Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton
Office: O'Connor Hall, Room 342
Phone Number: 508.626.4854
Email: kagartan@framingham.edu
Spring 2018: Sabbatical Dr. Kaan Agartan holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Binghamton University. He has authored and co-authored publications which appeared in European Journal of Turkish Studies, Journal of International Affairs, and Capital and Class. He is the co-editor of Reading Karl Polanyi for the Twenty-first Century: Market Economy as a Political Project (Palgrave, 2007). His current research focuses on the relationship between social citizenship and the transformation of work patterns under neoliberalism. Areas of specialization: Comparative economic and social development; labor studies; critical globalization studies; economic sociology; political sociology and historical sociology. Courses regularly taught: SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology SOCI 301 Sociological Theory SOCI 320 Uncovering Meaning in the Social World SOCI 340 Sociology of Work SOCI 357 Sociological Perspectives on Globalization SOCI 356 Social Movements SOCI 495 Sociology Senior Thesis Seminar CRIM 222 Global Criminology GLST 101 Introduction to Global Studies GLST 201 Case Studies in Globalization
Ph.D., Southampton University, United Kingdom
Office: O'Connor Hall, Room 334
Phone Number: 508.626.4879
Email: balberti@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Mon and Wed 11:30-12:30, Thursday 8:30-9:30. Dr. Benjamin Alberti received his PhD from Southampton University in the UK, where he studied gender and the artwork of Bronze Age Knossos from a feminist perspective. He has since gone on to publish widely on this topic as well the ceramics of northwest Argentina and the Archaic rock art of northern New Mexico, where he also co-directs projects. Teaching what he loves, Dr. Alberti incorporates archaeology, anthropology, art, and materiality into many of his classes. In addition, queer theory, feminism, studies of masculinity, and social theory all feature prominently. During the summer, Dr. Alberti teaches on the graduate anthropology program at Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina. Areas of specialization: Ceramics; Late pre-Inca Northwest Argentina; Ontological Archaeology; Queer Theory; Feminist Theory; Masculinities, and bodies. Courses regularly taught: ANTH 161 Cultural Anthropology (honor and non-honors) ANTH 172 Interpreting the Past: Archaeological Perspective (honors and non-honors) ANTH 253 Gender Across Cultures (honors and non-honors) ANTH 258 Critical Approaches to Men and Masculinities (honors and non-honors) ANTH 313 Latin American Archaeology, HONS 101 First Year Honors Seminar SOCI 301 Sociological Theory
Ph.D., University of MA- Amherst
Office: O'Connor Hall, Room 345
Phone Number: 508-626-5767
Email: psanchezconnally@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Tue 2:30-3:30pm, Thur 3:00pm-4:00pm & by Appt Dr. Sánchez-Connally is an alumna of Framingham State University. She holds a Master’s in Applied Sociology from UMass-Boston and a Ph.D. from UMass-Amherst. Her interests are: Race and Ethnicity, Latinx Studies, Higher Education Attainment, and Qualitative Methods. She completed her qualifying exams in the areas of race, immigration, class and higher education. She is the recipient of the 2013 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Fellowship and the Mary Miles Bibb Teaching Fellowship. Her dissertation examines how communities of color create and transmit different forms of capital to underrepresented high achieving students. Courses regularly taught: SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology SOCI 234 -Investigating Social Forces SOCI 302 & 303 Research Methods I & II SOCI 210 Latinxs in the U.S. CRIM 224 Juvenile Delinquency SOCI 495 Internship Areas of specialization: Race and ethnicity; qualitative methods; sociology of education; Latino/a studies
Ph.D., Northeastern University
Office: O'Connor Hall, Room 343
Phone Number: 508.626.4871
Email: vferraro@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 12:30-2:00 pm and by appointment. Dr. Ferraro’s research and teaching are focused broadly on the ways in which power inequalities produce norm- and law-violations. His teaching approach is highly interactive and collaborative, designed to foster a classroom environment wherein learning is shared among students and instructor. His current research projects investigate the rise and consequences of right-wing state-level policies, including anti-immigrant and pro-gun legislation. Additionally, his research investigates the effects of changes in immigration on county- and city-level rates of crime and immigrant victimization. Areas of specialization: Crime and deviance; immigration and social dis/organization; hate crimes and ethnic conflict; juvenile delinquency. Courses regularly taught: CRIM 121 Sociological Perspectives on Criminology CRIM 270 Social Deviance CRIM 301 Criminological Theory CRIM 240 Drugs, Social Control, and the Law SOCI 302 Quantitative Research Methods I SOCI 303 Quantitative Research Methods II SOCI 288 Immigration in the United States SOCI 400 Special Topics, Social Conflict in Northern Ireland
