JASON L. CUMMINGS, Ph.D. Indiana University-Bloomington, is Research Associate, jointly appointed with the African-American Studies program. His research traverses the areas of medical sociology, mental health, race & ethnicity, gender and stratification. More specifically, his scholarly interests center on the origin, causes and dynamics of racial and gender disparities in health and well-being.

307 Sloan  - jcumming[at]mailbox.sc.edu

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MATHIEU DEFLEM, Ph.D. University of Colorado (1996), is Professor. His research areas include sociology of law, terrorism, popular culture, and sociological theory. His most recent research deals with the culture of fame, the policing of terrorism, the sociology of law, international policing, and the sociological profession. He teaches courses on social control, sociology of law, fame and popular culture, terrorism, and contemporary sociological theory. 

217 Sloan  - deflem[at]sc.edu  

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BArry Markovsky, Ph.D. Stanford University (1983), is Professor of Sociology. His research interests include group processes, social psychology, social networks, methods of theory construction, experimental research, and computer simulations. Currently he is engaged in research on social networks, group solidarity, beliefs in paranormal phenomena, and applying complexity theory to social processes. He teaches courses in group processes, paranormal beliefs, and theory construction.

322 Sloan - barry[at]sc.edu 

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PATRICK NOLAN, Ph.D. Temple University (1978),  is Professor of Sociology. He has published on macro-sociology, stratification and ecological- evolutionary theory, and is co-author of several editions of Human Societies. He teaches on social theory, structural sociology, and sociology of science. His most recent research and publications have focused on explanations of the incidence of warfare in pre-industrial societies, the continuing impact of societies' techno-economic heritage on current trajectories of development, and the pitfalls of advertently or inadvertently teaching "benign lies" in introductory sociology.

304 Sloan - pnolan[at]sc.edu 

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JIMY M. SANDERS, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara (1984), is Professor of Sociology. He conducts research in the areas of immigration and minority groups, with a focus on socio-economic stratification and mobility. His primary interest is in the processes through which immigrants become engaged in the labor market of their host society. More broadly, he is interested in how global changes in investment practices, labor-demand and migration, and the organization of production affect socio-economic stratification and mobility.

216 Sloan - jimsand[at]sc.edu 

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BRENT T. SIMPSON, PhD. Cornell University (2001), is Professor of Sociology. His primary research interests include social psychology and various forms of pro-social behavior (such as altruism, trust, generosity, and cooperation). His research addresses questions such as: what are the antecedents and consequences of altruism? What conditions give rise to social order and under what conditions does social order break down? He teaches courses in altruism and aggression, pro-social behavior, social psychology, and introduction to sociology.  

319 Sloan - bts[at]sc.edu 

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SHELLEY A. SMITH, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison (1986), is Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the Department. She has interests in socioeconomic inequality and stratification. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in these areas. She also teaches undergraduate courses in statistics, introductory sociology, and social structures. Her research currently focuses on industrial changes as they affect employment among urban and rural workers and the elderly, and on racial and ethnic differences in household income inequality since the 1970s.

308 Sloan - smithsa[at]mailbox.sc.edu  

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LALA C. STEELMAN, Ph.D. Emory University (1986), is Professor of Sociology. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Emory University. For the most part she teaches courses that focus on the family and education. Her teaching interests are also reflected in the research agenda she has pursued. She has spent most of her career trying to understand the effects of the family on the developing child with a special emphasis on the impact of siblings.

218 Sloan - (803) 777 6988 - steelman[at]sc.edu 

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IRENA STEPANIKOVA, Ph.D. Stanford University (2006), is Assistant Professor. Her work deals with racial and ethnic bias in medical decision-making. Her areas of specialization include Race/Ethnicity, Social Psychology, Medical Sociology, and Quantitative Methods.  She teaches courses in the sociology of medicine and health as well as introductory sociology. 

307 Sloan - irena[at]sc.edu

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SHANE R. THYE, Ph.D. University of Iowa (1997), is Professor. He earned a bachelor’s degree in experimental psychology from the University of Iowa where he also received his PhD. He is interested in a broad array of group processes and quantitative research techniques. He is currently conducting research on commitment in exchange networks, power from status in bargaining relations, status organizing processes, and collective action in social traps. He is also interested in the development and spread of 'paranormal' beliefs.

309 Sloan - srthye[at]sc.edu

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DAVID WILLER, Ph.D. Purdue University (1964), is Professor of Sociology. He focuses his research on the structural determinants of power, exploitation, and domination. His research extends the scope of Elementary Theory of Social Structures to new power conditions and tests those extensions. Recent experimental research finds the benefits gained by gatekeepers, the effect of coalition formation on power structures, and relations between power and influence.

220 Sloan - dwiller[at]sc.edu 

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ANDREW BILLINGSLEY, Ph.D. Brandeis University (1964), is Distinguished Professor Emeritus. 

PAUL C. HIGGINS, Ph.D. Northwestern University (1977), is Distinguished Professor Emeritus.

306 Sloan - paulhiggins[at]sc.edu  

RONALD MARIS is Distinguished Professor Emeritus.

305 Sloan - maris@sc.edu  

EUI-HANG (KEN) SHIN, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania (1971), is Distinguished Professor Emeritus.    

Thomas E. SMITH is Distinguished Professor Emeritus.    

ROBERT L STEWART is Distinguished Professor Emeritus.   

CHARLES W. TUCKER is Professor Emeritus.