Murli Sinha

Office: 01-3149 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-2896
E-mail: mmsgss@rit.edu


Chair of International Studies and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Professor of Sociology. A.B. Bihar University (India); M.A. Patna University (India); M.A. in Sociology, City College of New York; Ph.D. in Sociology, Cornell University. Teaching and research specialties: globalization, family, sociology of health, technology transfer.

Uli Linke

Office: 01-3189 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-4389 or 442-1506
Email: uhlgss@ad.rit.edu


Coordinator of International Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Associate Professor of Anthropology. B.A. in Anthropology, Sociology, and International Studies, Macalester College, St. Paul; M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Teaching Areas: Cultural Anthropology, Mass Media, Global Cities, Bodies and Culture, Gender and Sexuality. Research specialties: political anthropology, gender and difference, cultural politics of memory, visual culture and violence, racism and nationalism, political anthropology of the body, political technology of the senses in modern states; Germany, Europe, United States.

 

Brian Barry

Office: 01-3153 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-2401
E-mail: bpbgss@rit.edu


Departments of Sociology/Anthropology and Psychology, Associate Professor of Sociology. B.A. in Sociology, St. John Fisher College; M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Science, Syracuse University. Teaching and research specialties: urban experience, death and dying.

Amitrajeet A. Batabyal

Office: 01-1345 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-2805
E-mail: aabgsh@rit.edu


Department of Economics, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics. B.S. Cornell University; M.S. University of Minnesota; Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. Teaching areas: Benefit-Cost Analysis, Intermediate Microeconomics, and International Trade and Finance. Research specialties: natural resource and environmental economics, development economics, international trade, and the interface of economics with biology, political science, and philosophy.

 

Richard Chu

Office: 06-3303 Liberal Arts
Phone: (585) 475-6172
E-Mail: rycgsh@rit.edu


Department of History, Professor. B.A. Taiwan University; M.A. University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. Columbia University. Teaching and research specialties: modern European history, history of China and Japan, Asian civilizations.

Charles D. Collins

Office: 06-1114 Liberal Arts
Phone: (585) 475-2590
E-mail: cdcgsh@rit.edu


Department of Fine Arts, Professor of Art History. A.B. Rutgers University; M.A. and Ph.D. University of Iowa. Teaching Areas: Asian art (India, Southeast Asia, China, Japan), Islamic art, American painting. Research specialties: Hindu iconography.

 

Thomas Cornell

Office: 01-3188 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-6029
E-Mail: tdcgsh@rit.edu


Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Associate Professor. B.A. Southwestern at Memphis; M.S. Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University. Teaching and research specialties: history of American technology, science, technology, and values.

Irene Coromina

Office: 01-3225 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-2414
E -mail: iscgsl@rit.edu


Foreign Language Department, Assistant Professor of Spanish. B.A. McGill University; M.A. and Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania. Teaching areas: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Spanish; Cultural Perspectives on the Tango; Women in the Hispanic World. Research areas: 19th- and 20th-century narratives by Spanish-American women; history of the Tango.

 

Kijana Crawford

Office: 01-3163 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-2943
E-mail: drcgss@rit.edu


Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Associate Professor of Sociology; Chair of the Minority Relations Concentration. M.S.W. Atlanta University; M.A. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Rochester, Doctor of Education from the University of Rochester. Teaching and research specialties: mentoring, women, work and culture, minority relations, African-American culture.

Paul H. Ferber

Office: 01-1334
Phone: (585) 475-2938
E-Mail: phfgss@rit.edu


Departments of Political Science and Science, Technology, and Society, Associate Professor. B.A. American University; M.Phil. and Ph.D. George Washington University. Teaching and research specialties: American politics, social consequences of technology.