Ph.D., Chapman University
Office: O'Connor Hall 347
Phone Number: 508-626-4881
Email: hpearson@framingham.edu
Dr. Holly Pearson received her PhD in Education with an emphasis in Disability Studies from Chapman University in Orange, California. She also received a M.S. in sociology from Iowa State University and a B.A. in sociology with a minor in Asian Studies from University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her graduate work explored the socio-spatial intersectional experiences of racial and ethnic minorities with disabilities in higher education from an arts and visual methodological lens. Presently, she is: exploring the history of higher education, particularly in the dynamic between higher education architecture and diversity. She is also examining disability disclosure, hidden labor, and hidden curriculum among scholars with disabilities. She has published research on impact of disability studies curriculum, disability and diversity, disability and spaces, intersectionality, and arts-based and visual methodologies. Areas of specialization: Disability Studies, Critical Spatial Studies, Architectural Theory, Intersectionality, Identities, and Arts-Based and Visual Methodologies
Ph.D: Binghamton University
Office: O'Connor 314
Phone Number: 508-626-4822
Email: zgonen@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: M 3:30-5:00; F 9-10:00 Zeynep Gönen has received her PhD from Binghamton University Sociology Department in 2011. Her work focuses on the subjects of law, punishment, policing and criminalization from a global and historical comparative perspective. Her first book The Politics of Crime in Turkey (I.B.Tauris, 2016), explores the new forms of policing and criminalization of the racialized urban poor in contemporary Turkey. Her interests also include political sociology, gender, urban studies, home, and body, both in relation to the her broader research area of penality and outside of it.
Ph.D., University of Central Florida
Office: O'Connor Hall, Room 333
Phone Number: 508.626.4866
Email: xguadalupediaz@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Mondays 12:00-1:30 pm and Tuesday 10:00 -11:30. Dr. Guadalupe-Diaz’s research and teaching interests lie broadly within the areas of sociological criminology, victimization, and social inequalities. Specifically, his research focuses on intimate partner violence (IPV) within LGBTQ communities. His work has explored sexual violence, help-seeking behaviors, police disclosure, perceptions of domestic violence law, and perpetration. More recently, Dr. Guadalupe-Diaz has focused on transgender survivors of IPV, identity work, and victim identity. Other scholarly areas of interest include: queering criminology, race and the criminal justice system, and gender and sexuality. Dr. Guadalupe-Diaz earned his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Central Florida and an MS and BS in sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University. Areas of specialization: Violence in intimate relationships, sociological criminology and victimology, gender and sexuality, applied sociology.
Ph.D., Florida International University
Office: O'Connor Hall, Room 321
Phone Number: 508-626-5903
Email: mmarchioni@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Tuesday 10-1, Wednesday 10 – 11 , Thursday 10 – 11, and by appointment.
Dr. Meredith Marchioni received her PhD in Sociology from Florida International University. Her graduate work focused on social, economic, and environmental resilience within Alaskan commercial fisheries. More recently, she worked as a cultural anthropologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Subsistence. In this position, Dr. Marchioni conducted ethnographic research with Native Alaskan hunters and fishers and presented her data to resource managers and governing bodies. Her research and teaching interests include environmental law and society, qualitative and quantitative research methods, and race, gender, and human rights.
Courses:
ANTH 161: Cultural Anthropology
SOC 130: Social Problems
ANTH 207: Global Issues in Anthropology
ANTH 243: Native American Studies
CRIM 204: Crime and the Environment
Ph.D., Boston University
Office: O’Connor Hall, Room 341
Phone Number: 508-626-4862
Email: jmcquaid@framingham.edu
Dr. McQuaid received his Ph.D. from Boston University, where he study the Massachusetts funeral market. His current research draws on his experience with both qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the ways in which cultural action shapes individual economic behavior as well as the broader implications that such individual action has for the functioning of markets as a whole. He is also interested in the possibilities that digital research methods – such as mapping and programming – might present for sociology as a discipline.
