Sociology and Criminal Justice

Graduate Council

University of Delaware

 

Meet Our Graduate Students


Dana Alvare                            

Teaching Assistant                                                                    dalvare@udel.edu    

Victor Argothy                                             

argothy@udel.edu

John Barnshaw                                       

University Fellowship                  

barnshaw@udel.edu                                                              

Website    Vita


Sociological Theory, Race/Class/Gender, Social Stratification/Inequality, Economic Sociology, Social Problems, Social Change and Collective Behavior/ Social Movements/ Disasters

Lauren Barsky

Research Assistant, Disaster Research Center

lbarsky@udel.edu

Jenifer Bianchi

jenifer@udel.edu

Emily Bonistall

Teaching Assistant

ejb@udel.edu


Sexual violence, violence against women, race, class, and gender

John Brent                            

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

jbrent@udel.edu     


Classical and contemporary theory, consumer culture and crime, popular culture, culture contexts of crime, criminal justice theory, late-modernity, and modern-day barbarism such as underground fighting.

Deeanna Button

Research Assistant, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies

dmbutton@udel.edu     

Jennifer Chambers

Teaching Assistant                                                                  

jjchambe@udel.edu     


Social movements, theory, activism

Melody Cotterill

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

cotteril@udel.edu     


Social movements, research methods

Nena Craven


ncraven@udel.edu     


Gender, feminism, sexuality, popular culture, and deviance

Kevin Daly

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

kevdaly@udel.edu     


Law and society, deviance

Katie Farina

Teaching Assistant                                                                  

kfarina@udel.edu


Domestic violence, victimology, fear of crime and situational crime prevention

Kimberly Gill

Research Assistant, Disaster Research Center

kgill@udel.edu     

Nicole Gonzalez

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

nmgonza@udel.edu     


Race and inequality, education

Jennifer Griffin

jgriffin@udel.edu     

Charles Green

Teaching Assistant                                                                   cmgreen@udel.edu     

Dan Howard

Research Assistant, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies

dhoward@udel.edu     


Drugs and alcohol, drug policy, at risk behaviors, race, class, gender

Kathleen Kelley

Research Assistant, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies

kdkelley@udel.edu     


Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Race, Class, and Gender, Research Methods, Criminology

Erin Kerrison

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

kerrison@udel.edu     


Socioeconomic Stratification, Gender and Crime, Correctional Institutions, Offender Reentry and Recidivism, Qualitative Methods

Ross Kleinstuber

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

rdk@udel.edu     

Jennifer Koester

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

jkoester@udel.edu     


Race, Class and Gender; Sociology of Religion; Political Sociology; Sociological Theory; Research Methods  

David Lane

Teaching Assistant                                       

dlane@udel.edu     


Deviance, complex organizations, collective behavior and social movements, and sociological epistemology

Sarah W. Leng

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

slw@udel.edu     


Work and Families; Urban Education and Inequalities; Race, Class and Gender; Program Evaluation; Social Theory

Lynn Letukas

University Fellowship                                                                   

lletukas@udel.edu     


Website    Vita


Sociological theory; race, class and gender; stratification and inequality; environmental sociology/environmental justice and sociology of disaster

terry glenn lilley

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

tgl@udel.edu     


Intersectionality, crime and media, and sociological theory

Jamie Longazel

Fellowship, American Bar Foundation                                                                 jlong@udel.edu     

Margaret Mahoney

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

margaret@udel.edu     

Laura Monico

Research Assistant, Disaster Research Center

lmonico@udel.edu     

Shelley Morris

Teaching Assistant                                                                    shelleym@udel.edu     

Brian Newby

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

bnewby@udel.edu    

Laurin Parker

Research Assistant, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies

laurinp@udel.edu    

Brian Pitt                                     

bpitt@udel.edu     


Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Methods of the Social Sciences; The History of the Rule of Law; History of Social Theory Austrian Economics; Intellectual Legacy of Max Weber; Economic Sociology

Margarita Poteyeva

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

ritap@udel.edu     

Kevin Ralston

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

kralston@udel.edu     


Race, gender, poverty, juvenile delinquency

Laura Rapp

Research Assistant, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies

lrapp@udel.edu     


Race, gender, sexual violence

Kelsey Rathcke

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

krathcke@udel.edu     


Juveniles, school diversion programs, prison

Jennifer Santos-Hernandez

Research Assistant, Disaster Research Center

jsantos@udel.edu     


Disasters, political sociology, race, class and gender, Latino sociology, development, social change, sociological theory, demography, environmental justice and GIS

Sherry Skaggs                                                                  

slskaggs@udel.edu     


Juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice system, drug and alcohol studies, methodology/statistics, and criminology

Nicole Smolter

Teaching Assistant                                                                    nsmolter@udel.edu  


Website  


Gender, crime, offender reentry and rehabilitation, probation, public policy, violence against women

Brian Chad Starks

University Fellowship                                                              

bcstarks@udel.edu


Criminology, law and society

Holly Swan

Research Assistant, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies

hswan@udel.edu     


Deviance, Social problems, Public Health, HIV/AIDS

Manual Torres

Research Assistant, Disaster Research Center

mrtorres@udel.edu     

Erin Walder

Graduate Assistant, Office of Equity and Inclusion

ewalder@udel.edu     


Gender, sexual violence, policy

Gabriela Wasileski

Research Assistant, Disaster Research Center

gwasi@udel.edu     

Heather Zaykowski

Teaching Assistant                                                                   

zheather@udel.edu    


Communities and crime; social disorganization; policing; reporting victimization; law & society; legal consciousness