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Dr. David Arditi, PhD George Mason University

Professor, Sociology

Director of the Center for Theory

Research Specializations: Cultural studies; cultural sociology; science technology & society; digital studies; popular culture; and social theory.

Dr. Steven Arxer, PhD University of Florida

Professor, Sociology

Email: steven.arxer@uta.edu

Research Specializations:: Intersections, Qualitative Methods, Identity, Community-engaged Research

Dr. Krystal Beamon, PhD Oklahoma State University

Associate Professor, Sociology

Email: kbeamon@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Race and ethnicity; sociology of sport; qualitative methods; and inequality.

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Dr. Kelly Bergstrand, PhD University of Arizona

Director of Graduate Studies

Associate Professor, Sociology

Email: kelly.bergstrand@uta.edu

Office: 425 University Hall (UH)

Research Specialization: Social movements; environmental sociology; and social psychology

Dr. Lilian Chavez, PhD Arizona State University

Internship Coordinator

Senior Lecturer, Sociology

Email: lilian.chavez@uta.edu

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Dr. Naomi Cleghorn, PhD Stony Brook University, MA University of Texas at Austin

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Email: cleghorn@uta.edu

Research Specialization: Bioarchaeology; zooarchaeology; human osteology; Old World prehistory and human origins; the archaeology of Neanderthals and early modern humans; biological anthropology.

Dr. Christian Crowder, PhD University of Toronto

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Forensic Anthropologist, Dallas County Medical Examiner Office

Email: Christian.Crowder@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Forensic Anthropology

Dr. Lauren Dent, PhD University of North Texas

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sociology

Email: lauren.dent@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Environmental hazards and disasters; climate change adaptation and emergency management in indigenous communities; sociology of media and culture; qualitative and quantitative sociological methods; sociological theory

Dr. Alma Garza, PhD University of California, Irvine

Assistant Professor, Sociology

Sociology Student Association Faculty Advisor

Email: alma.garza@uta.edu

Dr. Kelsey Hanson, PhD University of Arizona

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Anthropology Club Advisor

Email: kelsey.hanson@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Anthropological archaeology of North America (regional emphasis in the U.S. Southwest); Archaeometry; Technological knowledge and innovation (especially mineral pigments); Knowledge, power, and communities of practice; Cultural resource management

M. Faye Hanson-Evans, MA University of Texas at Arlington

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sociology

Email: mfaye@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Stratification beliefs about the causes of poverty among and between racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.; sociology of poverty; and political sociology

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Dr. Heather Jacobson, PhD Brandeis University

Department Chair

Sociology Program Director

Professor, Sociology

Email: jacobson@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Sociology of families; sociology of reproduction; and qualitative research methods

Dr. Dorothy Kalanzi, PhD Texas Woman's University

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sociology

Email: kalanzi@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Medical sociology; public health; gerontology; HIV/AIDS; Africa

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Dr. Ritu Khanduri, PhD University of Texas at Austin

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Lambda Alpha Faculty Advisor

Email: khanduri@uta.edu

Research Specialization: Media; globalization; subaltern studies; gender; history; diaspora;

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Dr. Robert Kunovich, PhD The Ohio State University

Professor, Sociology

Distinguished Teaching Professor

Email: kunovich@uta.edu

Research Specialization: Science, technology, and risk; race, ethnicity, and nation; social stratification and inequality; political sociology; and quantitative research methods and statistics. 

Katrina Nuncio, MA University of Texas at Arlington

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Email: katrina.nuncio@uta.edu

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Dr. Joci Caldwell Ryan, PhD Southern Methodist University

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology

MPH University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

Email: jcryan@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Food and culture; gender and sexuality; medical anthropology; and African studies

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Dr. Beth Anne Shelton, PhD University of Texas at Austin

Professor, Sociology

Email: shelton@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Gender, work, family and civic engagement.

Dr. Jason Shelton, PhD University of Miami

Professor, Sociology

Director of the Center for African American Studies

Email: jeshelton@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Sociology of religion, black middle class culture and ideology, racial and ethnic attitudes, and debate over race versus class

Dr. Shelley L. Smith, PhD University of Michigan

Professor, Anthropology

Email: slsmith@uta.edu

Research Specializations: Skeletal variation; human growth and development; and human evolution

Dr. Amy Speier, PhD University of Pittsburgh

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Associate Department Chair

Anthropology Program Director

Email: speier@uta.edu

Research Specialization: Medical anthropology; gender; the anthropology of tourism; various types of health and medical tourism; and Central European Studies.