 

Diane Forbes

Office: 01-3197
Phone: (585) 475-6765
E-mail: djfgsl@rit.edu


Department of Foreign Languages, Associate Professor of Spanish. B.A. State University of New York at Geneseo; M.A. and Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University. Teaching areas: Beginning Spanish 1, 2, 3; Intermediate Spanish 1, 2, 3; Spanish writing for Latino Students (Native Speakers); Independent Study in 20th-Century Short Story in Spanish; Coordinator of SILP Program in less-commonly taught languages (currently Russian, Arabic, Portuguese), Latin American culture, history and current events. Research specialties: modern Latin American poetry; modern American poetry; fiction; foreign language pedagogy.

Paul Grebinger

Office: 01-3151 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-6763
E-mail: pfggss@rit.edu


Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology. B.S. in Anthropology, Columbia University; Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Arizona. Teaching areas: Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of Religion, Cultures in Globalization, Sustainable Development. Research specialties: historical anthropology, horticulture, material culture, globalization, gender and work, popular culture in teaching, North America, Colombia.

 

Joseph Henning

Office: 06-3311 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-2451
E:mail: joseph.henning@rit.edu


Department of History, Associate Professor. B.A. Colorado College; M.I.A. (Master of International Affairs) Columbia University; Ph.D. American University. Teaching areas: U.S. History, U.S. Foreign Relations, 20th-Century American Diplomatic History. Research specialties: U.S.-Japanese relations.

Nabil Kaylani

Office: 06-3110 Liberal Arts
Phone: (585) 475-2467
E-Mail: nxkgsh@rit.edu


Department of History, Professor. B.A. American University of Beirut; M.A. and Ph.D. Clark University. Teaching and research specialties: Middle East.

 

Edward Kannyo

Office: 01-1338 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-4658
E-Mail: exkgsm@rit.edu


Department of Political Science, Associate Professor. B.A. Makerere University; M.Phil. and Ph.D. Yale University. Teaching and research specilties: international relations, African politics and government, Islam.

Glenn Kist

Office: 06-2217 Liberal Arts
Phone: (585) 475-2446
E-Mail: gjkgsh@rit.edu


Department of History, Professor and Deputy Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. A.B. and M.A. Xavier University; Ph.D. Loyola University of Chicago. Teaching and research specialties: Latin America, Mexico.

 

Christine Kray

Office: 01-3167 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-4686
E-mail: cakgss@rit.edu


Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Assistant Professor of Anthropology. B.A. in Anthropology, New Mexico State University; Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania. Teaching areas: Cultural Anthropology, Cultures of Latin America, Social Movements in the Global Economy, Immigrants in the U.S., City and Countryside. Research specialties: globalization, religion and evangelization, tourism, social movements, Latin America, Mexico.

Tina Lent

Office: 0 6-3303 Liberal Arts
Phone: (585) 475-2460
E -mail: tnlgsh@rit.edu


Chair of the Department of Fine Arts and the Program in Women's and Gender Studies, Associate Professor. B.A. and M.A. University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. University of Rochester. Teaching areas: American film history, women and the arts; women's studies. Research specialties: American film comedy, women in painting and film.

 

Elizabeth Matthews

Office: 01-1352 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-4410
E-Mail: egmgsm@rit.edu


Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor. B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. University of California at Los Angeles. Teaching areas: International Relations, American Foreign Policy, The Cold War and Beyond, and the Middle East Peace Process. Research specialties: American foreign policy, U.S.-Russian relations, and the Middle East

Spencer B. Meredith

Office: 01-1336 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-4767
E-Mail: sbmgsm@rit.edu


Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor. B.A. Swarthmore College; M.A.Villanova University; Ph.D. University of Virginia. Teaching areas: Introduction to International Relations, War and the State, Political Violence and Terrorism, Politics of Russia and the Newly Independent States, Comparative Politics in Latin America, Religion and International Politics, Geopolitics and the Environment. Research specialties: democratization, nuclear safety, religion and morality in international politics, regional studies.