Fall 2017 Office Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 11:00 am -12:00 pm and by appointment.
Areas of Specialization: Cultural sociology, death and dying, economic sociology, research methods, sociology of the body, and social theory.
Courses regularly taught:
SOCI301: Sociological Theory
SOCI302: Quantitative Research Methods I
SOCI303: Quantitative Research Methods II
SOCI366: Sociology of Death and Dying
MA Boston College
Office: O'Connor 327
Phone Number: 508-626-5787
Email: cross4@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: T 12-2:00, W 1:30-2:30 Calista L. Ross completed her Master's in Sociology at Boston College, her Master's in Gender/Cultural Studies at Simmons College, and her Bachelor's in Women's Studies at Agnes Scott College.
Broadly, her research examines how people of color gain cultural citizenship as racialized, sexualized, and gendered beings, with her major projects ranging from qualitative research on black queer women's sexuality and media engagement, to cultural studies of hetero- and homo- normativity within American black queer cinema, and the racialization of Muslims in the Netherlands.
Calista's teaching interests include sexuality, gender, media and culture, race and ethnicity, embodiment, consumers and consumption, feminist and queer theory, and qualitative methods. Her pedagogical goal is to help bring about personal, cultural, and societal liberation through critical, contemplative, and creative education.
SOCI 215 Sociology of the Body
CRIM 121 Sociological Perspectives on Criminology
CRIM 211 Crime and Inequality
CRIM 270 Social Deviance
Ph.D., Brandeis University
Office: O'Connor Hall, Room 346
Phone Number: 508.626.4894
Email: jmartin50@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: On leave. Areas of specialization: Political sociology; social theory; political economy; power and inequality; social class; progressive politics; political consciousness; critical pedagogy Courses regularly taught: SOCI 130 Social Problems SOCI 301 Sociological Theory SOCI 308 Political Sociology SOCI 495 Internship
CUNY-Graduate Center in New York City
Office: O'Connor 329
Phone Number: 508-626-5806
Email: ltavernier@framingham.edu
Dr. LaToya Tavernier received her Phd in Sociology with a concentration in Africana Studies from CUNY-Graduate Center in New York City. She also received a MA in Sociology from CUNY-Queens College and a BA in Psychology from Columbia University. Her graduate work examined the migration and incorporation experience of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Tavernier’s research interests include race and ethnicity, immigration, black migration in the US, stratification, ethnic identity, popular culture, and black education. Currently, she is interested in the race and gender bias experienced by women of color teaching in college classrooms.
Areas of Specialization: Immigration, Black Migration, Race and Ethnicity, and Stratification.
Courses Taught:
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 263 Social Inequality
CRIM 270 Social Deviance
SOCI 245 Race and Ethnic Relations
CRIM 201 White Collar Crime
CRIM 121 Sociological Perspectives on Criminology
SOCI 130 Social Problems
Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University
Office: O'Connor Hall, Room 331
Phone Number: 508-626-5766
Email: mpipkins@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours:
Martel’s research and teaching interests include transnational solidarity, social inequality, women’s labor, global stratification, and the intersections between racism, sexism, and nation. Most recently, Martel has focused on the use of discourse in police shooting cases, cases involving violence against women, and mass shootings, along with the connection between state-sanctioned violence and news media.
