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James K. Beggan, Professor
james.beggan@louisville.edu | 502-852-6069
Key Research Areas: gender and sexuality, decision-making, leadership and heroism
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Robert M. Carini, Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies
robert.carini@louisville.edu | 502-852-8030
Key Research Areas: leisure, sport, education
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Karen Christopher, Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
karen.christopher@louisville.edu | 502-852-8020
Key Research Areas: gender, family, work
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Kushan Dasgupta, Assistant Professor
kushan.dasgupta@louisville.edu | 502-852-8026
Key Research Areas: medical sociology, sociology of science, race and ethnicity
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Melanie J. Gast, Associate Professor
melanie.gast@louisville.edu | 502-852-8042
Key Research Areas: education, race, ethnicity
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Lauren Heberle, Professor & Department Chair
lauren.heberle@louisville.edu | 502-852-8043
Key Research Areas: urban sociology, environmental sociology
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Michal Kofman, Associate Professor
michal.kofman@louisville.edu | 502-852-8029
Key Research Areas: comparative/historical sociology, law and society
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Gul Marshall, Professor
gul.marshall@louisville.edu | 502-852-8027
Key Research Areas: gender, politics, social movements
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Deborah Potter, Associate Professor
deborah.potter@louisville.edu | 502-852-8093
Key Research Areas: medical sociology, mental health, social policy
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David Roelfs, Professor
david.roelfs@louisville.edu | 502-852-8038
Key Research Areas: statistics, organizations, economic sociology
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Himomi Taniguchi, Associate Professor
hiromi.taniguchi@louisville.edu | 502-852-8005
Key Research Areas: work/family interface, personal and social relationships
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Jasmine L. Whiteside, Assistant Professor
jasmine.whiteside@louisville.edu | 502-852-8014
Key Research Areas: work/family interface, personal and social relationships
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Anthony Hundley, IT Support Technician
anthony.hundley@louisville.edu | 502-852-8011
Nancy Price, Department Coordinator
nancy.price@louisville.edu | 502-852-6836
Jonetta Weber, Undergraduate Program Mentor & Graduate Program Advisor
Adjunct Faculty, Sociology & Sport Administration
Michael Littrell, Senior Lecturer
michael.littrell@louisville.edu
Maggie McCandless, Senior Lecturer
maggie.mccandless@louisville.edu
Angela Orend, Senior Lecturer
Allison Pruitt, Senior Lecturer
Sasha Belinova, Graduate Assistant
oleksandra.belinova@louisville.edu
Jon Ellis, Graduate Assistant
jonathan.ellis.1@louisville.edu
Jordan Gatewood, University Fellow
jordan.gatewood@louisville.edu
Millie Gyan, Graduate Assistant
Vannah Hatton, University Fellow
savannah.hatton@louisville.edu
Julian Miller, Graduate Assistant
Bhumika Nepal, Graduate Assistant
Arianna O'Beirne, Graduate Assistant
arianna.obeirne@louisville.edu
Kristin Sajadi, University Fellow
Em Stocker, Graduate Assistant

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