Current Faculty
Appelrouth, Scott
(2000) Professor of Sociology. B.S. 1986, Virginia Commonwealth University; M.A. 1994, Ph D. 2000, New York University.
Baird-Olson, Karren P.
(2000) Professor of Sociology. B.S. 1962, Montana State University; M.A. 1984, University of Montana; Ph.D. 1994, University of New Mexico.
Ballard, James D.
(2002) Professor of Sociology. B.S. 1991, M.A. 1992, Jacksonville State University; Ph.D. 2000, University of Nevada.
Boyns, David E.
(2002) Professor of Sociology. B.A. 1990, University of California, Irvine; M.A. 1997, University of California, Riverside.
Campbell, Lori A.
(2011) Assistant Professor of Sociology. B.A. 1995, Ohio Wesleyan University; M.A. 2000, Ph.D. 2007, The Ohio State University.
Capous-Desyllas, Moshoula
(2011) Associate Professor of Sociology. B.S. 1999, University of California, San Diego; M.S.W. 2001, San Diego State University; Ph.D. 2010, Portland State University.
Carter, Michael J.
(2011) Associate Professor of Sociology. B.A. 1995, Sonoma State University; M.A. 2003, San Diego State University; Ph.D. 2010, University of California, Riverside.
Edles, Laura D.
(2000) Professor of Sociology. B.A. 1981, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1990, University of California, Los Angeles.
Elias, James E.
(2002) Lecturer in Sociology. B.A. 1962, M.A. 1965, Southern Illinois University; Ph.D. 1978, Institute for Advanced Studies, San Francisco.
Godard, John E.
(2002) Associate Professor of Sociology. B.A. 1989, M.A. 1995, Ph.D. 2005, University of Virginia.
Jensen, Vickie
(1997) Professor of Sociology. B.A. 1988, M.A. 1991, University of Oklahoma; Ph.D. 1997, University of Colorado.
Lopez, David A.
(2000) Professor of Sociology. B.A. 1981, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A. 1987, Oakland University; Ph.D. 1996, Michigan State University.
Madden, Teresa K.
(2002) Lecturer in Sociology. B.A. 1993, California Lutheran University; M.A. 1995, California State University, Northridge.
McDonald, Lauren
(2008) Associate Professor of Sociology. B.S. 1993, St. Joseph’s University; M.A. 1996, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Ph.D. 2008, Graduate Center of City University of New York.
Morgaine, Karen
(2008) Associate Professor of Sociology. B.S., 1987, State University of New York; M.A. 1989, Antioch University; Ph.D., 2007, Portland State University.
Pereira-Prata, Ana M.
(2007) Associate Professor of Sociology. B.A. 1996, New University of Lisbon, Portugal; Ph.D. 2007, University of Minnesota.
Pih, Kay Kei-Ho
(2007) Professor of Sociology. B.A. 1997, New York College; M.A. 1999, Ph.D. 2004, University of California, Riverside.
Schutte, Jerald G.
(1972) Professor of Sociology. B.A. 1969, M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1974, University of California, Los Angeles.
Shaw, Victor
(1997) Professor of Sociology. B.S. 1983, M.A. 1986, Wuhan University; M.A. 1993, Ph.D. 1994, University of Hawaii.
Wang, Wen C.
(1994) Professor of Sociology. B.S. 1981, Beijing Normal University; Ph.D. 1993, University of California, Los Angeles.
Winters, Loretta I.
(1994) Professor of Sociology. B.A. 1985, M.A. 1989, Ph.D. 1994, University of California, Riverside.
Emeriti
Becker, Tamar
(1968) Professor emerita of Sociology. B.S. 1952, M.A. 1953, Columbia University; Ph.D. 1966, University of California, Los Angeles.
Bluth, Elizabeth
(1965) Professor emerita of Sociology. B.A. 1957, Bucknell University; M.A. 1960, Fordham University; Ph.D. 1970, University of California, Los Angeles.
Crowther, John F.
(1961) Professor emeritus of Sociology. B.A. 1955, M.A. 1956, Ph.D. 1967, University of Southern California.
Elias, Veronica
(1970) Professor emerita of Sociology. B.A. 1965, Southern Illinois University; M.A. 1967, Ph.D. 1973, Indiana University; Licensed M.F.C. Counselor, State of California.
Himelson, Alfred N.
(1967) Professor emeritus of Sociology B.A. 1955, California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D. 1968, University of California, Los Angeles.
Jeffries, Vincent
(1968) Professor emeritus of Sociology. B.A. 1960, M.A. 1962, California State University, Northridge; Ph.D. 1968, University of California, Los Angeles.
Kwan, Kian M.
(1965) Professor emeritus of Sociology. B.A. 1952, Far Eastern University; M.A. 1954, Ph.D. 1958, University of California, Berkeley.
Plasek, John Wayne
(1968) Professor emeritus of Sociology. B.A. 1960, M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1967, University of California, Los Angeles.
Prather, Jane E.
(1969) Professor emerita of Sociology. B.A. 1962, M.A. 1964, University of Kansas; Ph.D. 1971, University of California, Berkeley.
Rich, Harvey E.
(1972) Professor emeritus of Sociology. B.S. 1965, Alfred University; M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1972, Purdue University.
Sneden, Lawrence
(1968) Professor emeritus of Sociology. B.A. 1960, M.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1968, Michigan State University.
Weinberg, Nathan
(1972) Professor emeritus of Sociology. A.B. 1966, University of California, Riverside; M.A. 1968, Ph.D. 1974, University of California, Davis.