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J. M. Bacon (Jules) Assistant Professor Offices, Departments, or Centers: Sociology, Environmental Studies J. M. Bacon is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department specializing in environmental sociology. Dr. Bacon’s research explores the relationship between culture, identity, and eco...

Olga M. Correa (she/her/ella) studies educational policy. Her research and teaching examines how race, ethnicity, and class impact educational opportunities for historically marginalized communities. Dr. Correa collaborates with educators, school administrators, and families to better understand the...

Ashley Crooks-Allen (They/Them) is the incoming Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Sociology department at ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ College.They were the 2022-2024 Dubois-Mandela Rodney / Anti-Racism Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan. They obtained their PhD from the University of...

Susan Ferguson (she/her) is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment at ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ College, where she has taught for over 30 years. Ferguson regularly teaches Introduction to Sociology, and her critically acclaimed anthology, Mapping the Social Landscape...

Aaron Foote is an urban/environmental sociologist and activist from Flint, Michigan. His research examines the policy, practices, and actors, that carried out a neocolonial project in southeast Michigan to strip water rights away from the City of Detroit, which would go on to create the Flint Water...

Sara Francisco received her dual-title Ph.D. in sociology and Social Data Analytics from the Pennsylvania State University. Her research and teaching interests include studying identity, health, and quantitative methods. Her research often uses a myriad of quantitative methods to explore and extract...

Ross Haenfler is Professor of Sociology at ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ College where he teaches Social Movements, Deviance and Social Control, Sociological Theory, Men and Masculinities, and introductory sociology courses. He loves teaching and tries to teach classes that create possibilities for students to live more...

My academic interests currently focus on the organizational analysis of nonprofit organizations. In the past, I have served as ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ College's coordinator of the American Sociological Association's Minority Opportunities through School Transformation Program, as a member of the college's...

Lara Janson (’05) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ College. A sociologist specializing in gender, sexuality, law, education, and qualitative/mixed research methods, she is interested in researching and teaching about intersections of inequality. Dr. Janson enjoys...

Şehrazat’s research and teaching focus on power and social change. Her primary research examines social mobilization during democratic backsliding, while her second research agenda examines exclusion in transnational knowledge production, including within academia. Currently, she is working on a...

I’m a retired faculty member with a continuing research interest in Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) as a lens for understanding sociology. PCT provides an alternative view of human psychology that takes into account the feedback effects of our own actions on our perceptions of the world around us...

Sharon Quinsaat is a scholar of social movements and migration and currently Associate Professor of Sociology at ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ College. She has conducted research using both qualitative and quantitative methods and published on a wide range of topics, including migrant conservatism, diaspora formation...

Words of Appreciation She is an internationally renowned Diversity Trainer/Consultant, an Associate Professor of American Studies and Sociology at ¹û¶³ÊÓƵ College, and an award-winning writer. Kesho was a founding member of International Capacity Building Services, a cultural competency training...

I was born and grew up in Germany as an Army brat. I spent most of my childhood there, but after traveling the U.S., I consider Colorado my home. I received my B.A. from the University of Augusta, in Georgia while my dad was stationed at Fort Gordon. I moved to Colorado and received my Ph.D. from...