May 09, 2026  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Department of Sociology


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Kathryn Freeman Anderson. Professor of Sociology. B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.S., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona.
 
Amanda K. Baumle. Professor of Sociology.  B.A., Southwestern University; J.D., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
 
Stella Grigorian. Instructional Professor of Sociology.  B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Rice University.
 
Tracy Xavia Karner. Professor of Sociology.  B.S., University of California, Davis; M.A., Idaho State University; Ph.D., University of Kansas.
 
Sheila Katz. Associate Professor of Sociology. B.A., University of Georgia; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.
 
Samantha Kwan.  Associate Professor of Sociology.  B.A., University of Toronto; M.A., Carleton University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona.
 
Neema Langa. Assistant Professor of Sociology. B.A., University of Dar es Salaam; MBA, Mzumbe University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
 
Shayne Lee.  Associate Professor of Sociology.  B.A., Oral Roberts University; M.A., Regent University; M.A., Trinity International University, Ph.D., Northwestern University.
 
Maria A. Monserud. Associate Professor of Sociology.  B.A., St. Petersburg State University; M.A., University of Northern Iowa; Ph.D., Washington State University.
 
Steven M. Nelson. Associate Instructional Professor of Sociology. B.A., University of Chicago; J.D., The Ohio State University College of Law; M.S., University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of Arizona.
 
J. Carlee Purdum. Assistant Professor of Sociology. B.A., Baylor University; M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University
 
Pamela Quiroz. Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies and Professor of Sociology. B.A./B.S., Missouri Western State University; M.A., Iowa State University; PhD., University of Chicago.
 
Scott Savage. Professor of Sociology. B.A., Wake Forest; M.A., University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of Arizona.
 
Zelma Oyarvide Tuthill. Associate Professor of Sociology. B.A., Houston Baptist University; M.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., Rice University.