. Messinger
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
PhD Columbia University

Research Interests: Medical Anthropology, Anthropology of Cities, Anthropology of North America, Psychiatry, Trauma, Social Organization of Medical Work

Courses: ANTH 211 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
             ANTH 311 Urban Anthropology
             ANTH 312 Medical Anthropology
             ANTH 318 Anthropology of Science and Technology

Contact : 233 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-2073
Fax : 410-455-1154

sethm@umbc.edu

Name: Leslie A. Morgan
Professor of Sociology
PhD University of Southern California

Research Interests: Aging, Gender, Family, Seniors Housing

Courses: GERO 750 Gerontology Theory/Methods
             GERO 751 Gerontology Theory/Methods II
             SOCY 431/631 Aging & The Family in Society
             SOCY 432/632 Work & Retirement
             SOCY 434/634 Gender & the Life Course

Contact : 218 Public Policy
Phone : 410-455-2074

lmorgan@umbc.edu

Name: Fred I. Pincus
Professor of Sociology
PhD University of California at Los Angeles

Research Interests: Affirmative Action, Race Relations, Diversity, Education

Courses: SOCY 204 Diversity and Pluralism: An Interdisciplinary
                             Perspective
             SOCY 321 Race, Class, and Gender
             SOCY 345 Sociology of Education
             SOCY 611 Constructing Race, Class, and Gender
           
Contact : 223 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-2079
Fax : 410-455-1154

pincus@umbc.edu

Name: William G. Rothstein
Professor of Sociology
PhD Cornell University

Research Interests: Medical Sociology, The History of Medicine, The Sociology of Occupations and Professions

Courses: SOCY 315 Population and Society
             SOCY 457/657-HIST 450/650 Social History of
                              American Medicine
             SOCY 645 Health and Illness in the 21st Century

Contact : 224 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-2078

rothstei@umbc.edu

Name: Robert L. Rubinstein
Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: Cultural and Medical Anthropology, Anthropology of Aging, Gerontology, Gender, Qualitative Research Methods

         
Courses: ANTH 297 Magic and Witchraft
             ANTH 314 Psychological Anthropology

Contact : 214 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-2059
Fax : 410-455-1154

rrubinst@umbc.edu

Name: John G. Schumacher
Associate Professor
PhD Case Western Reserve University

Research Interests: Medical Sociology, Physician-Patient Relationships, Health Care Delivery in Emergency Departments and Assisted Living Facilities, Social Gerontology, Research Methods

Courses: SOCY 351 Medical Sociology
             SOCY 451 Sociology of Health and Illness Behavior
             HAPP 411 Health Regulation and Planning
             SOCY 431/631 Family, Aging, and Society
            
Contact : 217 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-3184
Fax : 410-455-1154

jschuma@umbc.edu

Name: Gul Seckin
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University

Research Interests: Sociology of trauma and mental health, health communication, political sociology and sociology of aging

Courses: SOCY 101 Basic Concepts in Sociology
             SOCY 380 Political Sociology
             SOCY 458/658 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness
             SOCY 600 Research Methodology
             SOCY 451/651 Sociology of Health and Illness Behavior

Contact : 216 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-5938
Fax : 410-455-1154

gseckin@umbc.edu

Name: Nancy Servatius
Part-time Lecturer
PhD

Research Interests:

Courses: SOCY 101 Basic Concepts in Sociology
             SOCY 333 Human Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspectiive
             SOCY 397 Selected Topics in Sociology Environmental
                 Social Issues in Maryland
             SOCY 397 Selected Topics in Sociology Gender and Conflict
             SOCY 397 Selected Topics in Sociology Women and Deviance

Contact : 244 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-3362
Fax : 410-455-1154

seruativ@umbc.edu

Name: Mary E. Stuart
Professor and Director, Health Administration and Policy Program
ScD Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

Research Interests: International best practices in rehabilitation and the prevention and management of chronic disease: health care organization and delivery, decision support for policy and management.

Courses: SOCY 403 Introduction in International Field Research
             HAPP 452/SOCY 652 Health Care Organization and Delivery

Contact : 219 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-2084
Fax :    410-455-1154

stuart@umbc.edu

Name: James E. Trela
Associate Professor
PhD Case Western Reserve University

Research Interests: Age related behavior and attitudes; Economic well being and poverty; Political behavior.
          
Courses: SOCY 101 Basic Concepts in Sociology
             SOCY 430/630 Sociology of Aging

Contact : 225 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-2076
Fax : 410-455-1154

trela@umbc.edu

Name: Zeynep Tufekci
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Research Interests:Social impacts of technology, gender, social stratification and inequality, new media, research methods, networks and complexity

. Courses: SOCY 101 Basic Concepts in Sociology
             SOCY 240 Elementary Social Behavior
             SOCY 300 Methodology of Social Research
             SOCY 353 Marriage and Family
             SOCY 397 Selected Topics in Sociology Media and Society
             SOCY 682 Performance Assessment and Program Evaluation

Contact : 230 Public Policy Building
Phone : 410-455-8064
Fax : 410-455-1154

zeynep@umbc.edu