Faculty & Staff
Listed below are the current faculty and staff for the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Kennesaw State University.
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Samuel Abaidoo
Samuel Abaidoo Professor of SociologyPosition:
Professor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-4473
Email: sabaidoo@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 5058
Areas of expertise: Technology and society, dark heritage studies, sociology of biotechnology -
Judy Allen
Judy Allen Senior Lecturer of SociologyPosition:
Senior Lecturer of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-2070
Email: jallen12@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4068
Areas of expertise: Minority student retention, Social inequality, Social Isolation of Minorities in Upscale Communities, Relationship Profiles, Adopt a Senior Bridge Building -
Tony Bailey
Tony Bailey Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: tbaile20@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Police Administration, Police in America -
Dawn Baunach
Dawn Baunach Interim associate dean for faculty/student development and strategic initiatives; Professor of SociologyPosition:
Interim associate dean for faculty/student development and strategic initiatives; Professor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-4258
Email: dbaunach@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4058
Areas of expertise: Sexualities and gender inequalities, work and occupations, health disparities, quantitative methodologies
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Jesse Benjamin
Jesse Benjamin Professor of International Conflict Management and SociologyPosition:
Professor of International Conflict Management and SociologyPhone: (470) 578-2067
Email: jbenjam2@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 3003B
Areas of expertise:
Pan-Africanism, decolonial theory, history of race, whiteness studies, epistemology, development -
Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: dbrown3@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Ideological/Group Violence and Law Enforcement, Information and Cyber Security -
James Bullock
James Bullock Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: jbulloc9@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Foundations of Criminal Justice, Police Administration -
Leann Cabage
Leann Cabage Lecturer of Criminal JusticePosition:
Lecturer of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-4734
Email: lcabage@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4059
Areas of expertise: policing, correctional programming, and inequalities -
Beverly Reece Churchwell
Beverly Reece Churchwell Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: breece11@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4067
Areas of expertise: Life-course criminology, desistance from crime, barriers to reentry, corrections, juvenile delinquency
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Jennifer Combs
Jennifer Combs Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: jcombs10@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Corrections, Criminal Investigation, Ethics in Criminal Justice -
Joel Crombez
Joel Crombez Assistant Professor of SociologyPosition:
Assistant Professor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: jcrombez@kennesaw.edu
Location: PS 141
Areas of expertise: critical, social, and sociological theory, political economy, mental health, technology
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Stan Crowder
Stan Crowder Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: scrowder@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4063
Areas of expertise:
Criminal investigations, serial offenders, victimology, criminal profiling, criminal justice ethics -
David DiBari
David DiBari Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: ddibari@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
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Sara Evans
Sara Evans Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: sevan120@kennesaw.edu
Location: PS 142
Areas of expertise: Neighborhoods and crime, public space, delinquency, scholarship of teaching and learning, high-impact practices
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Daniel Farr
Daniel Farr Senior Lecturer of Sociology, Internship Coordinator, SociologyPosition:
Senior Lecturer of Sociology, Internship Coordinator, SociologyPhone: (470) 578-7970
Email: dfarr4@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 5006
Areas of expertise:
Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ Studies, Queer Health, Media, Body Studies -
Peter Fenton
Peter Fenton Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice - Retired, teaching Part-timePosition:
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice - Retired, teaching Part-timePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: pfenton@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Policing, Organized Crime, Ethics in CJ, Criminal Procedure, Intro to CJ -
Ravi Ghadge
Ravi Ghadge Assistant Professor of Sociology, Sociology Program CoordinatorPosition:
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Sociology Program CoordinatorPhone: (470) 578-3725
Email: rghadge@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4076
Areas of expertise: Urban sociology, transnational sociology, agrarian crisis, racial emotions
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Alexandria Goldstein
Alexandria Goldstein Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: agoldst6@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
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Jon Gurney
Jon Gurney Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: jgurney@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Foundations of Criminal Justice, Criminal Investigation, Criminal Law and Procedure, Ethics in Criminal Justice -
Jenae Harris
Jenae Harris Lecturer of Criminal JusticePosition:
Lecturer of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: jharr635@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Criminal courts, Criminal law and criminal procedure, the American judicial system -
