Professor and Chair
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2002
Office: KAUF 324
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: bmpeck@ou.edu
Pronouns: he/him/his
Research Areas: Health and Medicine, Health Disparities, Stratification, Research Methods
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
B. Mitchell Peck
GRADUATE LIAISON
Cyrus Schleifer
Associate Professor and Graduate Liaison
Ph.D., Duke University, 2015
Office: KAUF 343
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: cyrus.schleifer@ou.edu
Website: www.cyrus-schleifer.com
Pronouns: he/him/his
Research Areas: Quantitative Methods, Sociology of Religion, Longitudinal/Panel Statistics, Clergy, Occupational Inequality
PRIMARY FACULTY
Loretta Bass
Professor
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1998
Office: KAUF 301
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: lbass@ou.edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Research Areas: International Migration, Child Labor, Stratification, Fertility, Demography
Ann Beutel
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1997
Office: KAUF 329A
Phone: (405) 325-2784
Email: ambeutel@ou.edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Research Areas: Education, Family, Gender, Social Demography, Social Psychology, Social Stratification
Stephanie Burge
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Florida State University, 2006
Office: KAUF 306
Phone: (405) 325-2797
Email: sburge@ou.edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Research Areas: Sociology of Education, Health and Aging, Work and Family
Thomas Burns
Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1990
Office: KAUF 323
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: tburns@ou.edu
Pronouns: he/him/his
Research Areas: Comparative and Historical Development, Environment and Human Ecology, Social Theory, Social Institutions, Communication and Rhetoric, Enviromental Ethics, Culture and Social Change
John Carl
Associate Professor - Renewable Term
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2002
Office: KAUF 329D
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: jcarl@ou.edu
Criminology, Labeling, Criminal Justice, U.S. Prison system, Sociological Theory, Teaching Sociology, and Inside-Out
Ian Carrillo
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2018
Office: KAUF 343
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: icarrillo@ou.edu
Pronouns: he/him/his
Research Areas: Race and Ethnicity, Environmental Sociology, Economic Sociology, Environmental Justice, Qualitative Sociology
Constance Chapple
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1999
Office: KAUF 332A
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: cchapple@ou.edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Research Areas: Criminological theory, group differences in crime, peers and crime, child abuse and neglect, research methods
Christopher R.H. Garneau
Assistant Professor - Renewable Term
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2012
Office: KAUF 317
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: cgarneau@ou.edu
Pronouns: he/him/his
Research Areas: Political Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Social Psychology, Research Methods, and Environment Sociology
Julie Gerlinger
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2017
Office: KAUF 317
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: jgerlinger@ou.edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Research Areas: Criminology, Education, Public Policy, Inequality, Juvenile Delinquency, Research Methods
Christopher Hill
Assistant Professor - Renewable Term
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2004
Office: KAUF 309
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: christopher.hill@ou.edu
Research Areas: Criminology, Criminal Justice and Juvenile Justice
Trina Hope
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1997
Office: KAUF 303
Phone: (405) 325-3647
Email: thope@ou.edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Research Areas: Criminological Theory testing (control theories especially), the Family and Crime, Gender and Crime
Annabel Ipsen
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016
Office: KAUF 340
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: aipsen@ou.edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Research Areas: International development, agri-food systems, gender, political economy, environmental sociology, qualitative sociology
Erin Maher
Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 2000
Office: KAUF 331
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: erin.maher@ou.edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Research Areas: Child Abuse and Neglect, Early Childhood, Poverty
Samuel Perry
Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2015
Office: KAUF 328
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: samperry@ou.edu
Research Areas: Religion, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Politics, Families, Sexual Behavior
Martin Piotrowski
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2006
Office: KAUF 316
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: piotrow@ou.edu
Research Areas: Migration, Social Networks, Inter-generational Relations, Household Demography, and Quantitative Research Methods
Dan Wang
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2022
Office: Kaufman Hall 337A
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: dan.wang@ou.edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Research Areas: Vulnerable Families, Culture, Evaluative Research, Research Methods
Meredith Worthen
Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas, 2009
Office: KAUF 321
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: mgfworthen@ou.edu
Website: http://meredithworthenphd.com
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Research Areas: Deviance; LGBTQ Stigma; Feminist/Queer Criminology
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Laura A. Bray
Affiliated Faculty
Research Scientist, Center for Applied Social Research
PhD, North Carolina State University, 2021
5 Partners Place, Ste 4100
Phone: 405-325-2267
Email: laura.bray@ou.edu
Pronouns: she/they
Research Areas: Environmental Sociology, Environmental Justice, Rural Sociology, Health and Wellbeing, Social Movements
Manata Hashemi
Affiliated Faculty
Farzaneh Family Assistant Professor of Iranian Studies
Farzaneh Hall, Room 212
Email: hashemi@ou.edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Sara A. Mata
Affiliated Faculty
Research Associate
Vice President for Research and Partnerships
Email: sara.mata@ou.edu
ADJUNCT FACULTY
Barbara Borden
Adjunct Lecturer
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2014
Phone: (405) 325-1751
Email: ann.borden@ou.edu
Sarah E. Connelly
Adjunct Lecturer (Dept.) & Senior Associate Researcher (University)
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2023
Office: 3200 Marshall Ave., Office 105F
Phone: (405) 325-2428
Email: sarahee@ou.edu
Pronouns:She/her/hers
Research Areas: Stratification, Education, Child Welfare
EMERITUS FACULTY
Wilbur J. Scott
Emeritus Chair and Professor
Department of Sociology, University of Oklahoma
Emeritus Professor Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership
U.S. Air Force Academy
Email: sonny1542@gmail.com
Susan F. Sharp
Craig St. John
