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
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
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Fields: Qualitative Research, Gender, Media, Sociology of Sociology, Science & Technology
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
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
2172d AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3704
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Fields: Religion, Theory, Social Character, Historical Change
Michael Macaluso
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Ph.D., Sociology, Western Michigan University
Affiliate Professor
2165 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2871
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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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Dr. Phillips' Profile
Fields: Political Economy, U.S. Deindustrialization, Stratification, and Labor Relations
Jeffrey Rothstein
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Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor and Chair
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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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
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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
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