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Andrea Malkin Brenner

Andrea Malkin Brenner

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Brenner received her BA in Sociology from Brandeis University, her MA in Education from Boston College, and her PhD in Sociology from American University. She joined the faculty at American University and has been teaching Sociology to Undergradu... [More]

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202-885-2478
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Esther Chow

Esther Chow

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Professor

Esther Ngan-ling Chow has a wide range of teaching and research interests that span from the intersectionality of race/ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality; work and family; social inequality and justice; ethnic community; gender and development; m... [More]

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202-885-2487
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Bette Dickerson

Bette Dickerson

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Associate Professor

Bette J. Dickerson has served as Chair of American University’s Department of Sociology, Director of AU Women’s and Gender Studies Program and Chair of its University Diversity Committee. She is past President of the Association of Black Sociologists... [More]

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202-885-2479
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John Drysdale

John Drysdale

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Department Chair, Sociology

John Drysdale is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology. Prior to coming to AU in 2007 he held appointments at the University of Iowa and the University of Kentucky in the U. S., and at Concordia University in Montréa... [More]

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202-885-2488
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Ibtisam Ibrahim

Ibtisam Ibrahim

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Ibrahim teaches courses in the Arab World and Middle East and also serves as the director of Arab Studies Program. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Haifa, Israel; and her master’s degree from Clark University, Worcester, Ma... [More]

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202-885-2192
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Susan McDonic

Susan McDonic

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Assistant Professor

Susan McDonic is a Temporary Visiting Professor at the American University. Her research interests include contemporary religious movements, international development, Africa and globalization. Specifically she studies one of the world’s largest deve... [More]

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202-885-2490
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Michelle Newton-Francis

Michelle Newton-Francis

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Newton-Francis has teaching and research interests in deviance, popular culture, gender, and cultural criminology. Her dissertation: "The Conundrum of Connotations: An Exploratory Study of the Use of the Cultural Toolkit in Managing Stigma” eluci... [More]

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202-885-2485
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Celine-Marie Pascale

Celine-Marie Pascale

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Associate Professor

Professor Celine-Marie Pascale’s primary scholarly interest is in exploring the (re)production of culture, knowledge, and power through sociological analysis of language and representation. She has expertise in areas of, race, class, gender, and sexu... [More]

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202-885-2524


Natalia Ruiz Junco

Natalia Ruiz Junco

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Assistant Professor

Natalia Ruiz Junco is a sociologist working in the areas of sociological theory and social movements. She holds degrees from Universidad Complutense (Madrid, Spain) and University of Kentucky. Theoretically, she has a long-standing interest in interp... [More]

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202-885-2541
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Russell Stone

Russell Stone

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Professor

Russell A. Stone has research and teaching interests that include development, public opinion, social change, Middle Eastern and Third World societies, and environmental sociology. He has published on social change in Israel and the Middle East, and ... [More]

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202-885-2482
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Salvador Vidal-Ortiz

Salvador Vidal-Ortiz

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Vidal-Ortiz has been at AU since 2005. Aside from current work on a book about racialized sexual minorities in Santería (an Afro-Cuban religion), he has published many peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and essays. Among his recent wor... [More]

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202-885-2443
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Chenyang Xiao

Chenyang Xiao

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Xiao earned his MA at University of Toledo, OH, and PhD at Washington State University. His main research interests include environmental beliefs, attitudes, behaviors and public opinions over environmental issues. He is also interested in applie... [More]

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202-885-2426
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Gloria Young

Gloria Young

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Director, Women's and Gender Studies

Gloria A. (Gay) Young has a longstanding focus on gender and development which has led her to study a range of issues, including the nature and consequences of women’s labor force participation in post-colonial societies – in Mexico, in particular – ... [More]

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202-885-2254
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Adjunct Faculty

Michael Micklin

Michael Micklin

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Professorial Lecturer

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301-435-1258


Amanda Nothaft

Amanda Nothaft

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Professorial Lecturer



Scholars in Residence

Katherine Frank

Katherine Frank

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Scholar in Residence

Katherine Frank is a cultural anthropologist currently studying the meaning and negotiation of sexual exclusivity in contemporary relationships.  In addition to her work on monogamy, she has also written on the sex industry, pornography, fem... [More]



Susan Hoecker-Drysdale

Susan Hoecker-Drysdale

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Research Professor in Residence

Professor Hoecker-Dyrsdale is a Research Professor-in-Residence. She has been at American University since 2007 and is Professor Emerita at Concordia University Montreal, Canada, where she is also a Life Fellow of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute. S... [More]

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202-885-2459


Maurice Roumani

Maurice Roumani

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Scholar in Residence

Maurice Roumani was Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle East Studies, as well as the founder and Director of the J.R. Elyachar Center for the Study of Sephardi Heritage at Ben-Gurion University. Dr. Roumani has held research and teach... [More]

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202-885-2935
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Staff

Sandra Linden

Sandra Linden

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Senior Administrative Assistant

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Emeritus

Gert H. Mueller

Karen K. Petersen

John C. Scott

Jurg K. Siegenthaler

Austin Van der Slice


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