Faculty

Michael S. Barton

Associate Professor of Sociology
PhD, University at Albany, State University of New York
Office: 139 Stubbs Hall
Email: mbarto3@lsu.edu

Specializations: Criminology; urban sociology; gentrification & neighborhood change

Michelle Barton

Program Director for the BA in Sociology for LSU Online
Instructor of Sociology
PhD, University at Albany, State University of New York
Office: 11 Stubbs Hall
Email: michellebarton@lsu.edu

Specializations: Families; aging

Sarah Becker

Director of CCELL (Center for Community Engagement, Learning, & Leadership)
Associate Professor of Sociology
Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies
PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Office: 141 Stubbs Hall
Email: sbecker@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-7243
Specializations: Intersectionality; criminology; ethnography; communities

Dana Berkowitz

Associate Professor of Sociology
Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies
PhD, University of Florida
Office: 133 Stubbs Hall
Email: dberk@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-2619
Specializations: Gender; bodies; sexualities; qualitative methods; feminist & social theory

Troy C. Blanchard

Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor of Sociology
PhD, Louisiana State University
Office: 132 Hodges Hall
Email: troy@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-8273
Specializations: Social inequality; social demography; applied sociology

Nikita Carney

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Office: 10B Stubbs Hall
Email: ncarney@lsu.edu

Specializations: Race; gender; migration; ethnography

Chantel Chauvin

Instructor of Sociology
PhD, Louisiana State University
Office: 137 Stubbs Hall
Email: cdufre3@lsu.edu

Specializations: Violent crime, delinquency, gender & crime, gun violence

Skylar C. Gremillion

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Senior Instructor of Sociology
PhD, Louisiana State University
Office: 110 Stubbs Hall
Email: sgremi3@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-1117
Specializations: Gender; law; inequality; online communications

Yoshinori Kamo

Department Chair
Professor of Sociology
PhD, University of Washington
Office: 114 Stubbs Hall
Email: kamo@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-5353
Specializations: Work & family; social inequality; psychological well-being

Rhiannon A. Kroeger

Associate Professor of Sociology
PhD, Ohio State University
Office: 108 Stubbs Hall
Email: rkroeger@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-3898
Specializations: Health & Illness; family demography; quantitative methods

Matthew R. Lee

Interim Executive Vice President & Provost 
Professor of Sociology
PhD, Louisiana State University
Office: 156 Thomas Boyd Hall
Email: mlee@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-1786
Specializations: Criminology; public health; community resilience

Heather A. O’Connell

Assistant Professor of Sociology
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Office: 20 Stubbs Hall
Email: hoconnell@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-4032
Specializations: Race & ethnicity; social stratification; spatial demography

Heather M. Rackin

Associate Professor of Sociology
PhD, Duke University
Office: 125 Stubbs Hall
Email: hrackin@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-5123
Specializations: Family formation & fertility; social inequality; social demography

Mark J. Schafer

Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor of Sociology
Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
PhD, Indiana University
Office: 215 Martin Woodin Hall
Email: mschaf1@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-5357
Specializations: Sociology of education; comparative & global sociology; social inequality; rural sociology

Edward S. Shihadeh

Professor of Sociology
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Office: 107 Stubbs Hall
Email: edsoc@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-1635
Specializations: Criminology; urban sociology; race, ethnicity & immigration

Wesley M. Shrum, Jr.

Professor of Sociology
PhD, Princeton University
Office: 105B Stubbs Hall
Email: shrum@lsu.edu

Specializations: Technology (e.g., video, internet, mobile communication); Africa/Asia

Tim Slack

Professor of Sociology
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Office: 104A Stubbs Hall
Email: slack@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-1116
Specializations: Social stratification & poverty; community & environment; social demography; rural sociology

Kevin T. Smiley

Assistant Professor of Sociology
PhD, Rice University
Office: 110A Stubbs Hall
Email: ksmiley@lsu.edu
Phone:
Specializations: Environmental Sociology; community and urban sociology; disasters; health; race; immigration; social capital

Ginger Stevenson

Senior Instructor of Sociology
PhD, Louisiana State University
Office: 119 Stubbs Hall
Email: gsteven@lsu.edu

Specializations: Criminology; interpersonal violence; deviance

Samuel Stroope

Associate Professor of Sociology
PhD, Baylor University
Office: 105A Stubbs Hall
Email: sstroope@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-0188
Specializations: Health inequalities; medical sociology; religion

William F. Tate IV

LSU President
Professor of Sociology
PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
Office: 3810 West Lakeshore Drive
Email: drichards@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-2111 
Specializations: Sociology of education; stratification; geospatial science; public health; urban sociology

Danielle J. Thomas

Instructor of Sociology
PhD, Louisiana State University
Office: 10 Stubbs Hall
Email: dthom68@lsu.edu

Specializations: Race & ethnicity; community development; sports

Jose Torres

Assistant Professor of Sociology
PhD, Virginia Tech
Office: 117 Stubbs Hall
Email: jtorres@lsu.edu
Phone: 757-581-3375
Specializations: Criminology; social control; race & ethnicity; policing

Matthew Valasik

Associate Professor of Sociology
PhD, University of California, Irvine
Office: 17B Stubbs Hall
Email: mvalasik@lsu.edu

Specializations: Criminology; gangs; alt-right; white power movement; policing; spatial analysis; social networks

Mark H. Walker

Assistant Professor of Sociology
PhD, University of Iowa
Office: 18 Stubbs Hall
Email: mwalk67@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-1114
Specializations: Social psychology; social networks; self & identity; mental health

Frederick Weil

Associate Professor of Sociology
PhD, Harvard University
Office: 17C Stubbs Hall
Email: fweil@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-1140
Specializations: Political sociology; comparative-historical; community & urban; disasters; poverty & grassroots mentoring; survey research; photo/video ethnography; geospatial analysis