Sociology of Education
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Complete Information
Northern Illinois University
 
Contact:
  815 Zulauf Hall
Dekalb, IL 60115
  Telephone: (815) 753-0365 Fax: (815) 753-6302
  Email: soci@sun.soci.niu.edu Web: http://www.sociology.niu.edu
  Chair: Kay B. Forest,
Director of Graduate Studies: David F. Luckenbill
  Aministrative Assistant(s): Colleen Bowers
 
Degrees Offered: MA, BA, BS Academic Year System: Semester
 
In–State Tuition (2002–2003): $4767
Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): $8025
Alternative Tuition Structure:
Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships- university funded, Tuition Waivers
Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 6
Admission Deadline: (during academic year) June 1
Financial Support Deadline: April 1
Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 18
Number of Part-Time Graduate Students:
Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: 459
Teacher Trainings Programs:
Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: 459
Graduate Record Examination: General Test Required
Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002: 
Masters: 9 PHDs:
 
Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:
  Community, Criminology/Delinquency, Education, Law and Society, Qualitative Methodology, Quantitative Methodology, Organizations-Formal/Complex Social Psychology, Statistics, Theory
 
Full–Time Faculty
Cappell, Charles (PhD, Chicago 1982) Quantitative Methodology, Law and Society, Knowledge; Associate Professor.
Forest, Kay B. (PhD, Cornell 1990) Family, Sex and Gender; Associate Professor.
Goar, Carla D. (PhD, Texas A&M 2000) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Social Psychology, Small Groups; Assistant Professor.
Jesser, Clinton (PhD, Michigan State 1962) Sex and Gender, Theory, Medical Sociology; Professor.
Kamens, David (PhD, Columbia 1968) Education, Social Organization, Stratification/Mobility; Professor.
Kourvetaris, George (PhD, Northwestern 1969) Political Sociology, Stratification/Mobility, History of Sociology/Social Thought; Professor.
Luckenbill, David (PhD, California-Santa Barbara 1978) Criminology/Delinquency, Law and Society, Social Psychology; Professor.
Markowitz, Fred E. (PhD, SUNY-Albany 1996) Criminology/Delinquency, Mental Health, Quantitative Methodology; Assistant Professor.
McCorkel, Jill A. (PhD, Delaware 1998) Sex and Gender, Law and Society, Criminology/Delinquency; Assistant Professor.
Minor, W. William (PhD, Florida State 1975) Criminology/Delinquency, Quantitative Methodology; Associate Professor.
Moremen, Robin D. (PhD, Yale 1991) Medical Sociology, Social Organization; Associate Professor.
Myers, Kristen A. (PhD, North Carolina State 1996) Sex and Gender, Race/Class/Gender, Social Organization; Assistant Professor.
Rubin, Herbert (PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1972) Community, Social Change, Qualitative Methodology; Professor.
Stolte, John (PhD, Washington 1972) Aging/Social Gerontology, Social Psychology, Small Groups; Professor.
Sullivan, Maureen E. (PhD, California-Davis 1999) Sex and Gender, Theory, Family; Assistant Professor.
Thomas, Jim (PhD, Michigan State 1980) Criminology/Delinquency, Law and Society, Qualitative Methodology; Professor.