Faculty & Staff
Abdullah F. Alrebh

Ph.D., Sociology, Michigan State University
Associate Professor
2161 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3794
[email protected]
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
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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
[email protected]
Dr. Buday's Profile
Fields: Natural Resources, Environmental Studies, Community Mobilization
Rachel Campbell

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Alberta
Associate Professor
2154 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8977
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Fields: Qualitative Research, Gender, Media, Sociology of Sociology, Science & Technology
Mary deYoung

Ph.D., Sociology, Western Michigan University
Professor Emeritus
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Fields: Trauma, Madness, Moral Panics
Anna Hammersmith

Ph.D., Sociology, Bowling Green State University
Assistant Professor
2151 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2164
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Fields: Aging and Families, Late-Life Parent-Child Relationships, Caregiving, Union Dissolution and Formation, Demography
Devereaux Kennedy

Ph.D., Sociology, Binghamton University
Professor Emeritus
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Fields: Social Control, Long-Range Global Change
Hermann Kurthen
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Ph.D., Sociology, Free University in West Berlin
Professor
2163 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8720
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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
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Fields: Religion, Theory, Social Character, Historical Change
Michael Macaluso
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MA, Sociology, Western Michigan University
Affiliate Professor
2165 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2871
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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
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Ph.D., Sociology, Western Michigan University
Associate Professor
2172c AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3113
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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
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Fields: Political Economy, U.S. Deindustrialization, Stratification, and Labor Relations
Jeffrey Rothstein

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor
2152 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3710
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Fields: Sociology of Work, Labor, Globalization & Development
Jennifer Stewart

Ph.D., Sociology, University of South Carolina
Associate Professor
2172b AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2168
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Fields: Race and Ethnicity
Joel Stillerman

Ph.D., Sociology, New School for Social Research
Professor
2167 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3129
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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
Professor
2153 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3198
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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
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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
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Fields: Family, Gender, Immigration
Joyce Sullivan

Office Coordinator
B.S., Sociology, Grand Valley State University
2172 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3730
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