 

William D. Middleton

Office: 01-3173 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-5756
E-mail: wdmgss@ad.rit.edu


Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Assistant Professor of Archaeology. B.A. in Anthropology, University of California, San Diego; M.A. in Anthropology, San Francisco State University; Ph.D. in Archaeology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Teaching areas: Cultural Anthropology, Introduction to Archaeology, Archaeological Science, Archaeology of Cities. Research specialties: complex societies, craft specialization, interregional exchange, early agriculture, archaeometry, archaeological chemistry, ethnoarchaeology, geoarchaeology-geomorphology, paleoecology, Mesoamerica, Central America, Andean Intermediate Area, Anatolia.

Robert J. Paradowski

Office: 01-3134 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-6950
E-mail: rxpgsh@rit.edu


Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Professor and Chair. B.S. Spring Hill College; M.A. Brandeis University; Ph.D. University of Wisconsin. Teaching and research specialties: science and technology values, history of science, social consequences of technology, makers of modern science.

 

Sandra Saari

Office: 06-2315 Liberal Arts
Phone: (585) 475-6793
E-mail: sesgsl@rit.edu


Department of Language and Literature, Professor of Literature. A.B. Carleton College; M.A. and Ph.D. Occidental College in conjunction with the Intercollegiate Program of Graduate Studies. Teaching areas: Film as Literature; Viking Myth and Saga; Ibsen: Family and Society; French Black African and French Caribbean Literature; French North African and French Canadian Literature; 20th-Century Latin American Literature. Research specialties: Henrik Ibsen, Francophone literatures and cultures, Latin American literature and culture, medieval Icelandic literature and culture.

Vincent Serravallo

Office: 01-3165 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-2433
E-mail: vssgsp@rit.edu


Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Associate Professor of Sociology. B.A. in Sociology, SUNY (Oswego); M.A. in Sociology, University of Kansas; Ph.D. in Sociology, CUNY Graduate School. Teaching and research specialties: foundations of sociology, sociology of work, social class, social change.

   

Danielle Smith

Office: 01-3155 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-4413
E-mail: dtsgla@rit.edu


Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Assistant Professor of Sociology. B.A. in English, Language and Literature, Dartmouth College; M.B.A. in Business Administration, Saint Martin's College (Washington); Ph.D. in Sociology, University of South Carolina . Teaching areas: Foundations of Sociology, Population and Society, Diversity in the City. Research specialties: economic sociology, entrepreneurship in African American communities, use of internet technologies among small businesses.

Wilma Wierenga

Office: 01-3223 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-6829
E-mail: wvwgsl@rit.edu


Department of Foreign Languages, Chair; Associate Professor of German. B.A. Calvin College; M.A. Middlebury College and Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz (Germany); M.S. University of Rochester. Teaching and research specialties: Foreign Language Pedagogy, Post-war German Literature, German Short Story, German Women's Literature, Berlin, Reunification, Dutch-Indonesian Literature.

 

Hiroko Yamashita

Office: 01-3233 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-6074
E-mail: hxygsl@rit.edu


Department of Foreign Languages, Associate Professor of Japanese. M.A. and Ph.D. Ohio State University. Teaching and research specialties: Japanese, Japanese linguistics (psycholinguistics, pragmatics, syntax), language pedagogy, second language acquisition, computer assisted language learning.

Jason Younker

Office: 01-3169 Eastman
Phone: (585) 475-5549
E-mail: jtygla@rit.edu


Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Assistant Professor of Anthropology. B.A. in Communications, Cameron University; M.Ed. in Talented and Gifted Education, Oklahoma City University; M.S. and Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Oregon. Teaching areas: Cultural Anthropology, Native North Americans; Native Americans in Film; Cultural Resource Management and Historic Preservation; Geographic Information System Applications in Urban and Community Studies. Research specialties: Native North Americans; culture change and identity, cultural resource management, geographic information systems, cultural informatics, ethnographic research methods.