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| Contact: |
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4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016 |
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Telephone: (202) 885-2475 |
Fax: (202) 885-2477 |
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Email: socio@american.edu |
Web: http://www.american.edu/cas/sociology/ |
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Chair: Russell A. Stone,
Director of Graduate Studies: Russell A. Stone |
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Aministrative Assistant(s): Sandra Linden |
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| Degrees Offered: |
PhD, MA, BA |
Academic Year System: |
Semester |
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| In–State Tuition (2002–2003): |
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| Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): |
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| Alternative Tuition Structure: |
$769 undergraduate/$827 graduate per credit hour |
| Financial Aid Available to Full-Time
Students: |
Teaching Assistantships, Fellowship from the University. |
| Number of First Year Graduate Students
Receiving Some Form of Assistance: |
6 |
| Admission Deadline: |
January 31 |
| Financial Support Deadline: |
52 |
| Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: |
52 |
| Number of Part-Time Graduate Students: |
92 |
| Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall
2002: |
22 |
| Teacher Trainings Programs: |
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| Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees
Awarded in 2001-2002: |
22 |
| Graduate Record Examination: |
General Test Recommended (required for financial awards) |
| Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees
Awarded In 2001-2002: |
| Masters: |
7 |
PHDs: |
6 |
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| Special Programs and Areas of Expertise: |
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Applied Sociology/Evaluation Research, Comparative/Historical
Sociology, Development, Family, Sex and Gender, Education, Race/Gender/Social
Justice, Stratification/Mobility, Quantitative Methodology, Policy Analysis/Public
Policy |
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| Full–Time Faculty |
| Blank, Grant |
(PhD, Chicago 1999) Cultural Sociology, Quantitative Methodology, Microcomputing; Assistant Professor. |
| Brantley-Niebrugge, Jill |
(PhD, Kansas 1977) History of Sociology/Social Thought, Theory, Race/Class/Gender; Scholar-in-Residence. |
| Brenner, Andrea |
(PhD, American 2001) Education, Family, Race/Class/Gender. |
| Chow, Esther Ngan-ling |
(PhD, California-Los Angeles 1973) Sex and Gender, Development, Qualitative Methodology; Professor. |
| Dickerson, Bette J. |
(PhD, Washington State 1986) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Race/Class/Gender, Sociological Practice; Associate Professor. |
| Dickerson, Bette J. |
(PhD, Washington State 1986) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Race/Class/Gender, Sociological Practice; Associate Professor. |
| Farsoun, Samih K. |
(PhD, Connecticut 1971) Development, Political Economy, Race/Class/Gender; Professor. |
| Fey, Mary Ann |
(PhD, Georgetown 1993) Gender and Society, Middle East; Scholar-in-Residence. |
| Lengerman, Patricia |
(PhD, Cornell) History of Sociology/Social Thought, Theory, Race/Class/Gender; Scholar-in-Residence. |
| Macharia, Kinuthia |
(PhD, California-Berkeley 1989) Urban Sociology, Development, Collective Behavior/Social Movements; Associate Professor. |
| Macharia, Kinuthia |
(PhD, California-Berkeley 1989) Urban Sociology, Development, Collective Behavior/Social Movements; Associate Professor. |
| Stone, Russell A. |
(PhD, Princeton 1971) Social Change, Environmental Sociology, Mass Communication/Public Opinion; Professor. |
| Young, Gloria |
(Gay) A. (PhD, Texas-Austin 1980) Sex and Gender, Political Economy, Development; Associate Professor. |
| Part–Time Faculty |
| Bennett, Richard R. |
(PhD, Washington State 1976) Criminal Justice, Criminology/Delinquency, Quantitative Methodology; Professor, Affiliated with: Department of Justice, Law & Society. |
| Clark, Leon E. |
(EdD, Massachusetts-Amherst 1977) Education, Applied Sociology/Evaluation Research; Emeritus. |
| Goodman, Louis W. |
(PhD, Northwestern 1997) Development, Comparative/Historical, Military Sociology; Dean, Affiliated with: School of International Service. |
| Kusterer, Kenneth C. |
(PhD, Washington-Saint Louis 1976) Economy and Society, Development, Social Change; Professor, Emeritus. |
| Mueller, Gert |
(PhD) Theory, History of Sociology/Social Thought, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Emeritus. |
| Scott, Richard |
(PhD, Harvard 1976) Social Psychology; Adjunct. |
| Siegenthaler, Jurg K. |
(PhD, Berne-Switzerland 1966) Policy Analysis/Public Policy, Aging/Social Gerontology, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Emeritus. |
| 2001–02 PHD Recipients and Dissertation Titles |
| Eze, Evans |
Africans in the Diaspora Contrasting International Immigration: A Study of West African Immigrants in the Baltimore/DC Area |
| Marsten, Chris |
Constructing National Identity: A Qualitative Analysis of Separatism |
| Michkowski, Steven |
Exploring Jury Stress in One Day/One Trial Jurisdiction |
| Rothchild, Jennifer |
Moving Beyond Enrollment Numbers: An In-Depth Look at the Complexities of the Gender Gap in Schools in Rural Nepal |
| Soto, Enrique |
Understanding Self-Employment Success Among Participants of Micro Enterprise Training Programs |
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