Faculty
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J. Gordon Arbuckle, Jr. • Assistant Professor
303e 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
Dr. Arbuckle's Web site |
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Monic Behnken • Lecturer
104 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-3779
mbehnken@iastate.edu
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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 |
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Terry Besser • Professor
204 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-6508, FAX: (515) 294-0592
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 |
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Sharon Bird • Associate 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Mary Emery • Adjunct Professor
107 Curtiss, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-2878
memery@iastate.edu
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Cornelia Flora • Distinguished Professor
317 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Andrew Hochstetler • Associate Professor
203D 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 |
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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 |
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Peter Korsching • Professor
216 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-8322, FAX: (515) 294-2303
pkorsch@iastate.edu
Research Interests:
• Changes and interrelationships of agriculture and rural communities and their continuing viability
• Application of human ecology theory for the explanation of changes in rural society.
Dr. Korsching's Web site |
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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 |
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Abdi Kusow • Associate Professor
118 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-3128, FAX: (515) 294-2303
kusow@iastate.edu
Dr. Kusow's web site
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Brian Monahan • Assistant Professor
203C East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-8379, FAX: (515) 294-2303
bmonahan@iastate.edu
Research Interests:
• Deviance, crime, mass media, and social problems
• Qualitative methodologies, such as content analysis and interviews
Dr. Monahan's Web site |
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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 |
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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 |
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Anastasia Prokos • Associate Professor
310 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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, the statistical study of families and households in terms of their formation, dissolution, and change over time
Dr. Stewart's Web site |
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Kathleen Waggoner • Adjunct Associate Professor
217E East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-1131, FAX: (515) 294-2303
kwaggone@iastate.edu
Dr. Wagonner's Web site |
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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. Well's Web site |
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