Rodney Hendrix
Rodney Hendrix Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: rhendr21@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Crimes and Defenses, Criminal Investigation
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Melanie Holland
Melanie Holland Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: mholla47@kennesaw.edu
Location: PS 144
Areas of expertise: Sentencing policies and theories, sentencing inequality, contextualization of disparate court outcomes
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Richard Hutchinson
Richard Hutchinson Senior Lecturer of SociologyPosition:
Senior Lecturer of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: rhutch13@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 5122
Areas of expertise: Social movements, social theory, environmental sociology, social stratification -
Laquanda Jackson
Laquanda Jackson Part-time Instructor of SociologyPosition:
Part-time Instructor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: ljack170@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Intro to Sociology, Social Problems -
Wendell Johnson
Wendell Johnson Lecturer of SociologyPosition:
Lecturer of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: wjohn129@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Ethnography, community-based health interventions, health disparities -
Leigh Keever
Leigh Keever Part-time Instructor of SociologyPosition:
Part-time Instructor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: lkeever@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Sociology of Gender, Sociology of Violence -
Steve Kish
Steve Kish Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: smk8041@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Foundations of Criminal Justice -
Carolee Larsen
Carolee Larsen Lecturer of SociologyPosition:
Lecturer of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-2365
Email: clarsen1@kennesaw.edu
Location: UC 120
Areas of expertise: Race/class/gender, classical and modern theory, qualitative methods, sociology of education -
Gang Lee
Gang Lee Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: glee18@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4072
Areas of expertise: Cybercrime, international criminology, comparative criminal justice, program evaluation
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Darina Lepadatu
Darina Lepadatu Professor of SociologyPosition:
Professor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6953
Email: dlepadat@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4064
Areas of expertise: organizations, occupations, and work, international conflict management, transnational migration, qualitative methods -
Tanja Link
Tanja Link Interim Assistant Chair, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Internship CoordinatorPosition:
Interim Assistant Chair, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Internship CoordinatorPhone: (470) 578-2292
Email: tlink1@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4066
Areas of expertise: Vulnerable populations, corrections and reentry, barriers to reentry, desistance from crime, juvenile delinquency, substance use -
Michael Logan
Michael Logan Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: mlogan21@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Violence, Violent Extremism, Criminal Organizations, Offender Decision-Making, Malevolent Creativity
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Lauren Lunk
Lauren Lunk Part-time Instructor of SociologyPosition:
Part-time Instructor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: clunk@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Sociology of Gender, Sociology of the Family, Social Problems, Professional Development for Sociology Students -
Gail Markle
Gail Markle Associate Professor of SociologyPosition:
Associate Professor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-2477
Email: gmarkle@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4071
Areas of expertise: Environmental sociology, Social inequality, Intersections of race, class, and gender
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James McCafferty
James McCafferty Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-7771
Email: jmccaff4@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4074
Areas of expertise: Risk assessment, juvenile corrections, community corrections, campus gun policies
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Jennifer McMahon
Jennifer McMahon Interim Chair of Sociology and Criminal Justice; Professor of Criminal Justice and SociologyPosition:
Interim Chair of Sociology and Criminal Justice; Professor of Criminal Justice and SociologyPhone: (470) 578-2643
Email: jmcmaho7@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4054
Areas of expertise: Victimization, violence prevention, sexual assault case processing, gun control, program evaluation
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Anita McMurtry
Anita McMurtry Part-time Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: amcmurt1@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Foundations of Criminal Justice, Police -
Cathia Moon
Cathia Moon Graduate Teaching AssistantPosition:
Graduate Teaching AssistantPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: cmoon21@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
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Barry Morgan
Barry Morgan Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: bmorga58@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Criminal Courts, Criminal Procedures, Crimes and Defenses -
Calvin Moss
Calvin Moss Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: cmoss38@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Police in America, Police Administration -
Bobette Otto
Bobette Otto Part-time Assistant Professor of SociologyPosition:
Part-time Assistant Professor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: botto@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Race and Ethnicity, Intro to Sociology, Social Problems -
Rebecca Petersen
