back to contents Complete Information Pennsylvania State University   Contact:   201 Oswald Tower University Park, PA 16802   Telephone: (814) 865-0172 Fax: (814) 863-7216   Email: janwallace@psu.edu Web: http://sociology.la.psu.edu   Chair: Glenn Firebaugh, Director of Graduate Studies:   Aministrative Assistant(s): Jan Wallace, Melody Lane   Degrees Offered: PhD, MA, BA, BS Academic Year System: Semester   In–State Tuition (2002–2003): $8414 Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): $17236 Alternative Tuition Structure: Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships- university funded and under faculty members' grants, Fellowship from the University, Fellowship from Outside Source Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 11 Admission Deadline: (Fall only) January 1 Financial Support Deadline: January 1 Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 52 (Sociology); 24 (Crime, Law and Justice) Number of Part-Time Graduate Students: 1 (Sociology); 2 (Crime, Law and Justice) Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: 183 (Sociology); 614 (Crime, Law and Justice) Teacher Trainings Programs: Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: 183 (Sociology); 614 (Crime, Law and Justice) Graduate Record Examination: General Test Required Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002:  Masters: 2 PHDs: 2   Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:   Criminology/Delinquency, Demography, Family, Quantitative Methodology, Stratification/Mobility, Theory, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Social Institutions, Religion, Education   Full–Time Faculty Alwin, Duane (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1972) Family, Aging and the Life Course, Social Psychology; McCourtney Professor. Amato, Paul R. (PhD, James Cook 1983) Family, Children and Youth, Social Psychology; Professor. Austin, Roy L. (PhD, Washington 1973) Criminology/Delinquency, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Associate Professor. Booth, Alan (PhD, Nebraska-Omaha 1966) Family, Biosociology; Distinguished Professor. Clemente, Frank (PhD, Tennessee-Knoxville 1971) Environmental Sociology, Criminology/Delinquency, Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Professor. DeJong, Gordon F. (PhD, Kentucky 1963) Demography, Migration and Immigration, Aging/Social Gerontology; Distinguished Professor. Farkas, George (PhD, Cornell 1973) Stratification/Mobility, Education, Work and Labor Markets; Professor. Felson, Richard B. (PhD, Indiana 1977) Criminology/Delinquency, Social Psychology, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization; Professor. Finke, Roger (PhD, Washington 1984) Religion, Rational Choice, Organizations-Forrnal/Complex; Professor. Firebaugh, Glenn (PhD, Indiana-Bloomington 1976) Global Inequality, Quantitative Methodology, Demography; Professor. Hayward, Mark D. (PhD, Indiana-Bloomington 1981) Aging/Social Gerontology, Quantitative Methodology, Demography; Professor and Director of Social Science Research Institute. Hill, Mark E. (PhD, Pennsylvania 1999) Demography, Stratification/Mobility, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Assistant Professor. Johnson, David R. (PhD, Vanderbilt 1972) Quantitative Methodology, Family, Mental Health; Professor, and Director of Survey Research Center. Johnson, Michael P. (PhD, Michigan 1974) Social Psychology, Family, Sex and Gender; Associate Professor. King, Valarie (PhD, Pennsylvania 1993) Family, Aging/Social Gerontology, Demography; Associate Professor. Kramer, John H. (PhD, Iowa 1975) Criminology/Delinquency, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Professor. Landale, Nancy S. (PhD, Washington 1987) Demography, Family, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Professor. Lee, Barrett A. (PhD, Washington 1980) Urban Sociology, Community, Demography; Professor. McCarthy, John D. (PhD, Oregon 1968) Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Organizations-Formal/Complex, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Professor. Nelsen, Hart M. (PhD, Vanderbilt 1972) Religion, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Family; Professor. Oropesa, R. S. (PhD, Washington 1987) Demography, Migration and Immigration, Family; Associate Professor. Osgood, D. Wayne (PhD, Colorado-Boulder 1977) Criminology/Delinquency, Quantitative Methodology, Social Psychology; Professor. Rogers, Stacy J. (PhD, Ohio State 1993) Family, Work and Labor Markets, Children and Youth; Assistant Professor. Ruback, R. Barty (PhD, Pittsburgh 1979) Law and Society, Environmental Sociology, Social Psychology; Professor. Schoen, Robert (PhD, California-Berkeley 1972) Demography, Family, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Hoffman Professor. Sica, Alan (PhD, Massachusetts-Amherst 1978) Theory, History of Sociology/Social Thought; Professor. Silver, Eric (PhD, SUNY-Albany 1999) Criminology/Delinquency, Law and Society, Mental Health; Assistant Professor. Steffensmeier, Darrell J. (PhD, Iowa 1972) Criminology/Delinquency, Law and Society, Occupations/Professions; Professor. Taylor, Marylee C. (PhD, Harvard 1976) Social Psychology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Associate Professor. Ulmer, Jeffery T. (PhD, Pennsylvania State 1993) Criminology/Delinquency, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Theory; Associate Professor. Part–Time Faculty Baker, David P. (PhD, Johns Hopkins 1982) Education, Stratification/Mobility, Organizations-Formal/Complex; Professor, and Associate Director of Social Science Research Institute; Joint Appointment with: Education Policy Studies. Bord, Richard J. (PhD, Iowa 1971) Social Psychology, Environmental Sociology, Organizations-Formal/Complex; Associate Professor, Emeritus. Buck, Roy C. (PhD, Minnesota 1951) Community, Development; Professor, Emeritus. Burton, Linda (PhD, Southern California 1985) Aging/Social Gerontology, Family, Stratification/Mobility; Professor, Joint Appointment with: Human Development and Family Studies. Cornwell, Gretchen T. (PhD, Pennsylvania State 1981) Aging/Social Gerontology, Demography, Family; Research Associate, Affiliated with: Population Research Institute. Eggebeen, David J. (PhD, North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1986) Demography, Family, Children and Youth; Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Human Development and Family Studies.