Department of Sociology

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains three levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, and (3) External.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one external graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

FULL MEMBERS

WESLEY JAMES, Professor, PhD (2009), Mississippi State University [2027]

JOSEPH T. LARISCY, Associate Professor, PhD (2013), University of Texas at Austin [2025]

JENI LOFTUS, Associate Professor, PhD (2004), Indiana University [2025]

GRETCHEN PETERSON, Professor, PhD (2000), University of Arizona [2030]

CAROL RAMBO, Professor, PhD (1993), The University of Florida [2030]

JUNMIN WANG, Professor, PhD (2007), New York University [2027]

SUNAH LAYBOURN, Assistant Professor, PhD (2018) University of Maryland [2027]

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS  

SIMRANJIT STEEL, Assistant Professor, PhD (2020) Rice University 

ANTHONY STONE, Assistant Professor, PhD (2023) University of Cinncinnati 

JOANNA BOUDREAUX, Assistant Professor of Teaching, PhD (2022) University of Memphis

EXTERNAL MEMBERS

 NOTE: Expiration date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets for Full and External only.