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Central Connecticut State University

 Faculty in Sociology

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Department Chair

     Stephen Adair

     860-832-2979

 

Phone and Fax

     860-832-2966

     860-832-2986

 

Mailing Address

     Department of Sociology

     304 Maria Sanford

     Central Connecticut State

          University

     New Britain, CT

     06050

 

Office Location

     304 Maria Sanford

 

Faculty

    Stephen Adair (Chair)

     Bruce Day

     Mary Erdmans

     Jessica Greenebaum

     Elizabeth Kaminski

     Beth Merenstein

    John Mitrano

     Fiona Pearson

     John O'Connor

     Aimee Van Wagenen

     All Soc faculty

 

 

  Stephen Adair
Ph.D., Northeastern University;  Professor (1997).
Areas of interest: Social Theory; Social Movements; Inequality; Human Rights; and Research Methods.
860-832-2979
adairs@ccsu.edu

 Bruce Day
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire; Associate Professor (1998).
Areas of interest: Organizations, Occupations and Work; Family; Art and the Media; Introduction to Sociology.
860-832-3017
dayb@ccsu.edu,


 Mary Erdmans
Ph.D., Northwestern University; Professor (2002)
Areas of interest: Race and Ethnic Relations, Social Movements; Field Studies; Polish and Polish American Studies
860-832-3144
erdmansm@ccsu.edu


 Jessica Greenebaum
Ph.D., Syracuse University; Associate Professor (2000).
Areas of interest: Marriage and Family; Gender; Sex and Sexuality; Qualitative Methods; Jewish Studies
860-832-2822
greenebaumj@ccsu.edu

Elizabeth Kaminski

Ph.D., Ohio State University, Assistant Professor (2003)

Areas of Interest: Social of Music; Sexuality; Gender; Qualitative Methods; Gay and Lesbian Communities; Social Movements

860-832-3136

kaminskie@ccsu.edu


Beth Frankel Merenstein

Ph. D., University of Connecticut, Assistant Professor (2005)

Areas of Interest: Race and Ethnicity; Politics of Racism; Immigration; Social Movements

860-832-3174

merensteinb@ccsu.edu


  John R. Mitrano
Ph.D., Boston College,  Professor (1994).
Areas of interest: Race and Ethnicity; Italian American Experience; Research Methods; Qualitative Analysis; 
Organizations, Occupations and Work; Sport; Men's Studies; Social Economy/Social Justice; Consumer Culture; Sex and Sexuality.
860-832-3145
mitranoj@ccsu.edu

Fiona Pearson

Ph. D., Georgia State University, (2006).

Areas of interest: Sociology of Education, Sociology of Welfare; Poverty and Inequality; Race, Class and Gender

860-832-3137

pearsonaf@ccsu.edu


John O'Connor

Ph.D.,University of Massachusetts, Assistant Professor (2003)

Areas of Interest: Class and Inequality; Social Welfare Policy; Marxism; Comparative Historical Research; Political Sociology

860-832-2975

oconnorj@ccsu.edu


Aimee Van Waganen
Ph.D., Boston College, Assistant Professor (2007)
Areas of interest: Sociology of Health and Illness; Gender; Qualitative Analysis

 
PART-TIME FACULTY
Burton Levine, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Deviance; Social Stratification; The Family.
Stephen Ostertag, M.A, University of Connecticut, Media, Deviance.
William Pilkington, Ed.D., St. John's University. Aging; Death and Dying.
Patricia Yeaman, Ph.D., Fordham University. The Family.