Faculty
Jeremy Allen
Assistant Lecturer
Office: Faner 3396
Email: jeremy.allen@siu.edu
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Jeremy Allen (he/him/his) is a PhD candidate and Saluki alum, with a Master’s in Public Administration, and a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Southern Illinois University. His research interests include systemic racism, crime, social control, and public policy.
Robert T. Frase
Assistant Professor
Office: Faner 3527
Email: Robert.frase@siu.edu
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Robert T. Frase (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Anthropology, Political Science, and Sociology. He received his PhD and MS degrees in Sociology from Purdue University and a BA (Summa Cum Laude) in Sociology from the University of Akron. His research interests include health inequalities, ...read full profile >>
Brittany Leach
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary (Political Science & Sociology)
Office: Faner 3436
Phone: (618) 453-7633
Email: brittany.leach@siu.edu
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Brittany R. Leach is an Assistant Professor in the School of Anthropology, Political Science, and Sociology. She received a PhD in Political Theory with a secondary concentration in Comparative Politics from the University of Virginia (UVA) and an MA in Political Science & International Affairs from the ...read full profile >>
Jean-Pierre (J.-P.) Reed
Professor
J.-P. Reed received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He joined Sociology at SIU in 2009. The main thrust of Dr. Reed’s scholarship is focused on understanding revolutionary/political agency, much of it centered on subjective factors: political emotions, popular culture/ideology ...read full profile >>
Darren Sherkat
Professor
Darren Sherkat received his PhD in sociology from Duke University in 1991, and earned a BA in Sociology from the University of Tulsa. He is author of 2 books, an edited volume, over 60 peer-reviewed articles, and dozens of book chapters and book reviews. Before coming to SIU in 2001, he was an Associate Professor ...read full profile >>
D. Kyle Sutherland
Assistant Professor
Office: Faner 3523
Email: david.sutherland@siu.edu
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David Kyle Sutherland is an Assistant Professor in the School of Anthropology, Political Science, and Sociology. Dr. Sutherland received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of British Columbia. He also holds a Master’s in Criminology from Simon Fraser University and a BA (Hons.) in Criminology ...read full profile >>
Rachel B. Whaley
Associate Professor, Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Dr. Whaley's research and teaching interests are in the sociology of gender and criminology and the intersection of the two subfields. Past research has examined the macro-level correlates of rape and female homicide victimization using data on US cities and micro-level correlates of adolescent substance use. ...read full profile >>
Chris Wienke
Associate Professor
Dr. Wienke joined Sociology in Fall 2008. His work is primarily in the areas of mental health, family, gender, and sexuality. CURRENT RESEARCH As a result of various demographic and cultural trends, Americans are experiencing increasingly complex sequences of marital and non-martial transitions over their ...read full profile >>