Sociology
Faculty Highlights
Research and Interests
Dr. Veronica Tichenor, Sociology Program Coordinator
Interests
Gender and power dynamics in families, motherhood/fatherhood and identity, links between adverse childhood experiences and health/wellbeing
Recent Publications
“Argent, Pouvoir et Genre. Les Dynamiques Conjugales dans les Couples ou la Femme Gagne plus que Son Conjoint.” [Money, Power, and Gender: Marital Dynamics in Couples where Wives Earn More.] L’Usage de l’argent dans le couple: Pratiques et perceptions des comptes amoreux. Helene Belleau and Caroline Henchoz (Eds.) L’Hartmann: Paris, 2008.
Julia McQuillan, Arthur Greil, Karina Schreffler, and Veronica Tichenor. “The Importance of Motherhood among Women in the Contemporary US.” Gender and Society, August 2008.
Earning More and Getting Less: Why Successful Wives Can’t Buy Equality. Rutgers University Press, 2005.
Dr. Ken Mazlen
Interests
Social impacts of global warming, community activism and GW mitigation, corporate crime and harm.
Dr. Linda Weber
Interests
Applied sociology, sociology of health and illness, social psychology
Recent Publications
L. Weber and A. Carter (2003). The Social Construction of Trust. A volume in the series Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice. J. Bruhn (ed). New York: Plenum/Kluwer Academic.
L. Weber, A. Miracle, J. Rosciky, and T. Crow (2001) “Bonding to Youth Clubs and Delinquency.” Sociological Practice: A Journal of Clinical and Applied Sociology 3, 4:319-339.
Dr. Kathryn Stam
Interests
Social, organizational and ethical aspects of information technology, cross-cultural perspectives on health, cultural diversity, and Thai/Lao studies.
Fulbright Award for “Enhancing Access to Northeast Thai Culture and History Through Cremation Volumes”. Affiliation with the School of Informatics at Mahasarakham University, Thailand. Nov 2010- Feb 2011.
Recent Publications
Stam, K., Guzman, I. (2010). “Studying Online Communication Features on International Webpages Using Websphere Analysis Methodology,” in Computer-Mediated Communication across Cultures: International Interactions in Online Environments, IGI Global.
Stanton, J., Guzman, I., and Stam, K. (2010). Information Nation: Education and Careers in the Emerging Information Professions. Information Today, Inc., In Press.
Stam, K. and Stanton, J. (2010). Events, Emotions, and Technology: Examining Acceptance of Workplace Technology Changes. Information Technology and People.