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Faculty & Staff
Abdullah F. Alrebh
Ph.D., Sociology, Michigan State University
Assistant Professor
2161 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3794
alrebhab@gvsu.edu
Dr. Alrebh's Profile
Fields: Religion, Politics, Theory, and Media
Marshall Battani
Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Davis
M.F.A., Photography, University of Arizona
Professor
2171 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3726
battanim@gvsu.edu
Dr. Battani's Profile
Fields: Cultural Sociology and Social Theory
Amanda Buday
Ph.D., Sociology, Southern Illinois University
Assistant Professor
2157 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3137
budaya@gvsu.edu
Dr. Buday's Profile
Fields: Natural Resources, Environmental Studies, Community Mobilization
Rachel Campbell
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Alberta
Assistant Professor
2154 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8977
campbera@gvsu.edu
Dr. Campbell's Profile
Fields: Qualitative Research, Gender, Media, Sociology of Sociology, Science & Technology
Mary deYoung
Ph.D., Sociology, Western Michigan University
Professor Emeritus
deyoungm@gvsu.edu
Dr. deYoung's Profile
Fields: Trauma, Madness, Moral Panics
Anna Hammersmith
Ph.D., Sociology, Bowling Green State University
Assistant Professor
2151 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2164
hammeran@gvsu.edu
Dr. Hammersmith's Profile
Fields: Aging and Families, Late-Life Parent-Child Relationships, Caregiving, Union Dissolution and Formation, Demography
Devereaux Kennedy
Ph.D., Sociology, Binghamton University
Professor
2150 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3448
kennedde@gvsu.edu
Dr. Kennedy's Profile
Fields: Social Control, Long-Range Global Change
Hermann Kurthen
Ph.D., Sociology, Free University in West Berlin
Professor
2163 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8720
kurthenh@gvsu.edu
Dr. Kurthen's Profile
Fields: Comparative and Global Studies, Immigration and Minority Relations, Transatlantic Relations, Linguistic Assimilation, Online Pedagogy, Research Methods
George Lundskow
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Kansas
Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department
2172d AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3704
lundskog@gvsu.edu
Dr. Lundskow's Profile
Fields: Religion, Theory, Social Character, Historical Change
Michael Macaluso
MA, Sociology, Western Michigan University
Affiliate Professor
2165 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2871
macalusm@gvsu.edu
Michael Macaluso's Profile
Fields: Sociological Theory with a focus on Social Movement Theory, Race and Ethnicity with a focus on Environmental Racism
Dennis Malaret
Ph.D., Sociology, Western Michigan University
Associate Professor
2172c AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3113
malaretd@gvsu.edu
Dr. Malaret's Profile
Fields: Race and Ethnicity, Drug Addiction, Use and Abuse, Youth, Intersectionality
Brian Phillips
Ph.D., Sociology, Binghamton University
Professor
2155 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3727
phillipb@gvsu.edu
Dr. Phillips' Profile
Fields: Political Economy, U.S. Deindustrialization, Stratification, and Labor Relations
Jeffrey Rothstein
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Associate Professor
2152 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3710
rothstej@gvsu.edu
Dr. Rothstein's Profile
Fields: Sociology of Work, Labor, Globalization & Development
Jennifer Stewart
Ph.D., Sociology, University of South Carolina
Associate Professor
2172b AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2168
stewarje@gvsu.edu
Dr. Stewart's Profile
Fields: Race and Ethnicity
Joel Stillerman
Ph.D., Sociology, New School for Social Research
Professor
2167 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3129
stillejo@gvsu.edu
Dr. Stillerman's Profile
Fields: Urban Sociology, Consumer Culture, Labor and Labor Movements, Inequalities, Latin America
Laurel Westbrook
Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor
2153 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3198
westbrol@gvsu.edu
Dr. Westbrook's Profile
Fields: Gender, Sexuality, Theory, Social Movements, Violence, Media
Richard Yidana
Ph.D., Sociology, Binghamton University
Associate Professor-Joint Appointment in African and African-American Studies
2156 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3183
yidanar@gvsu.edu
Dr. Yidana's Profile
Fields: Social Movements, Anticolonial and National Liberation Movements (Africa & the African Diaspora), Development & Culture (Africa, Asia, and Latin America), Ethno-Nationalism and Social Change (Developing World)
Yan Yu
Ph.D., Sociology, Florida State University
Professor
2172a AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3124
yuy@gvsu.edu
Dr. Yu's Profile
Fields: Family, Gender, Immigration
Joyce Sullivan
Office Coordinator
B.S., Sociology, Grand Valley State University
2172 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3730
sullijoy@gvsu.edu