Faculty - Department of Sociology

J. Gordon Arbuckle, Jr. • Assistant Professor

303c East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-1497, FAX: (515) 294-2303
arbuckle@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Sociology of agriculture and the environment
• Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll

Carmen Bain • Assistant Professor

308 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-9895, FAX: (515) 294-2303
cbain@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Political economy of global agrifood systems
• Gender and international development
• Social dimensions of the bioeconomy

Dr. Bain's Web site

Monic Behnken • Assistant Professor

203c East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-8379
mbehnken@iastate.edu

Terry Besser • Professor

217B East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-9283, FAX: (515) 294-2303
tbesser@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Research efforts have been directed toward studying organizations, work, and the relationship between businesses and communities.

Dr. Besser's Web site

Sharon Bird • Professor

217B East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-9283, FAX: (515) 294-2303
sbird@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Inequality and paid labor
• Gendered organizations, the sex gap in small businesses success

Dr. Bird's Web site

Jeff Brinkley • Lecturer

brink864@iastate.edu

Matthew DeLisi • Professor

203A East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-8008, FAX: (515) 294-2303
delisi@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Habitual criminal offending, career criminals, and self-control theory

Dr. DeLisi's Web site

Betty Dobratz • Professor

218 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-2033, FAX: (515) 294-2303
bdobratz@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Political sociology, social organization and social stratification

Dr. Dobratz's Web site

Teresa Downing-Matibag • Assistant Professor

217D East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-2493, FAX: (515) 294-2303
tdowning@iastate.edu

Dr. Downing-Matibag's Web site

Cornelia Flora • Distinguished Professor

315 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-1329, FAX: (515) 294-3180
cflora@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• International and domestic development
• Sociology of science and technology, particularly as related to agriculture and participatory change

Dr. Flora's Web site

Jan Flora • Professor

317D East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-4295, FAX: (515) 294-2303
floraj@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• The role of social capital in rural U.S. communities
• The impact of Confinement Animal Feeding Operations on natural, human, social, cultural, and financial capitals
• Self sufficiency wages and the working poor in rural Iowa

Dr. Flora's Web site

Wendy Harrod • Associate Professor

220 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-9898, FAX: (515) 294-2303
wharrod@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Group dynamics
• Social pathology
• Social problems

Dr. Harrod's Web site

Andrew Hochstetler • Associate Professor

203B East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-2841, FAX: (515) 294-2303
hochstet@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Criminology and political economy
• Relationship between the economy, crime and state-imposed punishment

Dr. Hochstetler's Web site

Gloria Jones Johnson • Professor

202 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-2947, FAX: (515) 294-2303
gjj@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Self-employment and the contingent work force

Dr. Jones Johnson's Web site

Christopher Kast • Lecturer

421 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
cjkast@iastate.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Daniel Krier • Associate Professor

4 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-7013, FAX: (515) 294-2303
krier@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Research bridges the interdisciplinary areas bounded by sociology, economics and business
• Theories, organizations and social change

Dr. Krier's Web site

Abdi Kusow • Associate Professor

216 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-3128, FAX: (515) 294-2303
kusow@iastate.edu

Dr. Kusow's web site

Paul Lasley • Professor and Department Chair

103 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-0937, FAX: (515) 294-0592
plasley@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Organization of U.S. agriculture and how changes in agriculture affect rural communities
• Co-investigator of the Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll
• Rural development, community development, sustainable agriculture, and leadership in agriculture.

Dr. Lasley's Web site

Marta Maldonado • Assistant Professor

312 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-0793, FAX: (515) 294-2303
mmaldona@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Political economy, the sociology of inequality
• Dynamics within Latino/a populations in rural Iowa, and Latino/a perspectives and experiences regarding community integration

Dr. Maldonado's Web site

Robert Mazur • Professor

302 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-9286, FAX: (515) 294-2303
rmazur@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Innovation and diversification in rural livelihood strategies, and linkages among livelihood activities, food security, and health

Dr. Mazur's Web site

Lois Wright Morton • Professor

317C East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-2843, FAX: (515) 294-2303
lwmorton@iastate.edu
Research Interests:
• Civic structure, human dimensions of natural resource management, community based watershed management, farmer decision making and rural quality of life

Dr. Wright Morton's Web site

David Peters • Assistant Professor

304 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-1122, FAX: (515) 294-2303
dpeters@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Poverty and inequality
• Economic and workforce development
• Quantitative and spatial methods

Dr. Peters' Web site

Anastasia Prokos • Associate Professor

217A East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-0515, FAX: (515) 294-2303
aprokos@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Social inequality, emphasizing gendered inequalities in employment and the work/family interface
• Examinations of work-hour preference, family structure and economic well-being, and gender inequality in science and technology occupations.

Dr. Prokos's Web site

Rick Reger • Lecturer

316 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-1900
rreger@iastate.edu

Stephen Sapp • Professor

320 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-1403, FAX: (515) 294-2303
ssapp@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Consumer attitudes about food safety and nutrition and consumer acceptance of agricultural technologies
• Social psychology, risk analysis, and methods/statistics

Dr. Sapp's Web site

David Schweingruber • Associate Professor

318 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-4079, FAX: (515) 294-2303
dschwein@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Cultural and cognitive premises that guide social behavior in a variety of social settings, including formal organizations, social movements and political demonstrations

Dr. Schweingruber's Web site

Susan Stewart • Associate Professor

102 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-5912, FAX: (515) 294-2303
stewarts@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Family Demography
• Gender
• Parenting
• Child and Adult Well-Being

Dr. Stewart's Web site

Kathleen Waggoner • Adjunct Associate Professor

559 Ross, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-1131, FAX: (515) 294-2303
kwaggone@iastate.edu

Dr. Wagonner's Web site

Betty Wells • Professor

303D East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-1104, FAX: (515) 294-0592
bwells@iastate.edu

Research Interests:
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension

Dr. Wells' Web site