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Links for Curriculum Vitae are listed at the end of each faculty bio,
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PETER ADLER,
Professor, received his PhD in Sociology from the University of California,
San Diego, in 1980. He is the author, along with his wife, Patti,
of many articles and chapters, as well as several books, including Momentum,
Membership Roles in Field Research, Backboards & Blackboards,
Peer Power, and Paradise Laborers. He is also the
co-editor of Constructions of Deviance (6th edition, 2009), Sociological
Odyssey (2nd edition, 2007), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant
Behavior (V. 1), and The Social Dynamics of Financial Markets. For
eight years, he served as editor of the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography,
and he was the founding editor of the research annual, Sociological Studies of Child Development.
In 1997-98, he was selected as the Distinguished University Lecturer at
the University of Denver, one of the highest honors that the University
bestows on its faculty, and in 2005, the University named him the United Methodist
Church Scholar/Teacher of the Year. Also in 2005, he was given the
Excellence in Mentoring Award by the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
(SSSI). In 2006-2007, Professor Adler was Co-President of the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS). His current research on self-injurers has
appeared in Deviant Behavior, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, and Symbolic Interaction. His students have won
such prestigious awards as the Blumer Award from SSSI, and the outstanding
undergraduate papers from the Midwest Sociological Society, Pacific Sociological
Society, and Alpha Kappa Delta. His areas of specialization include
qualitative methods, social psychology, sociology of work, sport, and
leisure, deviant behavior, and sociology of children. He teaches
courses in race and ethnicity, sociology of sport, deviant behavior, sociology
of drugs, ethnographic methods, symbolic interactionism, as well as Introduction
to Sociology and the Capstone course in sociology. (E-mail:
padler@du.edu or socyprof@hotmail.com).
For
a copy of Pete's curriculum vitae, please click here.
PAUL COLOMY, Professor,
received his PhD from UCLA in 1982.
His primary interests are institutional change, juvenile justice, law,
the self, and social theory. He has published articles on these
and related topics in Social Problems, Sociological Theory,
Sociological Forum, Sociological Perspectives, and Symbolic
Interaction. He has also edited or co-edited four books,
including The Dynamics of Social Systems and Differentiation
Theory and Social Change. He is currently conducting a study
of the origins of the juvenile court. He teaches classes in social
theory, self and society, American youth violence, kids and courts, and
foundations of sociology. (E-mail: pcolomy@du.edu)
For a copy of Paul's curriculum vitae,
please click here.
THOMAS E. DRABEK,
Professor Emeritus, received his PhD from Ohio State University in 1965.
His primary interests include group and organizational responses
to large-scale disasters and issues in the sociology of education.
Most recent books are: Strategies
for Coordinating Disaster Responses; Disaster-Induced Employee
Evacuations; and Emergency Management Principles and Application
for Tourism, Hospitality, and Travel Management (co-authored with
C. Gee, University of Hawaii at Manoa). In August 2007, he was awarded the E.L. Quarantelli Award for Outstanding Contributions to Disaster Theory by the International Research Committee on Disasters. (E-mail: zted@dd-do.com)
HAVA GORDON,
Assistant Professor, received
her PhD from the University of Oregon in 2005. Dr. Gordon specializes
in the social construction of inequalities such as gender, race, class
and age; social movements; qualitative research methods; and pedagogy.
Her research explores how youth navigate adult power and transgress generational divides to become social movement organizers and political agents within their schools and communities. Dr. Gordon teaches a first-year seminar on Youth Cultures, as well as courses on globalization, social movements, gender, and the sociology of education. She is currently working on her book, "We Fight to Win: Inequalities and the Politics of Youth Activism" (under advance contract with Rutgers University Press). (E-mail: Hava.Gordon@du.edu) For a copy of Hava's curriculum vitae, please click here.
ANNE R. MAHONEY,
Professor Emerita, received her PhD from Columbia University. Her areas of interest are gender, families, the life course,
aging, applied sociology, and juvenile justice.
Recent research projects include Equality in Marital Relationships;
Decade Birthday Study; and The Study of Women's Development through Gender
Autobiographies. Books include:
Ruts: Gender Roles and Realities; Juvenile
Justice in Context; chapters
in Women, the Courts, and Equality; Judge, Lawyer, Victim, Thief;
Beyond Control: Status Offenders in the Juvenile Court.
Articles have appeared in:
Family Process, Family Relations, Michigan Family Review, Journal
of Aging Studies, Journal of Social Issues, Journal of Applied Behavioral
Science, The Journal of the British Sociological Association, Social Issues,
Children, Youth Services Review, Law and Society Review, Notre Dame Journal
of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy, NYU Law Review, and others.
Recent articles include:
"Will Old Gender Scripts Limit New Millennium Families' Ability
to Thrive?," "Beyond Different Worlds: A 'Postgender' Approach to Relational
Development," "Language and Processes in the Construction of Equality
in New Marriages," and "Change in the Older-Person Role: An Application
of Turner's Process Role and Model of Role Change." (E-mail:
amahoney@du.edu) For
a copy of Anne's curriculum vitae, please click here.
