Stephen C. Ainlay
18th President of Union College & Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1981
Research areas: sociology of religion, aging, blindness |
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Office: Armand V. and Douglas S. Feigenbaum Hall
Extension: 6101
Email: president@union.edu
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Ilene M. Kaplan
Joseph C. Driscoll Professor of Sociology & Marine Policy
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1980
Teaching areas: family; personality; gender roles; community; mass media; marine sociology; environmental studies. Research: socioeconomic & gender roles in fishing communities; maritime policy |
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Office: On sabbatical, Fall 2011
Extension: 6230
Email: kaplani@union.edu
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David A. Cotter, Department Chair
Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1996
Methods of social research; community; stratification |
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Office: Lippman 225
Extension: 6457
Email: cotterd@union.edu
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Melinda A. Goldner
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1998
Medical sociology; public health; social movements; race, class & gender |
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Office: Lippman 217
Extension: 6725
Email: goldnerm@union.edu
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Deidre Hill-Butler
Associate Professor; Director, Africana Studies Program
Ph.D., Clark University, 2002
Sociology of African American Sociology, Political Sociology and American Family |
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Office: Lippman 206
Extension: 8070
Email: butlerd@union.edu
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Janet P. Grigsby
Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., Yale University, 1983
Sexuality, reproductive issues & women's health; demography; sociology of disaster; communities and the environment; social policy & social problems |
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Office: Lippman 205
Extension: 8023
Email: grigsbyj@union.edu
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Linda G. Relyea
Lecturer
M.S.W., SUNY-Albany, 1992
Aging; domestic violence; social work; social problems & social policy; food & nutrition |
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Office: Lippman 210
Extension: 6751
Email: relyeal@union.edu
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Linda K. Mertz
Visiting Assistant Professor
MSW, Boston College, 1990
Teaching Intro to Social Work and Human Services, Aging, & Deviance.
Interests: Aging, Mental Health, Social Work Practice, Social Policy and Women’s Issues.
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Office: Lippman 210
Extension: 7183
Email: mertzl@union.edu
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