Rebecca Petersen Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Associate Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-4732
Email: rpeterse@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4062
Areas of expertise: Juvenile justice, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, research methods -
Jennifermichele Petersen
Jennifermichele Petersen Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: jln0308@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Criminology, Victimology, Criminal Courts, Intro to CJ -
Kirstin Ralston-Coley
Kirstin Ralston-Coley Part-time Instructor of SociologyPosition:
Part-time Instructor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: kralsto4@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Alcohol, Drugs, and Society, Criminology, Sociology of Violence, Introduction to Sociology -
Joseph Rush
Joseph Rush Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: jrush20@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Criminology, Intro to Sociology, Medical Sociology -
Phyllis Russell
Phyllis Russell Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: prussel6@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Criminal Courts, Criminal Procedures, Crimes and Defenses, Foundation of Criminal Justice -
Heidi Scherer
Heidi Scherer Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Program CoordinatorPosition:
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Program CoordinatorPhone: (470) 578-2894
Email: hscherer@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4065
Areas of expertise: Criminology, victimology, campus safety, sexual violence -
Shari Sheridan
Shari Sheridan Program Coordinator -
Gary Shoats
Gary Shoats Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: gshoats@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Foundation of Criminal Justice, Police in America -
Kathryn Siggelko
Kathryn Siggelko Administrative AssistantPosition:
Administrative AssistantPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: ksiggelk@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
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Jacqueline Smith
Jacqueline Smith Part-time Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: jsmit569@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Criminal Procedure, Criminal Investigation, Juvenile Justice, Corrections -
Brian Starks
Brian Starks Associate Professor of SociologyPosition:
Associate Professor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6710
Email: bstarks3@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 3003E
Areas of expertise: Religion and Politics, Catholic Identity, Campus Ministry and Young Adults -
Frank Starosto
Frank Starosto Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: fstarost@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Criminal Courts, Criminal Procedures, Crimes and Defenses, Foundations of Criminal Justice -
Cristina Stephens
Cristina Stephens Associate Professor of SociologyPosition:
Associate Professor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: cstep123@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 5093
Areas of expertise: Immigration, acculturation, impact on health, family and quality of life -
Evelina Sterling
Evelina Sterling Associate Professor of SociologyPosition:
Associate Professor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-2268
Email: esterlin@kennesaw.edu
Location: KH 3407
Areas of expertise: Health disparities, sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, mental health, chronic conditions -
Richard Stringer
Richard Stringer Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Assistant Professor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: rstring7@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4051A
Areas of expertise: Drug and alcohol policy,policing, advanced quantitative methods
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Taura Taylor
Taura Taylor Part-time Assistant Professor of SociologyPosition:
Part-time Assistant Professor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: ttayl156@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Introduction to Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Sociology of Gender, Social Class, Social Change -
Christopher Totten
Christopher Totten Director, MSCJ Program; Professor of Criminal Justice (Law)Position:
Director, MSCJ Program; Professor of Criminal Justice (Law)Phone: (470) 578-4413
Email: ctotten@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4069
Areas of expertise: Criminal Law and Procedure, Criminal Law and Society, International Criminal Law -
Linda Treiber
Linda Treiber Professor of SociologyPosition:
Professor of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-2279
Email: ltreiber@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4070
Areas of expertise: Medical Sociology, Nursing, Social Determinants of Health, Work/Organizations Gender
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Todd Vande Zande
Todd Vande Zande Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: tav6723@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Technology & Cyber Crime, Police in America, Police Administration, Juvenile Justice -
Bess Walthour
Bess Walthour Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePosition:
Part-time Instructor of Criminal JusticePhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: bwaltho2@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4055
Areas of expertise: Criminal Courts, Criminal Procedures, Crimes and Defenses -
William White
William White Lecturer of SociologyPosition:
Lecturer of SociologyPhone: (470) 578-6739
Email: wwhite61@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 5122
Areas of expertise: Racial Identity, Housing Discrimination, Neighborhood Redevelopment, Education (Sociology of Knowledge), and Motorcycle Clubs -
Kenneth White
Kenneth White Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Political SciencePosition:
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Political SciencePhone: (470) 578-2928
Email: kwhite88@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 5085
Areas of expertise: Constitutional law, political theory, criminal procedure and ethics