LISA
M. MARTINEZ,
Assistant Professor, received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Arizona in 2004. Her areas of expertise include political sociology, Latina/o sociology, and race, class, and gender. She is currently working on a research project examining the role of Latino community-based organizations in mobilizing Latinos for conventional and unconventional political action. As a member of DU’s Latina/o Center for Community Engagement and Scholarship (DULCCES), she is actively involved in mutually beneficial research and community-based projects that foster connections between DU and Denver’s Latina/o population. Professor Martinez teaches courses in social inequality, political sociology, immigration, and research methods. Her publications include, “Yes We Can (Si Se Puede): Latino Participation in Unconventional Politics” (Social Forces, 2005).
(E-mail: Lisa.Martinez@du.edu)
For
a copy of Lisa's curriculum vitae, please click here.
LISA J. PASKO,
Assistant Professor, received
her PhD from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Lisa's primary
research and teaching interests include criminology, criminological theory,
juvenile delinquency, gender studies, as well as methodological issues
in conducting studies of crime and deviance. Her dissertation examined
juvenile delinquency and justice in Hawaii, with particular attention
on the differential effects institutional policies and behaviors have
on boys and girls. She is co-author of The Female Offender and
other articles that explore issues of gender and delinquency. Dr. Pasko
will teach courses on criminology, juvenile delinquency, men and masculinities,
and crime and punishment. (E-mail address: Lisa.Pasko@du.edu) For a copy of Lisa's curriculum vitae, please click here.
SCOTT PHILLIPS,
Associate Professor,
received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Georgia in 2000.
His areas of interest are criminology and sociology of law. His recent
research examines violent and non-violent conflict management, use of
force during the arrest and detention of deportees, and capital punishment.
His research has been published in several journals, including Law
and Society Review, Criminology, Social Forces, and
American Sociological Review.
(E-mail: Scott.Phillips@du.edu)
For a copy
of Scott's curriculum vitae, please click here.
JENNIFER
A. REICH, Assistant
Professor,
received her PhD in Sociology with a designated emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Health Services Research at the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco in 2004. Her recent book, Fixing Families: Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System (2005 Routledge), explores how social workers, attorneys, and parents whose children have been removed from their homes by the child protective services system negotiate power to determine if and when children can return home. Fixing Families was a finalist for the C. Wright Mills award in 2006 and received the Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the American Sociological Association section on Race, Gender, and Class in 2007. Professor Reich has two current studies. In one, she is examining how volunteer and government agencies have coordinated assistance to evacuees from Hurricane Katrina living in Colorado, and how evacuees here are faring. In the other, she is exploring how parents make decisions about their children’s healthcare, particularly in terms of immunizations. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on multi-racial families, qualitative methods, and state expectations of parents. Her areas of interest include gender, family, public policy and the law, welfare, healthcare, and race and ethnicity. (E-mail:
jreich@du.edu) For
a copy of Jennifer's curriculum vitae, please click here.
NANCY REICHMAN
is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and previously served
as Interim Director of the Center for Judaic Studies at the University
of Denver. She teaches courses
in criminology, complex organizations, women and public policy, and law
and society. She is the co-author
of Gender Penalties (with
Joyce Sterling and Cathlin Donnell), a study of pay inequity between male
and female attorneys. This
study is being extended in a project, "Partners on the Periphery," that
examines the effects of social capital in the development of careers.
She recently completed a book, Ozone Connections (with Penelope
Canan) that examines the social organization of expertise to implement
global environment agreements. A
final project examines the growth of multidisciplinary professional practice
and the emerging contest over legal and business advice.
Her articles cover a range of topics from understanding regulatory
regimes to insurance fraud and white collar crime. Professor Reichman received her BA from New College in Sarasota
Florida, MPA from New York University, and PhD from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and has been at the University of Denver since
1984. (E-mail: nreichma@du.edu) For
a copy of Nancy's curriculum vitae, please click here.
 Michael Rosenbaum, Assistant Professor,
received his PhD in Sociology from Indiana University in 2007. His dissertation—The Jeep People: Identity, Consumption, and Culture in a Lifestyle Community—investigates the potential of consumption to provide people with interactive contexts that facilitate the grounding of a sense of self and community. Dr. Rosenbaum’s research and teaching interests include community and urban sociology, consumers and consumption, social psychology, qualitative methods, place, and media. His future research will continue to investigate the roles that material culture, place, and media play in the grounding of identity and the social construction of community. (E-mail: Michael.Rosenbaum@du.edu) For a copy of Michael's curriclum vitae, please click here.
Christine Sheikh recently completed her PhD at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. Her primary areas of interest are in religion, race/ethnicity, immigration, gender and culture. Her dissertation examines the relationship between religious and ethnic identities among second-generation Muslim Americans. In particular, she focused on whether participation in religious organizations facilitates the sustenance of strong, salient ethnic identities among the children of immigrants, as the sociology of religion literature claims. She has collected data on various dimensions of ethnic identification, perceptions of gender roles and norms, and respondent thoughts about issues such as Islamophobia and 9/11, which are the foundation for her dissertation and for a future book and articles. (E-mail: Christine.Sheikh@du.edu) For a copy of Christine's curriclum vitae, please click here.
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