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Sociology

College of Behavioral and Social Science
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-6171)

Sociology
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-6384)

Andrew J. Dick, Assistant Professor, Sociology
PhD, Utah State University
Juvenile delinquency, crime/criminology, adolescence/youth, gangs, social problems, deviance
530-898-5076
ADick@csuchico.edu

Carol Edelman, Professor, Sociology 
PhD, University of Arizona 
Holocaust, genocide and mass persuasion 
530-898-6171
CEdelman@csuchico.edu

Liahna E. Gordon, Associate Professor, Sociology
PhD, Indiana University
Sociology of sexuality, conformity and resistance ("deviance") especially in regards to gender, femininities, body image, sexual orientation, GLBT communities
530-898-6040
LEGordon@csuchico.edu

Alan Jensen, Professor Emeritus, Sociology 
PhD, Washington State 
Indigenous religion, criminology, sociobiology, alcoholism research, power and wealth, interethnic contacts, general theory 
530-898-6384
AFJensen@csuchico.edu

Kathleen Kaiser, Professor, Sociology 
PhD, Duke University 
Deviance, sociology of sport, Sociology of sexuality, applied sociology internship program
Former Trustee, California State University 
530-898-6397
KKaiser@csuchico.edu

Gayle Kimball, Professor Emeritus, Sociology
Ph.D., University of CA, Santa Barbara
How to Create the Ideal Workplace, Sex Roles, Energy Tools for Stress Reduction and Achieving Your Goals
530 345-8118
GKimball@csuchico.edu


Janja Lalich, Associate Professor, Sociology
PhD, Fielding Graduate University
Cults, extremism (groups and ideologies), new religious movements, undue influence, coercive persuasion ("brainwashing"), sociology of family and work and family, unconventional therapies, abusive relationships
Book: "Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults"
530-898-5542
JLalich@csuchico.edu

Jerry Maneker, Professor Emeritus, Sociology 
PhD, New York University 
Deviant behavior, social theory
530-898-4244
JManeker@csuchico.edu

William Martin, Professor Emeritus, Sociology 
PhD, USC 
Gerontology, sociology of religion, family life, ethnic relations, methods and situations 
530-898-6384
wmartin@mail.csuchico.edu

Dan Pence, Assistant Professor, Sociology
PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder
Popular culture, gender (with and emphasis on men and masculinity), social inequality, including ethnicity and race relations
Book: "American Prejudice: With Liberty and Equality for Some" (Prestige Books, 1995)
530-899-8911
DPence@csuchico.edu

Julio Quinones, Professor Emeritus, Sociology 
PhD, University of Oregon 
Family, sociology of religion, computer applications 
530-898-6384
JQuinones@csuchico.edu

Walt Schafer, Professor Emeritus, Sociology 
PhD, University of Michigan 
Stress and stress management, population 
Book: "Stress Management for Wellness" 
530-898-6384
WSchafer@csuchico.edu

Cynthia Siemsen, Associate Professor, Sociology
PhD, University of California Santa Cruz
Gender, crime, and criminal justice; social psychology; emotional conflicts; social theory; sociology of law; world-systems analysis
Book: "(I) Emotional Trials: The Moral Dilemas of Women Criminal Defense Attorneys" (2004)
530-898-6200
CSiemsen@csuchico.edu

Tony Waters, Associate Professor, Sociology 
PhD, UC Davis 
migration, economic development and social change, refugees, east Africa, criminology 
Book: "Crime and Immigrant Youth" (Sage 1999) 
Book: "Bureaucratizing the Good Samaritan: The Limits of International Refugee Relief" (Westview 2001)
Book: " The Persistance of Subsistance Agriculture: Life Beneath the Level of the Marketplace" (Lexington 2006)
530-898-6384
TWaters@csuchico.edu 

Laurie Wermuth, Professor, Sociology 
PhD, UC Berkeley 
Political sociology, sociology of inequality and health, sociology of family 
Book:  "Global Inequality and Basic Human Needs:  Health and Illness in an Increasingly Unequal World" (Allyn and Bacon, 2003) 
530-898-5691
LWermuth@csuchico.edu

Moon Jee Yoo, Research Professor Emeritus, Sociology
PhD, UC Davis 
Asian-American studies, political economy of Pacific Rim countries, women international, Asian immigration world system perspective, multicultural and gender studies, sociology of women
530-898-6657

MJYoo@csuchico.edu

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