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Arizona State University
 
Contact:
  Box 872101
Tempe, AZ 85287-2101
  Telephone: (480) 965-3546 Fax: (480) 965-0064
  Email: sociology@asu.edu Web: http://www.asu.edu/clas/sociology
  Chair: Verna M. Keith,
Director of Graduate Studies: Mary H. Benin
  Aministrative Assistant(s): Paul Christensen
 
Degrees Offered: PhD, MA, BA Academic Year System: Semester
 
In–State Tuition (2002–2003): $2412
Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): $10278
Alternative Tuition Structure:
Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships-through faculty members' grants, Tuition Waivers, Fellowship from the University
Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 5
Admission Deadline: Spring admission limited to students who have completed at least 6 hours of graduate-level course work in Sociology.
Financial Support Deadline: January 31 for preferential consideration; if not filled then rolling.
Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 25
Number of Part-Time Graduate Students: 22
Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: 308
Teacher Trainings Programs:
Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: 308
Graduate Record Examination: General Test Required
Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002: 
Masters: 5 PHDs: 1
 
Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:
  Demography, Family, Medical Sociology, Migration and Immigration, Work and Labor Markets, Environmental, Mental Health, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Science & Technology, Global Political & Cultural Processes, Education, Political Sociology.
 
Full–Time Faculty
Agadjanian, Victor (PhD, Southern California 1995) Demography, Development, Sex and Gender; Associate Professor.
Benin, Mary H. (PhD, Nebraska-Lincoln 1977) Family, Quantitative Methodology, Education; Associate Professor.
Bolin, Robert (PhD Colorado-Boulder 1976) Environmental, Theory, Political Ecology; Professor.
Cobas, José A. (PhD, Texas-Austin 1975) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Quantitative Methodology; Professor.
Glick, Jennifer (PhD, Texas-Austin 1997) Family, Demography, Migration and Immigration; Assistant Professor.
Hackett, Edward J. (PhD, Cornell 1979) Science and Technology, Occupations/Professions, Organizations-Formal/Complex; Professor.
Harlan, Sharon L. (PhD, Cornell 1979) Work and Labor Markets, Sex and Gender, Community; Associate Professor.
Jacobson, David (PhD, Princeton 1991) Migration and Immigration, Political Sociology, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Associate Professor.
Keith, M. Verna (PhD, Kentucky 1982) Mental Health, Aging/Healthcare Access, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Associate Professor.
Kronenfeld, Jennie (PhD, Brown 1976) Medical Sociology, Aging/Social Gerontology, Children and Youth; Professor.
Kulis, Stephen S. (PhD, Columbia 1984) Work and Labor Markets, Occupations/Professions, Sex and Gender; Professor.
Miller-Loessi, Karen A. (PhD, Stanford 1976) Occupations/Professions, Children and Youth, Social Psychology; Associate Professor.
Padilla, Peter (PhD, Arizona State 1997) Military Sociology, Social Psychology; Assistant Professor.
Sullivan, Deborah A. (PhD, Duke 1976) Medical Sociology, Demography, Aging/Social Gerontology; Associate Professor.
Thomas, George M. (PhD, Stanford 1979) Political Sociology, Religion, Cultural Sociology; Professor.
Weitz, Rose (PhD, Yale 1978) Medical Sociology, Sex and Gender, Sociology of the Body; Professor.
Yabiku, Scott (PhD, Michigan-Ann Arbor 2002) Family, Demography, Children and Youth; Assistant Professor.
Part–Time Faculty
Axelrod, Morris (PhD, Michigan 1954) Quantitative Methodology, Cultural Sociology, Demography; Emeritus.
Fine, Robert (PhD, New York 1971) Family, Sex and Gender; Lecturer.
Glick, Paul C. (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1938) Demography; Adjunct Professor.
Gordon, Leonard (PhD, Wayne State 1966) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Education; Emeritus.
Hardert, Ronald A. (PhD, Indiana-Bloomington 1967) Environmental Sociology, Science and Technology, Medical Sociology; Emeritus.
Heard, Holly E. (PhD, North Carolina-Chapel Hill 2002) Family, Demography, Children and Youth; Assistant Professor, Affiliated with: Family and Human Development.
Horton, Paul (PhD, Ohio State 1949) Social Problems; Adjunct Professor.
Johnson, William S. (PhD, South Carolina-Columbia 1971) Quantitative Methodology; Professor, Affiliated.
Kunkel, John H. (PhD, Michigan 1960) Social Psychology, Social Change, Human Ecology; Adjunct Professor.
Laner, Mary R. (PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University 1976) Courtship, Marriage, Violence Between Intimates; Emerita.
Mogey, John M. (PhD, Queens 1949) Family; Adjunct Professor.
Peterson, Gary W (PhD, Brigham Young 1978) Family, Socialization, Social Psychology; Emeritus.
Pfuhl, Erdwin (PhD, Washington State 1961) Criminology/Delinquency; Emeritus.
Snow, Robert (PhD, Minnesota 1967) Mass Communication/Public Opinion, Social Psychology, Everyday Life; Emeritus.
Westie, Frank R. (PhD, Ohio State 1951) Social Psychology; Adjunct Professor.
Whitam, Frederick L. (PhD, Indiana-Bloomington 1965) Sexuality and Homosexuality, Sex and Gender, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization; Emeritus.
Williams III, David P. (PhD, Arizona State 1987) Social Problems, Mass Communication/Public Opinion; Adjunct Professor.
Yamamori, Tetsunao (PhD, Duke 1970) Religion, International Development; Adjunct Professor.
2001–02 PHD Recipients and Dissertation Titles
Berg, Ellen Adolescents in Step Families: Effects of Custodial Step and Nonresident Parents