Sociology Faculty and Staff Jennifer Clifford Job Title Administrative Assistant Lippman Hall 212/221 Phone (518) 388-6292 clifforj@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, Economics David A. Cotter Job Title Professor of Sociology Director of Faculty Development Lippman Hall 225 Phone (518) 388-6457 cotterd@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, American Studies, Academic Affairs B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland Melinda A. Goldner Job Title Professor of Sociology Chair of the Department of Sociology Lippman Hall 217 Phone (518) 388-6725/6292 goldnerm@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, SMTC B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Washington State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University Deidre Hill Butler Job Title Associate Professor of Sociology Lippman Hall 206 Phone (518) 388-8070 butlerd@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, Africana Studies, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, Campus Diversity & Inclusion B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., Clark University Ilene M. Kaplan Job Title Joseph C. Driscoll Professor of Sociology & Marine Policy Lippman Hall 214 Phone (518) 388-6230 kaplani@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, ESPE B.S., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University Rosemary Patterson, LMSW Job Title Visiting Assistant Professor Lippman Hall 205 Phone (518) 388-6727 pattersr@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology Areas of expertise: Medical Social Work and Trauma B.S., The College of Saint Rose; M.S.W., The University at Albany; Ph.D., Tulane University (2023 Anticipated) Timothy P. Stablein Job Title Associate Professor of Sociology Lippman Hall 216 Phone (518) 388-6712 stableit@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, American Studies B.S., Bridgewater State College; M.A., University of Massachusetts Boston; Ph.D., University of Connecticut Lippman Hall 212 (518) 388-6292 Fax: (518) 388-6721 socchair@union.edu