Areas of Specialization: Criminology, Stratification, Comparative/Global Sociology, Women’s Studies, Teaching and Learning/Critical Pedagogy
Courses taught:
CRIM 121 Sociological Perspectives on Criminology
CRIM 313 The Culture of Punishment
CRIM 201 White-Collar Crime
CRIM 250 Mass Incarceration: The New Jim Crow
Ph.D., State University of New York
Office: O'Connor Hall, Room 338
Phone Number: 508.626.5717
Email: lrincon@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Dr. Rincón's research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of immigration, globalization, and race studies. She uses a comparative and global lens in teaching these subjects. Dr. Rincón's teaching is inspired by her research: her most recent study concerned the migration and incorporation experience of Latino professionals in the information technologies industries in the United States. In this research, she examines the racial and legal marginality professional migrants experience and their responses to it. Areas of Specialization: Immigration, Globalization and Race and Ethnic Relations. Courses regularly taught: SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology SOCI 248 Race and Ethnic Relations
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Office: O'Connor Hall, Room 336
Phone Number: 508.626.4864
Email: isilver@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 10:30-12:30. Ira Silver has taught at Framingham State since 2002. He graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College and received his Masters and Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He has authored and edited four books and is currently working on a new one about social problems in American society. Areas of specialization: Social inequality; charitable giving; community activism; social problem framing; technology and social change; death and dying Course regularly taught: SOCI 130 Social Problems SOCI 263 Social Inequality SOCI 283 Society, Technology & the Future SOCI 300 Animals and Us SOCI 306 Nonprofit Giving SOCI 366 Death and Dying
Ph.D., Northeastern University
Office: O'Conner Hall, Room 351
Phone Number: 508-626-4874
Email: htischler@framingham.edu
Spring 2018: Sabbatical Henry L. Tischler received his bachelor’s degree from Temple University and his Masters and doctorate degrees from Northeastern University. He pursued postdoctoral studies at Harvard University. His first venture into textbook publishing took place while he was still a graduate student in sociology when he wrote the fourth edition of Race and Ethnic Relations with Brewton Berry. The success of that book led to his authorship of eleven editions of Introduction to Sociology. He is also the author of three other textbooks Debating Points: Crime and Corrections; Debating Points: Race and Ethnic Relations; and Debating Points: Marriage and Family Relations.
Areas of specialization: Crime and corrections; immigration; business and society
Ph.D., University of Washington
Office: Office: O'Connor Hall, Room 328
Phone Number: 508.626.4863
Email: vrutter@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Tu 12:20-2 p.m., We 12:10-1:30. Virginia Rutter is co-author or co-editor of Families as They Really Are 2nd edition, The Gender of Sexuality, and The Love Test, and numerous review articles and chapters. She writes and researches topics related to sexuality in more- and less-committed relationships; divorce; family policy; infidelity; feminism; and inequality. She is a member of the Board of the Council on Contemporary Families; she mentors CCF interns at FSU regularly. In 2012, Rutter was awarded the FSU Distinguished Faculty for Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2014, Rutter was elected Vice-President and Director of the Framingham State University chapter of the Massachusetts State College Association. Her books, articles, columns, and engagement of public sociology through CCF and Sociologists for Women in Society aim to do what she does as an award-winning teacher at FSU: to make accessible and clear the best available social science research on families, sexuality, and diversity. You can read her Girl w/ Pen columns at The Society Pages. Areas of specialization: Gender; sexuality; marriage; intimate relationships and families; family policy; mental health; survey research; public sociology Courses regularly taught: SOCI 495 Internship in Sociology and Criminology SOCI 369 Sex/Sexualities in Society SOCI 350 Education and Social Change SOCI 312 Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence SOCI 301 Sociological Theory SOCI 212 Sociology of Families SOCI 218 Women in Society SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology
Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder
Office: O'Connor 330
Phone Number: 508-626-4869
Email: ewhalley@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Dr. Whalley’s research and teaching interests include sexual and gender violence, criminal-legal systems, critical criminology, the sociology of prison, and incarcerated populations. She uses ethnographic, community-based, transnational, feminist, and mixed methods in her work. She has published research on incarcerated women’s mental health and sexual trauma, prison abolition, rape crisis centers, and institutional sexual assault response. Dr. Whalley is also interested in gender and sexuality, incarcerated parenting, and postcolonial criminology.
Areas of specialization: Sexual violence, institutional responses to sexual and gender violence, rape culture, incarceration, critical criminology, transnational research, feminist criminology.
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Office: Office: O'Connor Hall, Room 344
Phone Number: 508.626.4761
Email: ezimmerman@framingham.edu
Spring 2018 Office Hours: M 12-1:30, W 2:30 -4:14, TH 11-12:30. Areas of specialization: Linguistic Anthropology/Language and Culture; South Asian culture; Native American studies Courses regularly taught: ANTH 161 Cultural Anthropology ANTH 207 Global Issues in Anthropology ANTH 243 Native American Cultures ANTH 360 Language and Culture ANTH 370 Psychological Anthropology