Faculty

   Dr. Brian Barry                                      

 Sociology and Psychology
  phone: (585) 475-2401
  email: bpbgss@rit.edu
  office: 3153 George Eastman

Education:
B.A. in Sociology – St. John Fisher College
M.A. in Social Science – Syracuse University
Ph.D. in Social Science – Syracuse University 

Scholarly Interests:
urban experience, death and dying

Dr. Kijana Crawford                                         

 
 Sociology
  phone: (585) 475-2943
  email: drcgss@rit.edu
  office: 3163 George Eastman

Education:
B.A. in Sociology – Tougaloo College (Mississippi)
M.S. in Social Work – Atlanta University (Georgia)
M.A. in Higher Education Administration – University of Rochester
Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration – University of Rochester

Scholarly Interests:
women's issues, multicultural society, mentoring, African American females in higher education

Dr. Paul Grebinger 

 Anthropology
  phone: (585) 475-6763
  email: pfggss@rit.edu
  office: 3151 George Eastman

Education:
B.S. in Anthropology – Columbia University
Ph.D. in Anthropology – University of Arizona

Scholarly Interests:
historical anthropology, horticulture, material culture, globalization, gender and work, popular culture in teaching, North America, Colombia

Dr. Christine Kray                                           

 
 Anthropology
  phone: (585) 475-4686
  email: cakgss@rit.edu
  office: 3167 George Eastman

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Education:
B.A. in Anthropology – New Mexico State University
Ph.D. in Anthropology – University of Pennsylvania

Scholarly Interests:
globalization, religion and evangelization, tourism, social movements, Mexico

Dr. Uli Linke                                             

 Anthropology
  Phone: (585) 475-4389
  Email: uhlgss@ad.rit.edu
  Office: 3189 George Eastman

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Education:
B.A. in Anthropology and Sociology -- Macalester College, St. Paul
M.A. in Anthropology – University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. in Anthropology – University of California, Berkeley

Scholarly Interests:
Cultural politics, media studies, bodies, gender and difference, globalization and nationalism, racism, memory, history, and violence, Germany, Europe

Dr. William D. Middleton  

 

 Archaeology and Anthropology
  phone: (585) 475-
  email: wdmgss@ad.rit.edu
  office: 3173 George Eastman

Education:
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

Scholarly Interests:
complex societies, craft specialization, interregional exchange, early agriculture, archaeometry, archaeological chemistry, ethnoarchaeology, geoarchaeology-geomorphology, paleoecology Mesoamerica, Central America, Andean Intermediate Area, Anatolia

Dr. Vincent Serravallo       
                                  

 
 Sociology
  phone: (585) 475-2433
  email: vssgsp@rit.edu
  office: 3165 George Eastman  

Education:
B.A. in Sociology – SUNY (Oswego)
M.A. in Sociology – University of Kansas
Ph.D. in Sociology – CUNY Graduate School

Scholarly Interests:
sociology of work, social class, social change

Dr. Murli Sinha	Sociology   phone: (585) 475-2896   email: mmsgss@rit.edu   office: 3149 George Eastman
Education: M.A. in Sociology - City College of New York Ph.D. in Sociology - Cornell University Scholarly Interests: Globalization, Family, Sociology of Health, Technology Transfer

Dr. Danielle Smith                                               

 
 Sociology
  phone: (585) 475-4413
  email: dtsgla@rit.edu
  office: 3155 George Eastman

Education:
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

Scholarly Interests:
Economic Sociology, Entrepreneurship in African American Communities,
Use of Internet Technologies Among Small Businesses                                   

Dr. Jason Younker
	Anthropology  phone: (585) 475-5549  email: jtygla@rit.edu  office: 3169 George Eastman
Education: B.A. in Communications -- Cameron University M.Ed. in Talented and Gifted Education -- Oklahoma City University M.S. in Anthropology -- University of Oregon Ph.D. in Anthropology -- University of Oregon Scholarly Interests: Native North Americans; culture change and identity; cultural resource management, geographic information systems; cultural informatics; ethnographic research methods